Over Bass Strait
4 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Sailed at 7.30pm and arrived in Geelong 6am on 5th July. Smooth crossing
Ballarat
5 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 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)
- LunchЧитать далее
Echuca
6 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 GreatЧитать далее
Narrandera
7 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 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 NarranderaЧитать далее
Parkes
8 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌧 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 pigsЧитать далее
Dubbo
9 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 DelungaЧитать далее
Aloomba Lavender Farm, Liston
11–12 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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), StanthorpeЧитать далее
Macleay Island
12 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 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 theЧитать далее
Macleay Island Day 2
13 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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,Читать далее
Bunya Mountain
16–18 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ 🌬 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
WildЧитать далее
Toowoomba
18–19 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 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 JoanneЧитать далее
Warwick
19 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 homeЧитать далее
Mount Barney - Day 1
20–23 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 (theЧитать далее
Mount Barney - Day 2
22–25 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 underwayЧитать далее
Lamington Eco Lodge - arrival
24–31 июл. 2024, Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 thisЧитать далее
Laminton Eco Lodge - day 2&3
24 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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.Читать далее
Laminton Eco Lodge - days 4-5
24 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 propertyЧитать далее
Lamington Eco Lodge day 7
24 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
ПутешественникThe spa seems to figure it every day 😁 new project for Flinders Esp Leigh? 🤣
Cotton tree, Maroochydore
31 июля 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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.
PSЧитать далее
ПутешественникDiamond Hill Rd will be in my mind for a long time. Apple Maps direct route to 1770. Saw a dingo ✅ but would have preferred at least 2 lanes, and tarmac.
Cotton Tree, Maroochydore Day 2
1 августа 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 allЧитать далее
Cotton Tree - day 3
2 августа 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Morning walk to Mooloolabah for coffee, then meet Jack & Carol Traill for long lunch. Relaxing day
Cotton Tree - 4 Eumundi Markets
3 августа 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Morning wandering the markets, and quiet afternoon. Packed up ready for an early start tomorrow.