Road Trip June 2017

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May 31, 2017
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Day 1
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
☀️ 9 °C
Altitude: 230 m
Australia Avoca -37.093735, 143.4675637°5’37” S 143°28’3” E
Day 1
May 31, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Left home at 8:30, said our goodbyes to everyone and then yippee first day of our unmapped and unplanned road trip, we are heading to Melbourne and out the ring Road, stopped for lunch at Macca's at 12:30, headed out of the city on the freeway to Ballarat then up the B220 to Lexton and then we arrived Avoca at 2:30 for our overnight stop.
Weather very chilly only 11 degrees ,nice van park with good amenities, we took a walk down to the town centre and had a look around, small country town shops.Read more
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Day 2
Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 3:16 PM
☀️ 14 °C
Altitude: 28 m
Australia Ornamental Lakes Park -34.182091, 142.16873234°10’56” S 142°10’7” E
Day 2
June 1, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Left Avoca at 9.30 am very chillie heading for Mildura, we continued on the B220 to St Arnaud, Donald, Litchfield, birchip, Ouyen and arrived at Mildura about 3pm, set up havin a cuppa then off down town to have a little bo peep. Caravan park is right on the Murray river, good amenities and nice shady sites which would great in the hotter weather but not so good when it is frosty in the morning.Read more
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Day 3
Friday, June 2, 2017
☀️ 13 °C
Altitude: 28 m
Australia Buronga Park -34.169052, 142.1706734°10’9” S 142°10’14” E
Day 3
June 2, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Got up this morning to a slight frost very chilly, as we have no plan we decided to have a lazy day in Mildura did some shopping, very good shopping lots to look at in town and stocked up on supplies as we are going to head off in to the outback where the shopping is very limited. Lots in the van park, most of them stopping here for a bit and then doing the grey nomad exodus to the top end. Lots of paddle steamers up and down the river, would be a very busy place in the summer months.Read more
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Day 4
Saturday, June 3, 2017
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 57 m
Australia Broken Hill Municipality -32.313919, 142.48049932°18’50” S 142°28’50” E
Day 4
June 3, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Left Mildura at 9:30, stopped at Wentworth for fresh bread and then headed up the high darling Road to Pooncarie, then stopped for lunch up the road at Murley Cooley Point on the Darling river, was going to stop here overnight, but there was an engine driven pump running and lots of bindis so we decided to move on and arrived at the Menindee lakes at 3:30.
Set up on the banks of lake Pamamaroo, the weather is fantastic and so is the scenery, first night free camp, got the Oz pig out enjoying the sunset.Read more
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Day 5
Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 4:07 PM
⛅ 13 °C
Altitude: 57 m
Australia Broken Hill Municipality -32.313961, 142.48051532°18’50” S 142°28’50” E
Day 5
June 4, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Chilled out for the day on the banks of the Menindee lakes, what a great spot to spend a couple of days, very peaceful and not overcrowded, took a walk up to the spill way in the morning which was about 1 km from our camp, there is a toilet block located down there and lots of great spots to camp along the walk.
Teresa spent the avo playing solitaire and cooking tea and I took the rc trophy truck for a spin in the sand,
Magic weather anyways it's beer o'clock now, cheers !! And another great sunset over the water.Read more
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Day 6
Monday, June 5, 2017
☀️ 15 °C
Altitude: 182 m
Australia Quarry Hill -29.434092, 142.00886529°26’3” S 142°0’32” E
Day 6
June 5, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Left Menindee lakes at 8:30 and headed for Broken hill, got in at 10:30 and stocked up supplies and fuel.
Off to Tibooburra via packsaddle roadhouse, stopped here for lunch in the van and went over to the roadhouse for an ice cream. Got into Tibooburra about 3 very busy at the van park, and the flying doctor charity outback bash was in town for the night. There is only about 60 kms of gravel road and rest from Broken hill to Tibooburra will be sealed in the next couple of years.Read more
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Day 7
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 12:19 PM
🌬 16 °C
Altitude: 185 m
Australia Quarry Hill -29.434103, 142.00927729°26’3” S 142°0’33” E
Day 7
June 6, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Hanging out here for the day, caught up the washing and gave the car and van the once over before we head further into the outback.
