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Max's First Road Trip

mayo - junio 2025
  • Bec Taylor
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  • Bec TaylorViajeroMax's First Road Trip

    Home to Narrabri

    18 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    A ridiculously early start today, between packing in then rain, night time wake ups to a sick boy, and getting everything organised, then noticing the horrendous forecast, we got moving with maybe 3 hours of sleep.
    Max was dozing to start the trip and Puppy was too busy cracking the shits that the window wasn't down with the pouring rain. We stopped off at Singleton for a wander around and a feed for Max. On our usual trips, Pup is a bit of a pest in the car and won't settle until after the first stop, this was no different. Had another stint to Scone before Max cracked it, another wander and feed. Then we managed a longer stint to get us to Narrabri, Max did crack it again about 20 minutes out, thank God for Hey Bear on YouTube keeping him distracted, I think I'm double jointed in my shoulder now.
    We checked into Big Sky Narrabri caravan park,  thankfully we decided ages ago that we'd book a cabin for the first night. The camper is easy enough, but with little sleep and now Ben and I starting to feel a bit sick, it was the best choice. Alana, who I worked with at Glendale until she did a stint at Broken Hill last year, is currently at Wee Waa, came for a visit. It was so wonderful to see her, bonus that she brought snacks and caffeine! She was telling us stories, recently a bunch of the local teenagers were chasing roos onto the road with motorbikes etc, being absolute pests. Also the pig situation here is a lot apparently, so she took off before it got too dark, her Getz wouldn't win in a fight against the local wildlife. We all got some naps in thank goodness and we just had an easy dinner, wraps. Pup was doing plenty of pacing around but he went to the bathroom without too much prompting and settled in. Poor Max was definitely not doing well, very congested and his little cough kept waking him up.    Leer más

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    To Lightning Ridge

    19 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Even with the coughing, now from Max and I, we all had a much better sleep overnight. A relatively easy morning, just popping everything back into the car, feeding the boys and battling Max to spray Fess up his nose. We headed into town to stock up at the pharmacy and to get a few more groceries before heading to Lightning Ridge. It's ridiculously windy today, hopefully better out of town.
    We headed for Lightning Ridge with a few stops in mind if needed, but once Max fell asleep, that was him for the trip, so we just pushed on. We stopped at Stanley the Emu, a metal art sculpture that was originally meant for Birdsville. There was a story at the rest stop, explaining that Lightning ridge got it's name after a stockman and his flock of sheep died after a lightning strike. The locals seemed to disagree with the actual location however.
    Next we stopped off for a quick photo at the welcome sign, before heading to the information centre. Lots of Opal related signage around, it reminded us of Emerald and Sapphire when we did our Cape trip, funnily enough.
    Onward through town to the caravan park for 2 nights. We're staying at the big4 Opal park and splurged on an ensuite site while we get used to travelling with Max. Pup slept through set up, he was stoked when he realised his expensive kennel was here, straight into a tantrum on his bed.
    We were all pretty exhausted and being sick doesn't help, so as much as we wanted to venture out for a little bit, we decided just to rest up and chill.
    The park is lovely, the bore baths are 200m up the road, we saw a group of people walking up with their towels when we got in. Also at 4:30pm each afternoon there's a social gathering at they pavillion where a few locals have a yarn, sometimes they have a comedian etc, super lovely, just not for us. They also told us that there's barista coffee each morning, so I might need to test that out.
    Usual evening routine, cooking up dinner, showers and settling in, just added playtime for Maxy. Both Ben and I struggled to get the 'soap' off us when we had a shower, didn't realise until later that it's obviously the water up here.
    Not too much of a battle at bedtime, with the exception of trying to get pup back outside for a wee before bed.    Leer más

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    Brunch and a wander

    20 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Everyone slept pretty well overnight, I had Pup and Ben had Max, and everyone was pretty settled. It did get quite cold, but no real dramas and didn't need the heater or anything.
    A nice slow morning around the camper before heading off to Opal Street Cafe for a feed and a coffee. Another friend from work grew up in Lightning ridge and a friend of hers own the place. They had a pay it forward post it post it note to cover people's coffees/food if needed, and you could leave a note for an intended recipient - a teacher, nurse, anyone who needs it - no questions asked, it was really lovely, food was good too. While we waited, Pup and I went for a wander through the garden of the John Murray gallery, definitely seen some of his artworks around.Leer más

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    Walk in Mine

    20 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Next we headed for the Blue Car Door Tour, there are 5 self drive options of recommended locations to visit, such a great idea. Having Pup and Max made the decision for us for which locations to visit thay weren't too much of a drive but were also going to work for us. First stop was the Walk in Mine. We explored the gardens and shop, taking a few quirky photos, before a lovely gentleman asked if we'd be interested in doing the self guided tour, we double checked the info about Pup and how many stairs etc, he wasn't worried as long as we weren't. Ben carried Pup down the 31 steps, then it was flat down the mine. A couple who went in before us had a tour guide, so we listened in to her on occasion while having a look through. It was really well done and set up to be very easily accessible, even with the stairs, they weren't too steep. We wandered around for a while, both Max and Pup were very chilled, until Max realised he was starving and clearly hadn't been fed for a lifetime, good thing he can't use the phone to call DOCS. We were pretty much done anyway, so headed back up, watched a short video about how it all works, then headed off, after feeding the boy of course.Leer más

