Day 6 Saturday 13/6/2026 Stockton, sunny 20 We enjoy a quiet, lazy morning. Whenever a ship is passing, we hear the blast of the horn. Now here are a few facts from the Port of Newcastle (pon.com.au). For regular readers … Continue reading On the Road Again – Day 6 Who wanted to see the coast anyway?
Day 5 Friday 12/6/2026 Newcastle Gosh, that was a nice sleep in. Woody walked around Stockton while I snoozed. Stockton having been a working-class suburb for the heavy industry of Newcastle, has an interesting array of houses. Those workers’ homes … Continue reading On the Road Again 2026 – Day 5 Newcastle Magic
Day 4 Thursday 11/6/2026 Moss Vale to Stockton, 14 – 20 We wake to clear blue skies and a lightly crisp morning. Not having been away since Xmas it’s surprising how quickly we slip back into the packing and unpacking … Continue reading On the Road Again 2026 – Day 4 Stockton
Day 3 Wednesday 10/6/2026, Gundagai to Moss Vale, cloudy 10 – 18 breezy too A mild grey morning, and it’s a battle to keep the autumn leaves out of the caravan. We’re on the road by 8:45. The paddocks are … Continue reading On the Road Again 2026 – Day 3 Moss Vale
Day 2 Tuesday 9/6/2026, Lurg, Vic to Gundagai, NSW 10-18 light rain We wake up to light rain on the roof. With two doonas (duvets) we stayed warm and toasty last night. As the sun tries to break through, a … Continue reading On the Road Again 2026 – Day 2 It’s squigee on the ‘bidgee
Monday 8/6/2016, Home to Lurg, Vic, Clear, sunny 12.5 degrees In April, Ginger Meggs (President Trump) decided to bomb Iran, for reasons we know not why. In retaliation Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz, an action that sent most people … Continue reading On The Road Again 2026 – Day 1 The Lurgie
Robe, South Australia – Oh, what an interesting place you are You know how there are some places that you just can’t get enough of? I’m not talking about London or Rome, because those places would take ten lifetimes to … Continue reading The Places We Love – Robe
Burra, South Australia European colonisation of South Australia began with the founding of the South Australia Company. A brave initiative to build a colony with young families of tradespeople, rather than convict labour. The first of these new settlers arrived … Continue reading The Places we Love – Mines, Wines & Saltbush Lamb
Murray River, South Australia I’ve often said that I’d really like to ‘Do the Murray’ from its source in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales all the way down to the mouth on the South Australian coast. It was … Continue reading The Places We Love – Cruising Down the River
Is it the state we love or is it the Fritz? Like so many other Victorians we tend to leave SA until last because, well, it’s so close. And yet we both really love SA. So much so that we … Continue reading The Places We Love – South Australia
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