Bonville Creek
May 2017, Sawtell, NSW Bonville Creek, Sawtell, NSW Advertisements Continue reading Bonville Creek
Hamilton Hume and William Hovell
Mar 2019, Albury, NSW Time and again we cross the path of great explorers. Europeans who set off into the unknown with little more than hope and dreams in search of arable land and inland seas. People who would have seemed small and under nourished by today’s standards, yet filled with tenacity and courage. We’ve crossed Burke and Wills ill-fated route in many places on our travels. They crossed the continent from south to north only to perish part way home. Sturt, McDowell Stuart, Leichhardt, Mitchell and Hume and Hovell among others. In Albury while walking in the park we … Continue reading Hamilton Hume and William Hovell
Service with a smile
2015 A rocky start to a Western Victoria tour As we head along Eastlink tollway we remark that the car feels like it is dragging the caravan and we don’t normally notice much difference when the van is on. It is then that we see the electric braking system flashing a warning. As we’d only had the van serviced three weeks earlier we turn off the tollway to the service centre in Dandenong. Yes, they tell us the brakes are locked on and the problem is not theirs but with the braking system and that would have to be checked … Continue reading Service with a smile
An apology
Will the real Anderson Plug please stand up! Yes, you guessed it the image on yesterday’s post was incorrect. The light plug shown would be a fat lot of good when it comes to powering your van. Continue reading An apology
The A – Z of Caravan Gear
For those of you who are prospective caravanners this glossary may help in understanding the terminology, but not all readers are caravanners. May I suggest then, that it will certainly improve your trivia knowledge. Hang onto your hats – A … Continue reading The A – Z of Caravan Gear
Smoky Cape Light
Built in 1891, New South Wales highest lighthouse is situated on Smoky Cape between Hat Head to the south and Trial Bay and South West Rocks to the north. It’s a steep walk up from the carpark but the view … Continue reading Smoky Cape Light
Stalks
Apr 2015, New Norcia Monastery, WA The monks of the monastery no longer bake their own bread for which they were once famous but they still grow their own wheat. Continue reading Stalks
Barolin Homestead
Jul 2018, Innes Park near Bundaberg, Qld Once a 12,000 acre station property in an area described by explorer and later its’ manager Nugent Wade Brown as “the most beautiful place in the world”, Barolin Homestead overlooks the Pacific Ocean. The current homestead was built by Sidney North Innes in 1912. A classic Queenslander design. Continue reading Barolin Homestead
Donald, where’s your troosers?
What is it with these old farts and their undies? Once more over a long winter’s lunch in a cosy café by the fire another grey nomad bares his soul, yes, he tells us that when sleeping on the caravan he hangs his undies over the television cable! The television cable? “Oh” he says “but they hang so nicely there.” Continue reading Donald, where’s your troosers?
Noosa and Tewantin
Jul 2017, Sunshine Coast, Qld Tewantin is agreeable to the eye with plenty of trees and people in a hurry. But then this is the town that drives the holiday resort town of Noosa Heads. Tewantin is the business end with solid old Queenslanders, wandering gardens. Accountants, lawyers and supermarkets. Noosa is the pretty face with luxury homes, sparkling white apartment blocks and hotels of gleaming glass, fronting a small but lovely stretch of sand contained by the National Park and the Noosa River. Dress shops and restaurants, canals and crowds. Something must feed this hungry monolith and it’s Tewantin. … Continue reading Noosa and Tewantin
