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Traveler QLD to NSW
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- Mar 31, 2022, 5:38pm · ⛅ 19 °C Altitude: 800 m
  Australia New South Wales Lithgow Capertee -33.145, 149.9816733°8’42” S 149°58’54” E
Day 4
CAPERTEE
March 31, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Last night we stayed at the new CMCA Park in Gunnedah and it was excellent; close to the shops and pub and good, clean facilities. Now we're heading to Mullaley, Tambar Springs, Bomera, Coolah, Leadville, Birriwa, Beryl, Gulgong, Mudgee and Capertee, where we are spending the night.

We had lunch on the side of the road at the lovely town of Coolah.

We spoke with Roddy and Sue and hope to catch up with them on the road next week.

Now we're at Capertee and it is quite cold and misty rain.Read more
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- May 22, 2022 · 🌧 16 °C Altitude: 269 m
  Australia New South Wales Lithgow Glen Davis Coorlongooba Creek -33.124332, 150.32418533°7’28” S 150°19’27” E
Day 5
Coorangooba Campground.
May 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
We stayed the night nestled in a canyon in Capertee valley. It was a tad hairy getting in there due to mud and a river crossing. But the result was a beautiful green camp ground with loads of kangaroos.Read more
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- Nov 11, 2022, 4:00pm · ☁️ 22 °C Altitude: 436 m
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Putta Bucca Blackman Park -32.583905, 149.56988832°35’2” S 149°34’12” E
Day 14
Mudgee Valley Park
November 11, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Gegen 16 Uhr erreiche ich dann das Ziel für heute.

Unterwegs sitzen noch ein paar echte Kängurus am Straßenrand.

Ich wasche erstmal eine Ladung, dann gibt es (mangels Einkaufsplanung und eines Restaurants in der Nähe) eine köstliche Rohkostplatte 🤣.

Als Nachtisch dann noch eine riesige Blaubeere. Lecker...Read more
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Traveler Australiaaaaa
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- Sep 10, 2016, 2:59pm · ☀️ 14 °C Altitude: 273 m
  Australia New South Wales Lithgow Glen Davis -33.123371, 150.28134233°7’24” S 150°16’53” E
Day 56
45 • Etwas Pech, aber mit Aussicht
September 10, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
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Wir verlassen die offensichtlich wohlhabende Weinstadt Mudgee mit einer guten Flasche Rotwein. Die Landschaft wurde bei der Fahrt nach Süden dann immer schöner, was Mia natürlich verpasst hat, da sie beim plappern eingeschlafen ist ;-).
Berge mit großen Sandsteinklippen haben uns verleitet auf gut Glück in eins der Täler zu fahren. Nach den letzten Kilometern auf schlechter Schotterstraße erwartete uns die kleine Ortschaft Glen Davis, die das komplette Gegenteil von Mudgee ist. Nachdem hier in den 50ern die Ölindustrie zugrunde gegangen ist, lebt hier kaum noch jemand. Hatten kein Glück beim Versuch noch eine Wanderung zu den tollen Klippen oder weiter ins Tal zu machen, da alle Wege gesperrt waren. Die Landschaft ist dennoch toll. Am Abend haben wir dann Campingküche der Luxusklasse genossen: feinstes Lamm mit Bohnen und Kartoffeln, dazu der gute Rotwein 😊.Read more
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Da bekomm ich ja gleich Hunger !!
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Ich hab es zwar nicht ganz so romantisch und kein so leckeres Essen, wie hr´´´´ aber ein Gläschen Wein wird auch leich neben mir stehen. Also dann Prost !
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LouisaJames Australia
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- Apr 13, 2017 · ⛅ 20 °C Altitude: 1,457 ft
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Putta Bucca Lawsons Creek -32.590442, 149.58868832°35’26” S 149°35’19” E
Day 10
Mudgee wine region
April 13, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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Reluctantly left the swamp camp to head on a full days drive North to the Mudgee wine region and loop back towards the coast through beautiful and varied countryside. A quick stop in Mudgee to re-supply and have a wander around the old (for Australia!) buildings. On the way out of town we stopped at a vineyard which also had a great collection of vintage motorcycles.
The wildlife was out in force and included two emu next to the road and a spiky Echidna, a large porcupine type creature the size of a football and pencil size spines - they can grow up to 50cm long. Much of the mileage today was on dusty gravel tracks.
Stopped in a free community campsite with bbq facilities and a tennis court! This particular site had drinking water and toilet facilities, however most remote sites we have stayed at are basic with a non-flush compost toilet , no electricity or shelter and water has to be taken with you. Many service stations and sports/parks have free hot showers so we can stay fresh and sociable!Read more
mg.bigadventure Swamp --> winelands .....not sure we can understand the reluctance to move in this direction!!! We head to Aus soil tomorrow. Look forward to our travel paths finally crossing in Perth soon.
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mg.bigadventure Glad to hear you're managing to stay fresh & sociable though!
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Bridget Rundle Like an old fashioned movie film set! Love it. Xx Rundles xx
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Traveler Tassie Dual Motorcycle Trip
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- Jan 28, 2022, 5:00pm · ⛅ 29 °C Altitude: 465 m
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Mudgee -32.595, 149.58532°35’42” S 149°35’6” E
Day 35
Mudgee overnight from Albury.
January 28, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After leaving Melbourne on the 27th Jan 2022 we chased to stay ahead of the storms and the low coming across from South Australia into Victoria and southern NSW. We made it to Albury on tbe 27th but headed off early which allowed us to mostly avoid the motorways and enjoy some wonderful countryside views.

