July 2017, Southern Queensland and an unforgettable anniversary We’re in Miles and following instructions to Kowguran twenty kilometres to the north. It is dry, scrubby, red dirt country. Now some parks are boringly ordinary yet often in an interesting location. … Continue reading Playing Possum
Aug 2018, Maryborough, Qld While we stay at Maryborough Showgrounds our mates R & T are comfortably setup at Maryborough Airport awaiting a caravan site at Hervey Bay. The Airport is a nice alternative for fully self-contained RV’s as it … Continue reading Options aplenty at Maryborough
The Maryborough Showgrounds is enormous. There’s plenty of room for camping, clean dunnies and only mild highway sounds in the distance. While we stay there’s a gymkhana, billy cart racing and some great country music happening way over the other side of the park. The sort of things that you would never, ever see in a caravan park. This is a perfect base for unhitching and exploring the Fraser Coast and historic Maryborough. Just passing through? What could be better than just swinging off the highway and putting your feet up here? Where: Bruce Highway, Maryborough, Qld and a short … Continue reading Maryborough Showgrounds
Mar 2015, Esperance, WA Esperance is a very windy town. It seems that everyone has a saying for Esperance. “Windy all ways”. “You’ve gotta pick your days at Esperance, there’s only one”. Yet apart from all of this cheek it is a stunningly beautiful spot and the ocean views are purely magical. Perhaps its got something to do with that wind? Continue reading Esperance
Lately in our travels I’ve noticed that the word ‘Yeah’ has morphed into two words. Two words similar in sound but quite the opposite in meaning. When someone says…”Yeaah no” they mean “yes”. When they say “Yeah naaah” they’re saying “no”. Tricky eh? Continue reading Changing Vernacular
A Melburnian may laugh at this post yet if you look again with fresh eyes. The eyes of someone from elsewhere you will see a wonderful beachfront campground that stretches for kilometres. Soft sandy beaches, stunning bay views and stands … Continue reading The Rosebud Foreshore
After a nudge from Jonno and Jo over at Jwalking I believe it’s time that I explained one of the more important aspects of caravanning for couples and that is “Blue Jobs and Pink Jobs”. We tend to have our favourite and not so favourite jobs that we each choose to do. Now I’m quite sure that it does vary from couple to couple and of course also depends on one’s own physical abilities. When we arrive at a caravan park site and have levelled the van we set to work: Blue Jobs Plug into power. Remove load levellers / sway … Continue reading Blue Jobs & Pink Jobs
May 2018, Winton, Qld After having been thwarted in our attempt to free camp unpowered behind the North Gregory Hotel because of our failing fridge, we set up camp (powered) at the Pelican Caravan Park and I head off to … Continue reading Waltzing Matilda round and around
March 2013, Newcastle, NSW A lone surfer strolls up the beach just after sunrise. The morning light illuminates Nobbys Lighthouse, a few hundred metres away espresso machines gurgle into life and a city wakes to a new day. Continue reading Nobbys Beach
March 2018, Robe, SA Late in the afternoon I pop into the Caledonian Inn (1858) to pick up a crisp white for dinner. We’ve eaten at this pub many times over the years. We’ve even stayed in what I call their ‘Rooms in the dunes’ cottages that back onto the beach overlooking Guichen Bay. “Lovely day” I say to the young assistant. “It’s a real pearler isn’t it?” She says. You’ve just gotta love The Cally. Continue reading Caledonian Inn
