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Jacqueline Wills
Jacqueline Wills

Jacqueline Wills

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  • Tasmanian Adventure
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    The Edge of the World & Sundown Point

    September 10, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    We woke to a cooler drizzly day, with a Scottish mist rolling through every so often. We managed to get breakfast in before it got heavier but washed up and packed up a little quicker than usual.

    After heading to the information centre and picking up some maps for the area and the 60 short walks book. We headed to the edge of the world lookout Point.

    The West Coast is definitely living up to its wind and windy name today, as you took a step you'd have to lean into the wind to save being blown over 😄

    The final stop before heading to Corinna was Sundown Point Reserve, we did the 4WD track out to Arthur Beach and had a look around the impressive rock formations. Again we were rugged up against the wind and misty rain.

    Was nice to get back into the warmth of the car. Now setting off to Corinna 🤗    Read more

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    Stanley

    September 9, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    We woke to the sad news that the Queen had passed away. It's funny the things in life you remember. Places you were when significant things happened. I guess we'll always remember sitting in the sunshine at a little camp-site at Crayfish Creek, Tasmania when we heard that the Queen had died. What an amazing woman she was.

    After cooking breakfast and enjoying the sunshine we packed up and headed to Stanley.

    We drove straight to 'The Nut' and headed up the very steep walk to the plateau and then did the walk around the top. The views were amazing! Well worth the stop. We decided we didn't want to spend $24 for the chair lift coming back down so walked it.

    The township is so beautiful, historic and very well kept, we started driving through but I'd keep getting him to stop so I could jump out and get a photo so we stopped and wandered around. Had lunch at the old Stanley Hotel which was lovely though Bart had to duck through all the doorways 😄

    About to head to Arthur River for the night.    Read more

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    West Point Reserve to Arthur River

    September 9, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    After lunch we headed to Arthur River for the night detouring along the way to West Point Reserve.

    This area is apparently popular for its big waves with surfers, though there's no chance you'd get me in the water here! The area is so wild and beautiful. So many different coloured rocks, orange, yellow and white.

    Headed on to Arthur River and camping at one of the Arthur River Conservation Campsites. A beautiful night, with Bart even being able to watch the football on his tablet 😄    Read more

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    Crayfish Creek Campground

    September 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    We left Devonport and headed to Leven Canyon, a beautiful canyon about 40 minutes from Ulverstone, really pretty drive out there and so many daffodils just growing wild along the road.

    The circuit has two amazing lookouts and 697 steps in between them! We decided to do the track anticlockwise so we were going up the stairs not down them which was much easier. We ended finishing, getting the done and heading back to the top lookout to get a couple of shots.

    Then we headed down the road and went to the canyon floor. Was just amazing how much water going down the gorge.

    We headed into Penguin and made some lunch next to the beach, then had a drive though the pretty town and headed west to find a caravan park or cabin because the wind was getting stronger and rain is coming in.

    We ended up at Crayfish Creek Caravan Park a quirky park with lots of rustic features. We were glad of the camp kitchen tonight with the rain coming down.    Read more

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    Arrived in Devonport

    September 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Arrived safely in Devonport 🤗 the swell wasn't as bad as I was expecting and having your own cabin is an absolute must when travelling on the Spirit. Especially when you have to wear a mask when you are walking around the ferry.

    It ended up being a lovely night and we both slept relatively well. I managed to get wages finished as we were driving off the ferry which was great.

    Now ready to start exploring 🥰    Read more

  • Tasmanian Adventure
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    On board 🤗 The Spirit

    September 7, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We got to the Port of Melbourne early, parked up and went for a walk around the area. I hadn't read all the information I'd been sent, so didn't realise I couldn't take any fresh vegetables with me, and had to throw them all out 😭 I know now for next time!

    We boarded early and found our room. I didn't realise we were going to get a porthole cabin so was pleasantly surprised to find we had one.

    Was excited about this trip till Bart looked up the swell and said it was 6m (think I would rather have not known 🤢) let's see how we feel in the morning 😄    Read more

  • Tasmanian Adventure
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    Trafalgar Holden Museum

    September 7, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Heading to Melbourne Bart saw a sign for this Museum so we detoured off to have a look.

    I was not expecting it to be so big or have so much history. A lovely gentleman called Jake took us around, even into the back work area to show us what they were working on for the museum.

    Even if you weren't into Holden's or even cars in general, there's lots to see. Even the history about JA Holden who started in the 1800's making saddles and leather items (who died at 52!). It's definitely worth a look through if you're ever in the area.    Read more

  • Tasmanian Adventure
    12The artist painted himself, he is the one kneeling

    Eden to Traralgon

    September 6, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Left scrubby Creek Rest Area after breakfast, and continued south, stopped at Cann River for a coffee, and then stopped at Bairnsdale to have a look through St Mary's Church. Last time we came through here we read about it but didn't have time to stop.

