Over Bass Strait
4. juli 2024, Australia ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Sailed at 7.30pm and arrived in Geelong 6am on 5th July. Smooth crossing
Ballarat
5. juli 2024, 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)
- LunchLes mer
Echuca
6. juli 2024, 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 GreatLes mer
Narrandera
7. juli 2024, 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 NarranderaLes mer
Parkes
8. juli 2024, 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 pigsLes mer
Dubbo
9. juli 2024, 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
10. juli 2024, 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 DelungaLes mer
Aloomba Lavender Farm, Liston
11.–12. jul. 2024, 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), StanthorpeLes mer
Macleay Island
12. juli 2024, 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 theLes mer
Macleay Island Day 2
13. juli 2024, 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
14.–16. jul. 2024, 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,Les mer
Bunya Mountain
16.–18. jul. 2024, 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
WildLes mer
Toowoomba
18.–19. jul. 2024, 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 JoanneLes mer
Warwick
19. juli 2024, 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 homeLes mer
Mount Barney - Day 1
20.–23. jul. 2024, 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 (theLes mer
Mount Barney - Day 2
22.–25. jul. 2024, 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
23. juli 2024, 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 underwayLes mer
Lamington Eco Lodge - arrival
24.–31. jul. 2024, 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 thisLes mer
Laminton Eco Lodge - day 2&3
24. juli 2024, 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.Les mer
Laminton Eco Lodge - days 4-5
24. juli 2024, 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 propertyLes mer
Lamington Eco Lodge day 7
24. juli 2024, 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 theLes mer
Cotton tree, Maroochydore
31. juli 2024, 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.
PSLes mer
Cotton Tree, Maroochydore Day 2
1. august 2024, 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 allLes mer
Cotton Tree - day 3
2. august 2024, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Morning walk to Mooloolabah for coffee, then meet Jack & Carol Traill for long lunch. Relaxing day
Cotton Tree - 4 Eumundi Markets
3. august 2024, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Morning wandering the markets, and quiet afternoon. Packed up ready for an early start tomorrow.