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    Bevan's Cactus Nursery

    20 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Bevan's Cactus nursery was next on the list, Max was snoozing post feed, so we just popped him in the carrier. We had a chat to the owners who's parents owned the garden and passed it on to them. The bloke gave us a rundown of where the plants had started, how long some of them had been growing and how to propagate etc, even giving us some seeds to take with us. He asked where we were from and asked if we needed a boat to get out. Told him we got away just in time, he's got family in both Teralba and Maitland, so he's been seeing lots of updates about the crazy rain back home. We then took ourselves for a walk through the garden, it was lovely, lots of signs with info and stories. It was nice in the sun. It wasn't anywhere near as big as Cactus Country down near Echuca, but they had done a great job with it.Leer más

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    Cruising around Lightning Ridge

    20 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Both boys were snoozing in the back so we stopped off and I ran into the Opal Cave shop for our usual magnets and stubby holder, then into the Australian Opal Centre. I got stuck chatting with the old blokes in the shop, super lovely and lots of information about fossils and opals from the area. They mentioned that their evening light show/movie, Spark, is on Tuesdays and Thursdays if we were keen. I did see an ad about it in the info booklet, however when I googled it it said that dogs were now only allowed to come if they stayed in the car due to some fluffballs causing grief. I said we had our old boy, 16 next month, and that he would stress, so if we could see and hear from the car we could make it work, otherwise we wouldn't want to upset Pup. The bloke was great, said he'd be there and as long as Pup wasn't going to bite or cause any dramas, it wouldn't be an issue at all. I had a laugh and told him stories about Titan and Missy, and how different Pup is from them. Not that they nipped at all, but they were stereotypical working dogs (minus the work) and Pup is definitely not. He ended up just giving us tickets if we were keen, which was so lovely. Max had woken with a vengeance as it was time for a feed. On our way back to the camper for a rest, we looped through the Red Door Tour roads and stopped at the Ridge castle. Another quirky stop with clever signs and an unreal design. We didn't realise that it's also an airbnb. There were a few other options on this tour, Amigo's castle is meant to be really good, we just didn't have the time or energy. On the drive out, an old bloke was wandering down the middle of the dirt road, we had to drive on the opposite side of the road to go around him. I realised it was Amigo, recognising him from my googling earlier. A quick stop off at the bore baths before heading back to the camper. We all managed to have a little nap.Leer más

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    Sunset

    20 de mayo, Australia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

    The Green Door Tour was the plan for sunset, we'd also spotted Steve's Takeaway this morning, so decided to order pizza to take with us. We headed for Nettletons first shaft lookout, only just made it in time, damn you Steve. It was a beautiful spot, so many cars and travellers up there to take it all in. Ben helped me scramble to the roof to take some photos, then we wandered and had a look at the beer can house and stone labyrinth before it got too dark. After a feed for us and Max, we headed for the Aus Opal heritage shed where Spark was on. When we arrived (only a 10 minute drive mind you), we realised both boys were snoring in the back. We waited a little bit, but decided we didn't want to disturb them, and just headed back to the camper for an early ish night.Leer más

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    Seeya next time Lightning Ridge!

    21 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Our first proper pack up morning today. Another really good sleep for everyone, even with the usual through the night feeds. Poor pup, he always hates pack up day, I wandered around with him and Max while Ben folded the camper down and did some of the bigger bits.
    A quick fuel stop before heading to Dirranbandi. We had the option to do the slightly bigger loop via Thallon and Nindigully pub that we were considering. We stopped through on our way to the Cape in 2022, but decided since we're all still a bit crook and since we've been semi recently, we'd continue on to Saint George via the quickee route. The NSW border signs really need some work, they're so boring and generic, the QLD one at least had some pictures on it. After crossing the border we went through Hebel, very cute little town, the pub is well known apparently, even on the drive past you could tell it had a lot of character. Max has also figured out how to get his dozz into his mouth which is super handy and helps him fall asleep. We had a rest stop at Dirranbandi, worked out well as Max was starting to stir. It's a lovely spot, lots of sculptures and a nice bakery where we grabbed a feed. Took some time stretching our legs, feeding and playing with Max, and battling Puppy to do a wee with no luck. Saint George is only an hour away and we waited until Max's next nap time to keep moving.    Leer más

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    Hello Saint George

    21 de mayo, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Still not sure if it's Saint or St George, it's different when you google it and the signs aren't really consistent either.
    A pretty cruisy run to the next campsite, we're staying at Pelican Rest, it's a lovely spot, very green and quiet (except for the Max factor). We set up before heading out to find the big fish sculpture and to scope out where we'll get on the boat tomorrow. We came through here on the way to the Cape, but nothing really looks familiar. Back to the camper for leftover pizza and the usual showers etc, except Max decided that he hadnf had a tantrum since we've left home, so now was the time. Cue over an hour of insanity. Good news, the car is relatively sound proof if he decides to do this at 4am 🫠 despite this, we all slept pretty well.Leer más

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