    The whole ceiling is painted like the Sistine Chapel (definitely not as grand) but still impressive. These murals were painted by Francesco Floreani, an Italian painter, who studied at Turin then moved to Australia in 1927 he couldn't find work (due to the great depression ) but came across the catholic church in 1931 and asked the priest if there was any work around. Once the priest heard he was an artist he told him he could decorate the interior of the church. So between 1931-1938 he painted the ceiling of the church.

    He even painted himself in the crucifixion scene, and the priest of the church. Francesco is the one kneeling down and the priest is the older man.

    We then headed into Sale for lunch and planned to stop at Gormondale but the free rest area was non existent when we got there 🤦🏽‍♀️ after much discussion - I wanted to go south to a national park (which was a bit over an hour out of the way) and Bart thought that was crazy, seeing we'd have to come back the same way.

    Unfortunately common sense prevailed and we headed towards Melbourne and stopped at a Big 4 caravan park for the night. Was handy because we were able to get all our washing done and ready for the real start of our trip tomorrow night 🤗    Read more

  • Tasmanian Adventure
    Pub from River Cottage Australia

    Scrubby Creek Rest Area

    September 5, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    We woke to a beautiful day, the rooftop tent managed to dry out overnight which was great.

    First stop today was a lovely short walk at Dophin Point then we headed off. We stopped at Central Tilba (from River Cottage) a heritage town which is super cute. Stocked up on some local cheeses then looked for somewhere to stop to have lunch.

    As usual when you want a rest stop you don't pass one 🙄 so we just pulled into a carpark in Cobargo to make some toasted sandwiches for lunch. As soon as we left Cobargo we came across a rest stop which wasn't on any of the apps (always the way)

    We then headed through Bega and the cute towns of Merimbula and Pambula before stopping at Ben Boyd National Park to do the short Pinnacles track which was great. It was after 5 by the time we left Eden to head to a free rest area just off the highway called Scrubby Creek.

    It's literally right next to the highway so not the quietest but we are the only ones here tonight (at the moment), and it's free 🤷🏽‍♀️

    All set up now and ready to have some cheese and crackers before tea 🤗    Read more

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    Tranquil Burrill Lake

    September 4, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    We had a lovely Fathers Day morning at Dad and Mum's, then left with Trav to have another look around Birrong and Sefton before leaving Trav who headed back to Newcastle while we went south.

    Thought we'd also drive past our first house in Engadine (seeing we were so close). Then went down the old Pacific Highway to the Sea Cliff bridge. We were on it before I realised and it was quite a bit shorter than I expected. Bart stopped on the other side so I could get a photo 📸

    The South Coast is really beautiful with a rugged coastline, we had rain on and off the whole drive and the sea was rather wild which added to the experience.

    After stopping at Thirroul for lunch, we continued down the coast passing Shellharbour and Kiama detouring to drive through Berry, stopping briefly in Nowra before ending up at Burrill Lake, Ulladulla.

    We were waiting to see if anything inside the tent got wet seeing we had packed up on Saturday morning in the rain but were pleasantly surprised to find everything inside nice and dry 🤗

    Think we'll have an early night tonight 😴    Read more

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    Sydney Stopover

    September 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    After a very detoured trip down Bart drove past quite a few points of interest to show Trav on the way to Dad and Mum's. It's been a very long time since Bart has been home again so it was a bit of a trip down memory lane.

    John and Cyndy were at dad and mums when we arrived which worked out so well, was great to catch up with them again. Cyndy was so surprised how good my hand looked (seeing she hadn't seen it since my operation) had a lovely afternoon chatting.

    Bart, Trav and I went out for tea with Dad and Mum to a lovely little Asian restaurant in Chester Hill. Followed by a late night chatting about the autobiography that pop is writing and looking though old photos. Trav was very interested in all the history.    Read more

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    Heading to Sydney

    September 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    The rain didn't let up all night, we woke to find that Trav had pretty much been washed out, where his swag was, there was a pool of water. He ended up spending the night in the back of his car!

    It was even too wet to try and cook breakfast. So we packed up camp in the rain and headed into Cooranbong to get breakfast.

    While Trav headed home to drop off all his wet stuff we headed to bunnings for an umbrella (🙄 the things you forget to bring) and ran into Tammy 🤗

    Now on our way down to Sydney, but looks like it's going to be a very slow trip with the M1 being closed from Wyong with a crash 😬    Read more

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    The Pines Campground, Watagans Forest

    September 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    We were woken this morning by a Bush turkey destroying our rubbish bin 🙄 which prompted an earlier start than we were planning. But it worked out well as I got a beautiful walk/run along the beach as Bart packed up the rooftop tent 🤗.

