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A 147-day adventure by Ron Read more
  • Trentham Rec Park

    February 16 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Free camp. Traveled via Harcourt to dump toilet and topup water. Lots of destroyed homes after bushfire. Then onto Trentham, washed van and car, topped up water from a tap 45m away. Into town, bought a loaf of bread.Read more

  • Huntly Reserve

    February 15 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Free camp. Day 2. Into Bendigo to do the talking tram trip ($15 each). Caught the 11am tram at the Central Deborah gold mine for a trip around city. Got off in CBD and walked around then lunch at Subway. More walking though park, lost phone, tried to find then started to ring it, after about 20 ring attempts phone was turned off. To Kmart for Leanne to get a couple of pairs of sandles then to Officeworks for a replacement phone. Arranged for a new SIM to be sent to Devonport. Topped up fuel at Epsom.Read more

  • Huntly Reserve

    February 14 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

    Free camp. Traveled from Green lake, setup camp at Huntly reserve, just a camp in the bush but good for a couple of nights. To the Huntly hotel for lunch then filled up with water at the park. Into Bendigo for a look, to Super Cheap Auto for a couple of small tarps. Drove around and bit the to the Reject shop and Aldi.Read more

  • Green lake

    February 13 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Quite day, gave van a wash. Emptied water bladder into van.
    Fell over after going for a walk. Black eye, hurt shoulder and skinned knee. Bugger.

  • Green Lake

    February 12 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 22 °C

    Left Tocumwal, very cool morning. Traveled to Cobram to dump point and fill water. Stopped at Silo art at Katamatite then on through Sheperton where we fuelled up ($104.75). To the Green lake to setup new camp. Had lunch then drove to Rochester. To IGA and checked out lots of murals and Silo art. Back to our camp at Green Lake.Read more

  • Tocumwal

    February 11 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Walk around town, to IGA for a couple of things. Drive out to a blow hole then to old plants hangers near airport. Very hot day, ran genni most of day.

  • Tocumwal

    February 10 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Lots of rain over night but OK where we were camped. Drove from Narrandra to free camp at Rail Bridge View free camp in Victoria. Very hot but found a spot over looking Murray. Drive around town checking out some other camps. Found a good spot down the road but almost got bogged in the sand even without van.Read more

  • Narrandra

    February 9 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Drove from Forbes, setup in Brewery Road free camp. Lots of mud around bur found a dry spot. Drove around town and to tourist info centre. Rang a/c for a couple of hours before getting generator out. Checked out Sky walk and amazing aqua centre. Very hot arvo and night, lots of rain overnight.Read more

  • Forbes

    February 8 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    Left Killi at arount 9:00am.
    Casillis Rest area for lunch
    Fuel at Ampol Forbes.
    Camp set up at Wheogo Park (Free)

  • Trip start
    February 16, 2026