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    • TravelerOff to the sun with GMcG and F
      Day 12

      Yellowbelly country

      June 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

      We checked out the singing at the Show Ground. Chockers with vans. There were 2 men and 1 woman playing guitars and singing. I'm glad it was free! These are the walk in sessions, but that changes tomorrow.
      I bought a support for my knee which is still swollen, and then cooked a ragu for later. When Frankie and I went over to the field to play ball, he missed and managed to knock the ball over the fence and put it out of reach. No visible gate evident and the fence was about 5ft high. We tied a length of rope to the end of his tether - so we had about 20ft attached, and then Ian lowered Frankie over the fence. He picked up his ball. Now the difficult part was to get Frankie back over the fence!! It was not easy. Ian pulled a tendon in his finger, and Frankie yelped for some reason. Anyway we got the ball back and the dog!
      Greg and Fiona arrived about 2.30. And parked beside us. Pizza made by Greg, for tea tonight.....very good indeed      Read more

    • TravelerOff to the sun with GMcG and F
      Day 12

      St George

      June 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      We thankfully left Iron Ridge and the Outback Pioneer Resort this morning, leaving Greg and Fiona who wanted to stay another day. We were heading for St George which is a smallish country town, surrounded by cotton fields. Each enormous field had an equally enormous dam. The money wasn't going into the local infrastructure though thats for sure! The road surface getting here was appalling, and although the journey wasn't overly long (less than 200 kms) it seemed to last for ever, with potholes, dips and rises, creating an uncomfortable journey. We stopped for diesel at Hebel Motel, and, along with a lot of other people, then crossed the road to the local store to get a pie for lunch. They were lovely pies, stuffed with big chunks of meat. We also bought two T bone steaks which were obscene they were so large!
      Around 2.30 we were parked in the Pelican Rest CP. A lovely grassy site, with a large field to walk Frankie in. We went into town by car- a bit too far to walk. A beautiful big river flowed through the town. A good walking track ran alongside the river, and we walked a way along it. Heading back to the CP, we noticed a lot of vans parked in the towns Showground.
      A singing festival was underway. Walkins until Thursday, then the professionals Friday and Saturday.      Read more

    • TravelerOff to the sun with GMcG and F
      Day 15

      St George

      July 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      The rain had mostly stopped, but it was a very overcast and dull day. We went to Golders Store in town and while they had a lot of 'country' things to purchase......Hats, coats, shoes, toys - they had no dog coats. Took another walk down the river, then bought a pie for lunch. Greg and Fiona arrived back from the morning session of the Yellowbelly Folk Festival, and offered to dog sit for the afternoon, if we wanted to go. Too good a chance to turn down!
      It was Freezing, but some very good singers were on stage. We were entertained from 1 - 5pm. I found it amusing, if a little bazaar, how many of the country women, took their knitting and crochet to the event, and sitting with a rug over their knees, (like me), they spent their time creating. knitting and crocheting to the music.
      Frankie got on well and was asleep in Greg's caravan when we got home. Crows lost the match against the top side Melbourne, and we had sausages from the butcher in town...very nice ones.      Read more

    • TravelerApril/May 2023
      Day 33

      A Change of Plans

      May 19, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      We are heading east for the remainder of our trip on our way back home to Noosa. Today was never going to be an exciting day as the 300km involved only one intermediate town between Cunnamulla and our destination of St George. That mid-point town of Bollon became our one and only coffee stop.
      Once we got to St George we spent a couple of hours looking around the town including a very nice stopover at the Riversands Winery where we enjoyed a very acceptable sparkling rosé in the garden and sunshine.
      Our plans were to stay at a free camp a few km out of St George on the banks of the Balonne River. So in due course we set out for this campsite. We knew it was out of town, but we did not realise how far out of town. After 15km of driving, the gravel road started and we saw that the campsite was still about another 7km further on.
      That was when Carolina lost patience. She did not want to be so far out of town and was concerned we might be the only caravan at this free camp. So without ever getting to the campsite to check it out we turned around and headed back to St George for a change of plans. Carolina decided the River Gum Tourist Park looked to be the best option so that is where we ended up for the night. It was also close to the river and we went for a long walk along it during the late afternoon including seeing the Australian Hotel where our friend Laurie dines when he is in St George.
      Along the river walk was a high red pole which held the marker heights for the river for the past 100 years, although the record recent flood levels were not there perhaps because they were higher than the pole!
      The Tourist Park was run by a friendly owner called Ivan who made us feel welcome. Despite the Park being quite full he gave us a nice large spot that was away from the madding crowd.
      It was a nice change of plans that kept everybody happy.      Read more

    • Mundi Mundi Bash 2022
      Day 21

      St George

      August 30, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      So, got up this morning ready to head to Nyngan, but the shearers at Daz n Kims that went home on Sunday, all have Covid, so decided to head east again and go see them a bit later. Checked out the silo (water tank) art, and went for a walk around town before heading off, managed coffee too. Stopped at Bollon for lunch and a quick look around the Heritage centre, only outside stuff as it was closed. Had to measure the vans to settle an argument with the man at St George Caravan Park, cause he said Grandad would have to unhook cause he was so long, and Grandy and I said that our van was longer hooked up. We won by 450mm.Read more