    After breakfast we headed off, stopping at a cool smokehouse Cafe for lunch at Hawkes Nest before continuing on to Cooranbong.

    Driving through Cooranbong I was scanning every bus that went past hoping it would be Travs bus, but it worked out that we missed him by about 5 minutes 😭

    After a beautiful drive though Watagans State Forest, we arrived at the Pines Campground, a free camp-site that is nestled in beautiful pine trees, they even have toilets! Though there is no reception at all.

    Trav and Abi arrived for tea, which we managed to have before the rain set in! Thankfully Trav brought a gazebo which we all sat under once the rain started! Abi was the most sensible one and went home for the night, out of the rain 🌧    Read more

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    Overnight at Woolgoolga

    September 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Stopped at Woolgoolga Caravan Park for the night, really nice spot right on the beach. The park is also dog friendly, which is handy to know. Beautiful afternoon to walk along the beach and looking forward to an early night 😴Read more

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    On our way

    September 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Bart packed the last few things this morning while I was getting wages and super done, now we are finally on our way 🤗

  • Jacqueline WillsVictorian tripTraveler

    Home again

    July 26, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We got home safely last night, so nice to sleep in your own bed again. Though getting back into Brisbane during peak hour was a bit of a shock to the system after a few weeks of driving through smaller townships.

    We have had such a lovely couple of weeks away, it was a great trial run for Tasmania (coming up in September 🤗) but always nice to be home again. Was even nicer to arrive home and see Jamin and Talecia who have been staying at our place while we were away. Indy and Kyla were also super happy to see us.

    This morning I had my check up with the Surgeon who worked on my hand and he was very happy with the amount of movement I had back and I was able to get my splint cut down so now it's just over my hand, not up my arm as well which I'm so happy about.    Read more

  • Jacqueline WillsVictorian tripTraveler

    Back into Queensland

    July 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    Unfortunately we have to get home today and can't stay and look around Mudgee or take our time getting back.

    So got up early again and headed off, there was a light frost all over the 79 and trailer. The morning was misty and after leaving the motel at 6am and we were still driving through the mist scouring the roads for wildlife till about 10am!

    There are some really beautiful towns, in northern NSW and it would have been nice to stop and explore Gulgong, but not this time. Was also hard to drive through Coonabarabran without heading out to the Warrumbungles National Park! But we refrained and continued north. The roads are terrible they really need some attention!

    We arrived in Goondiwindi at lunchtime and had to get out of our puffer jackets and Ugg boots as soon as we got out of the car! It was 15 degrees warmer than we had been in for the last week and a half! You could tell we were back in Queensland 😄

    Now for the last stretch, Google says 4.5 hours but sure it will feel much longer than that!    Read more

  • Jacqueline WillsVictorian tripTraveler
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    Day 2 Goldfields Extreme

    July 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 8 °C

    We woke to a super misty morning which made driving to Wattle Flat interesting seeing we could hardly see! Bart said "if we make it without hitting something we'll be doing well!" We fortunately made it without seeing any wildlife 🤗

    Day two starts quickly with the gold class setting off at 8am after that there isn't much to do but wait (for me anyway 😄) I'd made Bart a sandwich so he had some lunch with him in case he wasn't able to get back in (when we were at Mt Morgan he left at 8 and didn't get back in till after 3!) Fortunately today he was able to come back in and sit down to eat lunch before heading back out again. He did over 5 hours of pretty hard riding again today!

    It's so much fun being on the finish line waving the flag and cheering the guys and girls over the line, especially when my cute husband comes back in (he's a softy and looks out for the girls on the track, following Anj in this time. She was so stoked to compete two laps).

    We were able to get away earlier than expected and headed off for Mudgee arriving in time to have drinks before tea at a really cute Brewery called Three Tails then tea at the Mudgee Brewery.

    End of a big weekend, not really looking forward to our big drive home tomorrow.    Read more

  • Jacqueline WillsVictorian tripTraveler
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    AHEC Wattle Flat

    July 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    Up early this morning for a 7am start at Wattle Flat. Fortunately it was an uneventful trip (we had been warned to keep a close eye out for kangaroos, wallabies and goats on the road)

    Was all hands on deck on arrival, signing riders in, selling t-shirts & hoodies and answering questions. Was definitely much easier with the number of helpers this time.

    Was a very dusty day but great watching the prologue and juniors race, pretty amazing to see them getting around some sections.

    Heading back into Bathurst for tea, hot shower and an early night! 😴    Read more

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    Crookwell to Bathurst

    July 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    This morning we packed up in the misty rain and headed into town to grab a coffee before heading off. Though we did find when we went to use the camp kitchen to eat breakfast that the rest stop kitchen had a fireplace in it which we didn't realise last night or would have made use of it 🤦🏽‍♀️

    Crookwell is such a lovely little town with some great architecture and some lovely old buildings in it, was worth a drive around.