Took a walk down town, has been a lot of work to the pubs and buildings in general town area since we were here last everything looks good, very neat and tidy.
There are 2 pubs in town we went to the Tibooburra Hotel for drinks and dinner, had a chat to a few of the guys driving in the flying doc bash and dinner with a couple who are broadacre grain growers from Forbes, meal was great a good night overall.Read more
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Day 8
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 83 m
Australia Bulloo -27.820713, 142.59292627°49’15” S 142°35’35” E
Day 8
June 7, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Left Tibooburra at 9am up the silver city highway to noccundra, arrived at 1 and setup camp on the banks of the Wilson river. The pub is just across the road 200mt's and it has public toilets and a $1 donation to use the shower. The road was all dirt with lots of stone, very hard on everything, stopped at the warri gate at the qld border and deflated the tyres.
Off to the pub for tea and a few drinks tonight, no mobile reception here, pulled up a seat at the bar with a few grey nomads chatting about travels and cruiser utes. Had a home cooked style meal in the dining room on the one long table with 6 others, very interesting dinner conversations, a great night in the end.Read more
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Day 9
Thursday, June 8, 2017
🌫 13 °C
Altitude: 128 m
Australia Windorah Airport -25.419653, 142.65277125°25’11” S 142°39’10” E
Day 9
June 8, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌫 13 °C
Another great day in the outback, left Noccundra at around 9 bitumen all the way to Eromanga, stopped for a look around and at the dump point we ran into a couple of people we had dinner with last night, chatted for a while with a fella who was first married at 69 and now 78 and he is happy as ever travelling around the country with his wife. Eromanga doesn't look that inviting to camp the night so we will move on and take a short cut to the Quilpie Windorah Road, road was mapped as dirt but was bitumen all the way. Decided to head out to Windorah to refuel got in at around 3 as per usual the van park was very full. Headed down the pub for a drink in the avo and then cooked dinner on the baby q, weather getting more mild as we head north.Read more
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Day 10
Friday, June 9, 2017 at 12:09 PM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 128 m
Australia Windorah Airport -25.419683, 142.65280225°25’11” S 142°39’10” E
Day 10
June 9, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Hanging out in Windorah for the day, took a walk down the street and went into the info centre and grabbed a few things, there is a new caravan park being built across the road from the old one to cater for the growing grey nomad population. Town is looking very neat and tidy good place to spend a few days, down to the pub again for a drink, met an old mate from Raymond Island who was having battery dramas in his Colorado, told him he should of brought a Cruiser, back to the van for more drinks and dinner.Read more
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Day 11
Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 12:00 PM
☀️ 33 °C
Altitude: 160 m
Australia Stonehenge -24.355108, 143.28703324°21’18” S 143°17’13” E
Day 11
June 10, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Left this morning at about 9, north out of Windorah heading for Stonehenge, passed over the cooper creek again at Jundah nice little outback town very green and tidy would be a nice spot to spend a night or two.
Arrived in Stonehenge at 11, not much here, van park is neat and tidy, took a walk around the town there is an info centre, fuel stop and pub, ran into a couple from near Bright very interesting to talk too anyway will check out the pub for a drink tonight and maybe dinnner.Read more
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Day 12
Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 2:55 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 177 m
Australia Longreach Airport -23.443789, 144.2656123°26’38” S 144°15’56” E
Day 12
June 11, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Had a great night at the Stonehenge pub last night, dinner was very good and we met a couple that are still farming 1200acres at Braidwood in nsw, Noelene aged 73 and Jim 81 caravanning around the outback. We spent the night chatting about farming and listening to Jim's story's he was a very funny man, both of them are great for there age.
