The Lap

January - December 2023

A 330-day adventure by Therese Read more

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- Nov 24, 2023, 12:47pm
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 389 m
- Australia New South Wales Delorine Black Gully -28.389082, 152.60567228°23’21” S 152°36’20” E
Day 323
Woodenbong
November 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
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- Nov 19, 2023, 1:02am
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 134 m
- Australia New South Wales Ballina Alstonville -28.839021, 153.44090228°50’20” S 153°26’27” E
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Alstonville
November 19, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
We are staying at the showgrounds here, and they are lovely. Everything is so green around here, so refreshing after the West. We are staying five nights as it is central to Ballina and Lismore. Day 1 we did a trip to Lennox Heads to take the boys to the beach. Only 1 dog beach area, and it was packed, but Mega managed to find some schnauzer friends and have a play. We stop off at Killen Falls on the way home. Day 2 was a trip to Lismore to check it out. Lismore is quite a big city and has some beautiful vistas in some areas. Day 3 was to Ballina and Angel's Beach. The boys had a big run on the beach, which was deserted as the weather was not great with intermittent showers. Ballina was quite pretty with a nice river front. Day 4, we went back to Angel's Beach and a drive along the Ballina Coast with a side trip to Wardell on the way home.Read more
Traveler Beautiful down there 💗
11/20/23Reply
My grandmother was born in Alstonville in 1900. [Dianna]
11/23/23Reply
Traveler It is a beautiful town💚
11/23/23Reply
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- Nov 17, 2023, 12:18pm
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 747 m
- Australia New South Wales Tenterfield Municipality Leefield -29.020767, 151.86800129°1’15” S 151°52’5” E
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Tenterfield
November 17, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
With 12 days to go before we go home, we decided to pay it forward by helping out on a property in Tenterfield where the fires have damaged a lot of her fences. So after 11 months sitting on our backsides, we are going to be working out butts off to try and mend as many of the fences that we can. So we finished the fences in a day, mostly just trees fallen on them and then repair the wires. That night, we were woken up by the horn on Sally's car, which was parked next to our caravan. When we looked out the windows, the car was on fire, and it was panic stations. We just threw everything that was outside the caravan including the dog fence, wound up the legs and dragged the caravan out of the way. Sally had rung the fire brigade and was hosing the car while we waited for the fireies to arrive. I don't think I have ever been so scared. Eventually, the firies arrived and put it out. The house was saved, and all was good.Read more
Traveler That is so lovely . You are both wonderful ❤️
11/17/23Reply
Traveler Beautiful 💗
11/17/23Reply
Traveler Lovely, I would want to have a ride.
11/17/23Reply
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- Nov 14, 2023, 11:15pm
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 974 m
- Australia New South Wales Armidale -30.513722, 151.67834830°30’49” S 151°40’42” E
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Armidale
November 14, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We have moved on to Armidale staying at the showgrounds. A visit to the lookout showed us the layout of the city. Armidale is very green and hilly with lots of green areas and a couple of good-sized dog parks. We then visited the art gallery with a beautiful bronze horse sculpture out front. Dinner at the bowls club marked our final 2 weeks on the road.Read more
Traveler Wow getting closer.
11/16/23Reply
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- Nov 11, 2023, 11:28am
- Altitude: 366 m
- Australia New South Wales Tamworth Municipality Taminda Tamworth Showground -31.092441, 150.90263231°5’33” S 150°54’9” E
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Tamworth
November 11, 2023 in Australia
What a pretty place is Tamworth. We are staying at the Paceway grounds, which has been a hive of activities this weekend. Pacers on the track, poultry sales in the shed, and a giant book sale in another building. We visited the obligatory Golden guitar and the information centre as well as the Oxley lookout today.Read more
That is awesome. [Carmel]
11/13/23Reply
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- Nov 9, 2023, 12:55pm
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 526 m