    The drive between Crookwell and Bathurst was lovely with some really quaint townships along the way.

    We headed to Wattle Flat and dropped off the trailer at the AHEC site before doing a couple of laps around Mount Panorama 🤗

    We have an early start tomorrow with the sweeps briefing starting at 7am then Bart will be off on track, busy most of the day. I think this event will be a little quieter for me as Denise the lady organising it has three of us helping this time instead if just me.    Read more

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    Berridale to Crookwell

    July 21, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    Had a lovely couple of days in Berridale each morning was completely different - snow, frost and then rain this morning when packing up 🙄

    Went into Jindy with Dave and Naomi yesterday for coffee and a look around then back to the farm for the afternoon (though Naomi ended up driving me back into Jindy to exchange a vest I bought) then Naomi and I went for a walk while Dave and Bart got the chainsaw and trials bike out and started cutting some trails in up the creek!

    This morning Dave, Naomi, Mary and Tim headed off bright and early for the snow and we started packing up in the misty rain.

    We headed off for Crookwell, stopping at a super cute little town called Gunning for lunch (which was established in 1820) before arriving in Crookwell just before 4pm and checked into the local small caravan park.    Read more

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    Berridale/Jindabyne

    July 19, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

    After a chilly night (-4) we woke to a beautiful wonderland of white. I thought I'd heard a little rain though the night but it ended up being snow. I was so excited and out of bed much quicker than normal 😄 I wanted to get photos before the sun came up and it all disappeared.

    After walking around admiring the scenery we got around to making bacon and eggs for breakfast and enjoyed them, listening to the snow melt off the car and tent.

    Bart got onto Dave and we were able to borrow their farm Landcruiser to take me into Jindy to get the stitches out of my hand (yay - really looking forward to not having to bag my hand when I shower). Made it so much easier than packing up the rooftop tent as the side that wasn't in the sun still had snow on it when we left at 10! Had some lunch in at Banjo's and then headed back so Bart could get some riding in before it got too cold.

    Dave and Naomi arrive tonight, so looking forward to seeing around the place with them tomorrow 🤗    Read more

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    Bairnsdale to Berridale

    July 18, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    We ended up packing up in a hurry after the training finished yesterday, it was all hands on deck, Bart got the rooftop tent down in record time before the rain hit. I had been watching the dark clouds come closer and closer. Then when the group arrived back, we made the decision to pack up camp and head into town (save packing up a wet camp in the morning)

    We got into Bairnsdale and found a motel for the night. Bart was very happy to have a hot shower and listen to the rain outside.

    We were up and out early, grabbed some breakfast and headed to Dave and Naomi's property at Berridale, driving though some lovely countryside and past wind farms before arriving at lunchtime.

    Bart headed out straight after lunch to explore and only came back because it was getting too cold 🥶 and started to get wood ready for a fire tonight. Think we are going to need it ❄️    Read more

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    Tim Coleman Training Day 2

    July 16, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Great day yesterday watching the training in the morning, then the group left to head to another section of the property, Tim is on over 1,000 acres! So I rugged up, sat in the sun and read 🤗

    Last night was super windy but our little iKamper rooftop tent was snug, warm and dark. After hearing the wind and rain though the night I totally expected to get out this morning to a dark overcast rainy day!

    But on unzipping the door it was a beautiful, fresh and sunny morning!

    After breakfast Bart and I hiked to the top of the hill (where they had ridden the day before - definitely easier riding country than walking) saw one rabbit and lots of rabbit holes on the way up, you had to watch your footing! Such a beautiful view and they back onto forestry as well, if we lived closer I'd say Bart would be over here all the time!

    Training started at 10 and they all headed off, I just managed to get the washing up done before a rain band hit. So then it was running around putting chairs into the trailer and generally getting as much out of the rain as I could.

    Now sitting in the Cruiser writing this watching the clouds and rain pass and blue sky appear 🥰    Read more

  • Jacqueline WillsVictorian tripTraveler
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    Tim Coleman Enduro Training

    July 16, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    We left Lakes Entrance at 7am. I was so surprised that the sun still wasn't up!
    Stopped for breakfast at Bairnsdale and then headed to Glenmaggie arriving around 9:45 ready for a 10am start.
    Have pretty much no signal here at all so be interesting if this uploads 😄
    Bart is certainly in for a big day, me not so much 🤗    Read more

  • Jacqueline WillsVictorian tripTraveler
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    Lakes Entrance

    July 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C

    Another early start, stopping just outside of Goulburn for breakfast to a chilly 3 degrees, that definitely woke us up! Then onto Cooma for lunch and a walk around before the final leg of today's trip to Lakes Entrance. It was dark before we arrived so didn't see too much on our way in. Looking forward to checking out the scenery on our way to Glenmaggie tomorrow morning 🤗Read more

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