We left this morning at 9 and it was a straight run on single lane bitumen all the way into longreach, arrived at the longreach tourist park at 11, this park is massive it has 300 sites, caravans everywhere, setup and headed of to the bakery for lunch, great pies here. Just waiting for the Remetta's to turn up, 23 degrees and a slight breeze very dry here as it seems to be most times we are here.Read more
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Day 13
Monday, June 12, 2017
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 182 m
Australia Longreach Airport -23.443739, 144.26562523°26’37” S 144°15’56” E
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Day 13
June 12, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Started the day with bacon and egg breakfast and then we headed off down the street with Sam and Maureen, had lunch at the bakery and continued wandering around the Longreach shops. Had a lazy afternoon and for happy hour at our site we were joined by Barry and Heather Sharp and Sam and Maureen, lots of yik yak and travel stories. Very dry and dusty, the water truck has been around this avo wetting down the tracks, caravan park is just a money making job not much improvements since here 3 years ago and hot water in showers is barely hot 👎Read more
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Day 14
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 3:49 PM
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 177 m
Australia Longreach Airport -23.443768, 144.2656123°26’38” S 144°15’56” E
Day 14
June 13, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Another nice day 24 degrees, said goodbye to Sam and Maureen as they are heading further north to Lawn Hill, we decided not to travel with them as we didn't want to go any further up and have a more relaxing trip not doing to many miles. We went down town and did some food shopping and just had a wander around the street, Longreach is a very relaxing and laid back town with lots of tourists. Walked down to the stockmans hall of fame and the Qantas museum for look around this avo, picked a up a few souvenirs, going to the woodshed bar tonight for drinks and tea.Read more
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Day 15
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
⛅ 22 °C
Altitude: 213 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660172, 148.0804623°39’37” S 148°4’50” E
Day 15
June 14, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Left at 8:30 this morning, stopped at Barcaldine for a look around went to the tree of knowledge to see if we could get any smarter don't think so 😎, very nice place would stay here next time. Kept going to Alpha had a plan to stay there but didn't look very good so we motored on to Emerald and out to the Fairburn dam, got a great site in the van park backing onto the bush, time to setup and have a few drinks it is a lovely 24 degrees.Read more
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Day 16
Thursday, June 15, 2017
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 219 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660252, 148.08039923°39’37” S 148°4’49” E
Day 16
June 15, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Off to Emerald today to have a look around and do some shopping about 25kms to town from here, plenty of shopping to do in town with 2 major centres and the Main Street, had a birthday lunch for Craig at KFC, yum hadn't had junk food for 2 weeks. Got back home and went out into the bush and cut some firewood, cooking chicken drumsticks in the camp oven on the top of the pig for dinner tonight with a few drinks. The weather is fantastic and our site is great on the bush very quite and a little secluded and the amenities, shop and services in the van park are excellent.Read more
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Day 17
Friday, June 16, 2017
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 219 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660172, 148.08033823°39’37” S 148°4’49” E
Day 17
June 16, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Yet another magic day here 25 degrees, off for a walk down to the lake some very nice picnic areas and a boat ramp full of grey nomads and their little tinny's, one poor old mate lost both of his tyres off his trailer whilst towing it down to the ramp, not surprising as they were no bigger than wheelbarrow wheels 😂 anyway he just kept going on the rims and launched it. They mostly put pots in and get red claw which is like a small lobster no bag limit and apparently there is plenty in there. The Fairbairn dam is the size of 3 Sydney harbours and at present is 44 percent full.Read more
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Day 18
Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 4:09 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 219 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660231, 148.08029223°39’37” S 148°4’49” E
Day 18
June 17, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Still chillen out at Fairbairn dam, even warmer today 27 degrees, took a drive out to the gem fields, Sapphire, Rubyvale and Anakie. Had morning tea at a great little cafe in Rubyvale, checked out the Saturday market not too much there to look at, so into Emerald for lunch and a wander around the shops, spending the rest of the day relaxing in the great weather, cooking on the pig tonight. Found this lazy moggie in the store at Rubyvale his name was Garfield, very appropriate hey !Read more
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Day 19
Sunday, June 18, 2017 at 2:53 PM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 219 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660168, 148.08030723°39’37” S 148°4’49” E
Day 19
June 18, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Another warm night and 27 degrees today, bacon and eggs to start the day, catch up on the jobs today, washing and wood cutting, out with the stihl battery chainsaw, did a great job on the qld stringy timber.
