Over Bass Strait
July 4, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Sailed at 7.30pm and arrived in Geelong 6am on 5th July. Smooth crossing
Ballarat
July 5, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Travelled from Geelong to Bannockburn for breakfast then took the back roads towards Ballarat.
-Nimon Bridge,
-Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill tour (bought 650gm DK light grey merino/alpaca)
- LunchRead more
Echuca
July 6, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Clunes for morning coffee & walk (old Gold town), onto Maldon for lunch. Saw steam train into the station, bought Leigh Alpaca socks. Found old gold dredge & dragline outside Maldon
Found The GreatRead more
Narrandera
July 7, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Saw Cass and Lochie 9am to check out his steam collection & vintage car
Via back roads to Deniliquin for coffee then Jerilderie for lunch. Ned Kelly country.
Walk around the lake, then onto NarranderaRead more
Parkes
July 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Rain started at 10.30 and just kept going all day. Drove via Grong Grong (just a railway /grain siding), West Wyalong, Condobolin- Ute's in the Paddock - and onto a motel in Parkes
Notable- feral pigsRead more
Dubbo
July 9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Early start to Parkes Radiotelescope Discovery Centre
Peak Hill Gold mine (ceased operations 2002)
Western Plains Zoo 12 -3.30. Walked the park
Overnight @ NRMA caravan Park
Delungra
July 10, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Long driving day to get north
Dubbo via Mendooran - coffee, cheese and provisions - Coonabarabran (lunch), then backroads north east
Gunnedah, Manilla, Barraba, Bingara and stopped at DelungaRead more
Aloomba Lavender Farm, Liston
Jul 11–12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Still going north, into Queensland at Stanthorpe, then back to NSW for Liston.
Have it to ourselves - great spot!
Delungra, (frost), Inverell, Glen Innes (windfarms), Tenterfield (trains), StanthorpeRead more
Macleay Island
July 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Beautiful morning with fog on the valleys as we drove via Woodenbong (coffee break) onto Beaudesert for lunch. So many flying foxes and ibis's in the trees around the park!
On to Mt Tamborine and theRead more
Macleay Island Day 2
July 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Quiet rest day - wonderful after driving for days
Walk, lunch, reading, napping, more eating and drinking & talking nonsense
Lake somerset camping ground, Kilcoy
Jul 14–16, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Avoiding Brisbane, via Mt Coot-Tha then onto motorways to go north fast.
On to Kilcoy then the Lake Somerset Caravan Park to charge batteries and wash clothes
Very quiet, lots of locals (birdlife,Read more
Bunya Mountain
Jul 16–18, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Steep climb up Bunya mountain, with equally steep temperature drop!
Yarraman - 17
Bunya Mt- 8
16/7
Relaxing 4km walk through the forest at Dandabah
Forecast 1 overnight (feels like -5)
17/7
WildRead more
Toowoomba
Jul 18–19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Cloudy, windy, wet and miserable at Bunya Mt, so packed up & had a cafe breakfast.
Drove through the clouds off the mountain & arrived in Toowoomba at 11.30am for lunch with Duncan (cousin) and JoanneRead more
Warwick
July 19, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Easy drive down the road to Warwick, and arrived to a Jumpers and Jazz festival in full swing! Took a 'tree jumper' town tour with local art director.
Stopped to check out the grand old homeRead more
Mount Barney - Day 1
Jul 20–23, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Road in was interesting! Often one lane, 40km limit. Lots of traffic passing, steep and winding, then turn off onto dirt road, through a couple of creeks, and to farm home. Farm in a wide valley (theRead more
Mount Barney - Day 2
Jul 22–25, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Geoff & Tracey took us for a 'ramble' in their land cruiser on the property and into edges of Mt Barney National Park
Boonah
July 23, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Boonah is reinventing itself as a steam punk town. Its on a hill surrounded by flood plains- has been cut off by flood waters numerous times over past 3 years.
Quite a few managed cool burns underwayRead more
Lamington Eco Lodge - arrival
Jul 24–31, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Another remote scenic rim location, with an epic drive on narrow single lane bitumen, single lane 'low level' bridges and onto one car dirt track for the last few kilometres. No creek crossings thisRead more
Laminton Eco Lodge - day 2&3
July 24, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Day 2: short walk to the end of the road and lazy afternoon on the deck.
Day 3: 14 km round trip into Larapinta Falls. Didn't quite make it as the last 2-300m very steep with poorly marked trail.Read more
Laminton Eco Lodge - days 4-5
July 24, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Walked into Stinsen Park for coffee (6km each way) closely watched by a butcher bird. The 3 amigos (Leigh, Keith, Steve) repeated on Sunday, and the women had a day of rest.
Explored the propertyRead more
Lamington Eco Lodge day 7
July 24, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Walked up the Ridge line towards Buchanan's Fort - 285m rise within 1.7km. Very steep!
The views into the next valley looking at Kerry, Darlington, and The Lost World farm stay.
Enjoyed a relax in theRead more
Cotton tree, Maroochydore
July 31, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Left Lamington 10, coffee at Beaudesert, then leisurely (!) trip up the motorways and Bruce H'way to Cotton Tree Caravan Park. Our site is 5m from the beach - will be lulled to sleep by the surf.
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Cotton Tree, Maroochydore Day 2
August 1, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Walked up Cornmeal Creek through many shopping centres, then along Maroochy River before meeting Rod Ashlin for Lunch at Maroochydore Surf Club. More walking around the streets - managed 19kms allRead more
Cotton Tree - day 3
August 2, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Morning walk to Mooloolabah for coffee, then meet Jack & Carol Traill for long lunch. Relaxing day
Cotton Tree - 4 Eumundi Markets
August 3, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Morning wandering the markets, and quiet afternoon. Packed up ready for an early start tomorrow.