- Australia New South Wales Warrumbungle Shire Coonabarabran -31.272672, 149.2957631°16’22” S 149°17’45” E
Day 308
Coonabarabran
November 9, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
We are camped behind the golf club in Coonabarabran after driving from Warren through Gilgandra. Luckily for us, there is a Chinese restaurant at the golf club and of course we had to indulge ourselves. The food was amazing and went down well with a bottle of Little Berry wine. On day 2, we went to the information centre and dinosaur museum to look around and then for a walk around town. The boys enjoyed a long walk along the river in the afternoon.Read more
Traveler That would have been so nice.
11/10/23Reply
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- Nov 7, 2023, 3:41pm
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 191 m
- Australia New South Wales Warren -31.685, 147.83333331°41’6” S 147°49’60” E
Day 306
Warren
November 7, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We are camped on the banks of the Macquarie River in a lovely reserve in Warren.
Look's so peaceful [Carmel]
11/8/23Reply
Traveler Yes, very relaxing and had the whole place to ourselves
11/8/23Reply
Traveler Awesome.
11/10/23Reply
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- Nov 4, 2023, 11:18am
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 255 m
- Australia New South Wales Cobar Cobar Reservoir -31.481102, 145.86382931°28’52” S 145°51’50” E
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Wilcannia/Cobar
November 4, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We drove from Silverton to Wilcannia. After discovering that there was not a lot in Wilcannia, we decided to move on 50ks and stay the night at a rest area. On Sunday, we moved on to Cobar Old Reservoir. Where we stayed last time we were in Cobar. There was less water this time but a lot more activity. There were emus and kangaroos coming down to the water to drink, which was exciting. On Sunday, one of the locals gave us about 10 yabbies that we cooked up for dinner.Read more
Traveler You are having such a great time
11/6/23Reply
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- Nov 2, 2023, 10:06am
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 232 m
- Australia New South Wales Silverton -31.888333, 141.2431°53’18” S 141°14’24” E
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Silverton
November 2, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
This place was small but full of interesting places to visit. There we at least 6 galleries, from. Art to leather and everything in between. We visited the Mad Max 2 museum, which was interesting and got more exciting when we found a photo of Tegan's mother-in-law Sheila on the wall. On the way home, we met the town donkeys who came over to the car to pose for photos and then ask for food. They were obviously well trained by the tourists. We also drove out to Mundi Mundi Lookout, which looked over the Plains and where you could see the curve of the earth.Read more
Love this one. 😀 [Carmel]
11/3/23Reply
Don't let him out, dog's won't like this one. Lol [Carmel]
11/3/23Reply
Wow [Carmel]
11/3/23Reply
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- Oct 29, 2023, 12:03pm
- 🌬 27 °C
- Altitude: 270 m
- Australia New South Wales Broken Hill Municipality -31.913808, 141.48119631°54’50” S 141°28’52” E
Day 297
Broken Hill
October 29, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
Back in NSW on our way home. Broken Hill has surprised us with its history and eclectic art. We are staying at the Racecourse in a powered site. On the first day, we found a lovely dog park where the boys enjoyed a romp with a variety of breeds. Then it was dinner at the Muscians Club where the food was great but unfortunately there were no muscians. Day 2 saw us visit the Information centre and then the Silver mint and big picture. This place was amazing with its silver displays and other creative sale items, and then you walked into the big picture, which was painted by Peter Anderson. The big picture is a painting on canvas, which has three sides and a roof displaying the landscape surrounding Broken Hill. It is enormous and just takes your breath away when you first see it. We then moved on to see Pro Hart's gallery. Pro Hart was a miner with so much talent. His art is brilliant and so versatile. It was amazing to see his workshop and so much original art. Next was a drive to the miners' memorial at the top of a mountain of tailings with a view over the city. The next day, we drove to the living desert to view the sculptures that had been carved by scupturer from several different countries.Read more
What amazing time you are both having. Love reading what you are doing. Xxx [Carmel]
10/31/23Reply
Traveler 💕
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