Got chatting to the neighbors for an hour, then we walked down to the lake, very nice except for the skip bins that are full of redclaw scraps they stink bad. Roast lamb on the pig tonight, few drinks, yum!
Having a great time not doing much, just enjoying our time with each other.Read more
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Day 20
Monday, June 19, 2017
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 219 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660151, 148.08030723°39’37” S 148°4’49” E
Day 20
June 19, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Still at Fairbairn Dam, lake marabool caravan park, another beautiful day just relaxing and chatting to our neighbors Peter and Lyn and Peter and Lynn yep the same names with one extra n. Peter Hutchison reminded us so much of Charlie Ryan, our relief milker while we are away holidaying, both of them very funny men with lots of stories. A big shout out to Charlie and Holly at home milking the cows and Waz for doing the paddock work and Joel for house sitting and feeding the cows in the out paddocks.Read more
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Day 21
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 218 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.660122, 148.08033823°39’36” S 148°4’49” E
Day 21
June 20, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Started off the day to phone call at 5 am to say the wash down pump in the dairy had crapped itself, so on the phone at 8 o'clock found a new pump in Sale and got Stephen Karndinal to come to the rescue to pick it up and install it, all good by lunch time, thanks Stephen.
Off to town later in the morning, checked out the camping shop which was very good, and then had a look in the hobby shop it has a heap of spares for both of my rc trucks.
Teresa cooked up some cakes for avo tea and we enjoyed them with our neighbours Peter and Lyn.
Steak cooked on the pig, which was fantastic and a few drinks and yarns with our friends next door.Read more
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Day 22
Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 4:34 PM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 218 m
Australia Central Highlands -23.66013, 148.08028723°39’36” S 148°4’49” E
Day 22
June 21, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Could you stay here for a month ? The answer is yes, would have to be one of the best parks we have stayed in yet, great people and the setting is just like being in the bush with all the conveniences. Started the pack up today as we are heading south tomorrow, went for the daily walk down to the lake and back to the shop for an ice cream, second game of the state of origin tonight so we will be with Peter and Lyn around the pig watching the bum sniffers.Read more
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Day 23
Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 4:20 PM
⛅ 23 °C
Altitude: 241 m
Australia Surat -27.147928, 149.07331827°8’53” S 149°4’24” E
Day 23
June 22, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Up early this morning to pack up, said our goodbyes to Peter and Lyn and hit the road, goodbye to lake Maraboon we had a fantastic time for the week. Heading south down to Springsure, Rolleston and Injune for lunch and then Roma and our stop for the night is the fishermans free camp on the Balone river at Surat as per usual lots of vans. Nice setting bit close to the road but ok for an overnight stop, just kicken back having a drink and enjoying the sunshine.Read more
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Day 24
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 4:21 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 132 m
Australia Lightning Ridge -29.425837, 147.99551429°25’33” S 147°59’44” E
Day 24
June 23, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Had a good night at the free camp last night very quite considering it is on the highway, nice clean and new toilets good overnight stop. Headed off at 8 this morning, stopped in at St George for fuel and kept on going to Dirrinbandi then down to the Hebel gate the Qld and Nsw border, weather still very good 23 degrees so decided to stop in at lightning ridge for the night. At the Opal caravan park, good as usual this is our 3rd time here very busy lucky to get a powered site, had lunch and drove in to town for a look around, booked the bus for 6 o'clock to take us to the bowling club for drinks and tea.Read more
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Day 25
Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 5:52 PM
🌙 8 °C
Altitude: 478 m
Australia Boorowa -34.43428, 148.71974234°26’3” S 148°43’11” E
Day 25
June 24, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Had a good night at the lightning ridge bowling club, meal was good and very busy, left this morning a bit before 9 heading south to Walgett, Coonamble and Gilgandra for lunch by the dry river bed. Then onto Dubbo for a fuel stop, decided to keep on trucking next on the list of towns on our trek south is Wellington, Molong, Canowindra, Cowra and then our final stop for the night at 4:30 is Boorowa. Council run van park, nice and clean good ammenities, only a 300mt walk into town, weather has turned from our balmy 26 yesterday at lightning ridge to a 13 here now, drinks and dinner in the van tonight.Read more
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