    • TravelerSouth-west Qld winter 2023
      Day 6

      Gatton to St George

      June 29, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Stopped a few times briefly along the drive west from Toowoomba, esp. to check out flowering mistletoes, abundant in the Eucalypts, Acacias (also flowering) and Casuarinas. We stopped first around Jondaryan on the Darling Downs (Warrego Hwy), then cut across to the Moonie Hwy via Cecil Plains. We noted interesting, quality brigalow and casuarina habitat in Southwood NP, east of St George, as a place to return to in future. Many Yellow Thornbills, Brown HE, Yellow-faced HE, Singing HE, Spiny-cheeked HE, and a sole Striped HE seen (but others heard). Also many Nankeen kestrels, Black-shouldered kites, the odd Brown falcon and Brown goshawk, Pied currawong, White-winged chough, Australian raven, Galah, Cockatiel, Yellow-eared miner, and irksome numbers of Indian mynahs around the broadscale-cleared cotton properties in particular. Got beautiful looks at a male and female Red-rumped parrot pair along the Cecil Plains Road.

      Soil turned redder, sandier, more Callitris, Broad-leaved ironbark, mulga forms replacing brigalow, as we entered the Balonne Shire. We passed through St George and headed west for Thrushton National Park. The weather was being gentle: it had rained lightly that morning, skies were still leaden, v cold, and a few small puddles still on the side of the unsealed roads as we headed north off the highway, into the park. We slowed to let winter-coated cattle clear the roadway, and heard the manic call of a Major Mitchell (Pink) cockatoo. Sure enough, a male was watching us, crest raised, disapproving... he flew off a little way and watched, as we studied back. Eyes full, we had no sooner turned to head back to the car than he flew down to his water point: the roadside puddle. New bird #2, for Sally, today 😊      Read more

    • TravelerHeading north and outback
      Day 21

      Just another day at the Gully

      September 9, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

      We’ve decided to stay put for a few days as we are loving being right on the bank of the Moonie River with the iconic Nindigully Pub just a stone’s throw away with important facilities like wine and food, as well as clean toilets and free hot showers provided for campers (gold coin donation requested for the RFDS).

      Today we lazed around, starting with scrambled eggs and toast made in the Weber, which we ate by the river’s edge in the lovely dappled sunlight.

      Gadi went for a kayak and I worked out details on the phone with my mum and our son for their impending visit to Cairns in October where we will have a mini holiday with them for nine days.

      We spent some time in the afternoon sitting in the beer garden with our neighbours listening to singer Loren Ryan (who appeared on The Voice last year and sang a duet “Bootilicious” with Kelly Rowland) belt out tunes accompanied by her partner (and last night’s singer) Scott Troutman.

      Tonight, in our little home on wheels, Gadi and I celebrated Jewish New Year, with a sticky sweet homemade honey cake (yes, baked in the Weber) and some apple slices dipped in honey to symbolize the start of what will hopefully be a sweet start to the Jewish New Year.

      Missing our family particularly tonight (as we usually celebrate with our kids, my mum, sister and family), we made phone calls home to Melbourne and to our family in Israel. It helped to bridge the gap and make us feel a little closer to our loved ones, here and abroad.

      At least we will see our boy and my mum in just a month’s time.

      Night night xx      Read more

    • TravelerHeading north and outback
      Day 20

      The famous Nindigully Pub

      September 8, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Well, today may very well be a record for the shortest number of kilometres driven to our next overnight stop - a total of 34km down the road from Thallon to the nearby Nindigully Pub.

      We’d heard you could camp at the old pub situated on the banks of the Moonie River and we were keen to find a spot along the river bank and go to the pub for happy hour, some live music in the beer garden and a feed at this iconic pub.

      While we didn’t eat the famous 5.5kg road train burger (said to feed at least six people) we did get through large serves of a parma and a chicken carbonara.

      The Gully as it’s commonly called among locals, has the honour of being Queensland’s oldest continuously licensed pub since 1864. Prior to that the building was the original shearer’s quarters for Nindigully Station.

      We found a perfect spot along the river, away from the big red dusty car park next to the hotel and spent the afternoon enjoying the sunshine and the tranquility of the river and chatting to some of our fellow camping neighbours.

      I was in the mood to bake so after putting a pizza into the Weber I baked some choc chip chocolate muffins and a honey cake. Tomorrow is Jewish New Year and although we are far from home we feel that eating some honey cake tomorrow evening and some apple slices dipped in honey well help to symbolize the beginning of what will hopefully be a sweet new year - for us and for all people across the world.

      Around 5ish we headed up to the beer garden at the pub with some of our neighbours and enjoyed some delicious white wine as we ate and listened to local artist Scott Troutman sing soulfully and play guitar as the afternoon sun faded away and was replaced by twinkly fairy lights around the garden.

      And to cap off another lovely day on the road, as we were leaving the pub to walk back to our caravan down on the river, we looked up into the inky black sky and marveled at the millions of stars that were visible up above. Even the Milky Way could be seen clearly against the charcoal backdrop.

      G’night xx      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Balonne Shire, Shire of Balonne, Comté de Balonne, Contea di Balonne, Балонн, 巴隆郡政府

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