Day 1 - Mildura VIC to Parkes NSW
6 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Completed 683km today
Departed: Mildura 7:10am
Arrived: Parkes 3:00pm
Driving conditions: Good, small amount of rain between West Wyalong and Forbes.
Traffic: Light, most going in the opposite Czytaj więcej
Day 2 - Parkes NSW
7 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ❄️ 8 °C
Out exploring Parkes and surrounds today.
#1 Visited the Dish! Even got to see it move! Although quite slow.
#2 Walked the Main Street in search of the Art displays
#3 Found great coffee Czytaj więcej
Day 3 - Parkes NSW to Armidale NSW
8 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Completed 533km today
Departed: Parkes 7:15am
Arrived: Armidale 2:45pm
Driving conditions: Good weather but roads are in really bad condition. Lift your game NSW Govt!
Traffic: Light, had to negotiate Czytaj więcej
Day 4 - Armidale NSW
9 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Not how I planned today to be….
Started coming down with a runny nose & sore throat on Tuesday.
Made my way from Parkes to Armidale yesterday with cold & flu tablets and panadol.
Woke up this Czytaj więcej
Day 5 - Armidale NSW to Toowoomba QLD
10 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Completed 390km today
Departed: Armidale NSW 9:30am
Arrived: Toowoomba QLD 3:00pm
Driving Conditions: Sun was out all day ☀️ but the freezing wind brought the temperature down quite a Czytaj więcej
Day 6 & 7 - Toowoomba QLD
12 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Day 6 was a non event, spent the day in bed with continued flu symptoms, totally knocking me about. So not much to tell.
Day 7 - Toowoomba
Glad to say I’m up and about today, took myself out for Czytaj więcej
Day 8 - Toowoomba QLD to Lake MacDonald
13 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Completed 254km today
Departed: Toowoomba 8:30am
Arrived: Lake MacDonald (Cooroy) QLD 12:00pm
Driving Conditions: Sun was out all day ☀️ it was awesome!
Traffic: Easy drive, all two lane highway Czytaj więcej
Day 9 & 10 Lake MacDonald/Cooroy QLD
15 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Day 9 - Up early to take Maz into Gympie for an evaluation of the windscreen. Windscreen guy was extremely helpful with options. Decided in the end to repair instead of replace, just in case I have Czytaj więcej
Day 11 - Noosa/Noosaville QLD
16 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Drive to Noosa today, walked Hastings St, did a little shopping, walked the beach. Couldn’t get over how fine the sand was. Sat and took in the sun, beautiful 24 degrees ☀️
Had lunch by the Czytaj więcej
Day 12 - Maleny/Montville QLD
17 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Last day with family today.
Went to Montville, which is a quaint little village in the mountains. Lots of touristy shops, bought some fudge!🍫
Off to Mountain View cafe at Maleny for lunch, salt Czytaj więcej
Day 13 - Cooroy to Maryborough QLD
18 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Completed 132km today
Departed: Cooroy 11:30am
Arrived: Maryborough QLD 1:20pm
Driving Conditions: Sun was out all day ☀️ it was awesome!
Traffic: Easy drive, all two lane highway to Gympie then Czytaj więcej
Day 14 - Maryborough QLD
19 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
First full day in Maryborough today. Went to Toogoom this morning for breakfast with Leonie and her daughter, Matisse. A small fishing village about 40 minutes form Maryborough. Beautiful view of the Czytaj więcej
Day 15 - Maryborough QLD
20 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A slow start to the day, after getting some much needed washing done and dried.
Spent the day with Leonie & Karen touring around the historic section of Maryborough township. Checked out the flood Czytaj więcej
Day 16 - Hervey Bay QLD Day Trip
21 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Went to Hervey Bay today with Karen & Leonie to collect Karen’s friend, Fiona from the Airport. Very little airport at Hervey Bay!
Had my first experience at TK Max today, a department store in Czytaj więcej
Day 17 - Bundaberg QLD Day Trip
22 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Road tripped to Bundaberg today with Leonie, Karen & Fiona.
Visited the Kalki Moon Gin Distillery, where we had tastings and purchased some gin and liqueurs. Awesome set up but hard to find as it was Czytaj więcej
Day 18 - Maryborough QLD
23 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Went to the local weekly market in the Main Street today, lots of quirky stalls and a cool choir of hard knocks were singing in the town square.
After lunch we went to the Story Bank Museum, dedicated Czytaj więcej
Day 19 - Last day in Maryborough QLD
24 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Last day in Maryborough today. Slow start with supermarket shopping for the road trip home.
In the afternoon, Christopher & Leonie took myself and her parents, Wendy & Kevin to Tin Can Bay. What a Czytaj więcej
Day 20 - Maryborough QLD to Ballina NSW
25 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Completed 445km today (probably a touch more as I went into Burleigh Heads & Byron Bay on my way)
Departed: Maryborough QLD 8:00am. Final goodbye to my dear friends 😢👋🏼
Arrived: Ballina NSW Czytaj więcej
Day 21 - Ballina to Nelson Bay NSW
26 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Completed 592km today
Departed: Ballina 7:30am. No Maccas coffee this morning as I missed the turn off just out of Ballina 😢
Arrived: Nelson Bay 2:50pm. Just enough time to unpack the car, get into Czytaj więcej
Day 22 - Nelson Bay NSW to Canberra ACT
27 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Completed 492km today
Departed: Nelson Bay 9:30am. Went for a drive to the Lighthouse before leaving, grabbed a coffee ☕️ and some beautiful photos 📷. It has been many years since I have Czytaj więcej
Day 23 - Canberra ACT
28 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
The day started off with a -4 degree morning, although I didn’t see it or feel it as I stayed tucked up in bed until 9am! 😴
Once I ventured out I went to Mount Ainslie lookout, as the morning is Czytaj więcej
Day 23 - Canberra ACT cont.
28 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
Australian War Memorial visit.
Day 24 - Canberra ACT
29 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Pretty quiet day today, little bit of supermarket shopping before going to the National Portrait Gallery. Wonderful exhibition titled ‘Shakespeare to Winehouse’, so many exquisite portraits Czytaj więcej
Day 25 - Canberra ACT to Hay NSW
30 czerwca 2022, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Completed 502km today
Departed: Canberra ACT 10:00am.
Arrived: Hay NSW 4:15pm.
Driving Conditions: Overcast for most of the trip⛅️, left Canberra on the first morning without a frost, which was Czytaj więcej
Day 26 - Hay NSW to Mildura VIC
1 lipca 2022, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
And just like that….
Travelled: 🚗 4910km
Most Expensive Fuel:⛽️ $2.40.9 @ Coffs Harbour
Cheapest Fuel: ⛽️ $2.11.9 @ Mildura
Fuel Usage: ⛽️ average 5.7km per litre
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