A quick stop in Wattle Flat to put our wets back on, we pressed through the rain showers to make it to Mudgee.

What a great town. It's seemed a bit flashy for a county NSW town. And the real-estate prices were off the charts crazy. But then we realised it's only 4hrs from Sydney and there's a bunch of good to mis-managed wineries around the penny dropped this town was Sydney's well-to-do's country retreat. What's better than inviting friends up to your winery?

Still, our stay at a local pub benefitted greatly as everything was clean, well managed and very comfy.Read more
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- May 25, 2022 · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 444 m
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Putta Bucca Lawsons Creek -32.591037, 149.58857432°35’28” S 149°35’19” E
Day 8
Mudgee
May 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Spent a couple of days in Mudgee, exploring the town, got some washing done and more importantly did some wine tasting and stocked up the wine cellar!
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Traveler Australien
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- Nov 23, 2020 · ☁️ 25 °C Altitude: 650 m
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Dunns Swamp -32.835074, 150.20762832°50’6” S 150°12’27” E
Day 330
Jetzt aber...
November 23, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Nun ist es soweit, ich kann endlich loslegen.

Mein erstes Ziel war ein Campingplatz im Wollemi NP. Der Weg dorthin führte mich durch wunderbar sanfte Hügellandschaften, aber auch vorbei an schroffen Sandsteinbergen.

Leider war das Wetter nicht so toll, weshalb ich nicht so oft aussteigen, spazieren gehen oder fotografieren konnte.

Am Campingplatz angekommen muss ich sagen, dass ist einer der schönsten auf dem ich je war, wunderschön gelegen am Fluss und im Wald. Bestaunen kann man hier auch zwei Gegensätze. Zum einen sieht man noch immer deutlich dass genau hier vor nicht ganz einem Jahr die verheerenden Buschfeuer gewütet haben, zum anderen ist es bereits wieder wunderbar grün und voller Leben.Read more
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- Apr 7, 2023, 10:43am · ☁️ 19 °C Altitude: 450 m
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Mudgee -32.596644, 149.59167932°35’48” S 149°35’30” E
Day 1
One Zeus to another…
April 7 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Pants and cardies
Tops and undies
Outfits i’ll need for the weeks
But sadly,
I can’t pack the dog

Documents stowed
The weight underload
Handbag filled to the top
But no,
I can’t pack the dog.

Everything managed to fit
Passport ready, can’t forget it
Wondering what I’ll see and who I’ll meet
If only
I could pack the dogRead more
Traveler Poor Zeus. How long is your trip Hanna?
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Traveler It is two weeks. Just the school holidays.
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Traveler Have an awesome time. I'll be following on this app.
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Traveler Thanks Uncle Shane!
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Traveler Love the post!
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- Jul 25, 2022, 6:38am · ⛅ 5 °C Altitude: 463 m
  Australia New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Gulgong Wyaldra Creek -32.363333, 149.53166732°21’48” S 149°31’54” E
Day 12
Back into Queensland
July 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Unfortunately we have to get home today and can't stay and look around Mudgee or take our time getting back.

So got up early again and headed off, there was a light frost all over the 79 and trailer. The morning was misty and after leaving the motel at 6am and we were still driving through the mist scouring the roads for wildlife till about 10am!

There are some really beautiful towns, in northern NSW and it would have been nice to stop and explore Gulgong, but not this time. Was also hard to drive through Coonabarabran without heading out to the Warrumbungles National Park! But we refrained and continued north. The roads are terrible they really need some attention!

We arrived in Goondiwindi at lunchtime and had to get out of our puffer jackets and Ugg boots as soon as we got out of the car! It was 15 degrees warmer than we had been in for the last week and a half! You could tell we were back in Queensland 😄

Now for the last stretch, Google says 4.5 hours but sure it will feel much longer than that!Read more
Traveler A lot of concentration watching out for wildlife on the roads for hours.
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