We chose the Bulahdelah Bowls Club for an evening stay and they offered us a great deal of $25 for 3 nights on a powered site with discounts at the bar. Next door to us the show grounds offer $18 … Continue reading Bulahdelah Bowls Club
It is a tiny fishing / holiday town with not a lot going for it except for its National Park, beach and river. As we check into the caravan park we realise that the manager must be working for ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation), she asks so many questions about us that I’m sure that she was even noting our eye colour. We plug our 6 digit code into the rusty boom gate and hey at last we’re in. The sites are shaded by pine trees which means there is no grass just a mess of pine needles, fine gravel … Continue reading Get Smart
In this caravan park we are very close. Last night our TV addict neighbours on the left had their TV blaring. The folks on the right had their TV outside obviously as a courtesy to us because as we prepared dinner we were able to watch Home and Away through our kitchen window. It was a perfect night to eat outdoors but with a different channel in each ear it became unbearable. We resorted to the Dolby method and turned ours on as well. This morning we woke at 6:00am to the sound of laughter, our neighbours watching TV again! … Continue reading Tight?
Innisfail has a multicultural heritage, Aboriginal, English, Italian, Pacific Islanders, Chinese, Indian to name a few. The heritage is reflected in the architecture. The town hall and shire offices are art deco. The Catholic Church looks as though it has been uprooted from the South Pacific and the brightly painted water tower, that dominates the town, looks Indian. Parking in the palm lined streets is nose first but there is a surprise. There is another row of cars parked down the centre of the street, each facing the direction that they intend to go. This has us baffled and neither … Continue reading Multicoloured Innisfail
We tour Berrima in the NSW Southern Highlands and explore the old cemetery. The oldest grave that we can find is 1805. There are stories of tragic deaths and drownings in the young colony. In town we visit the Surveyor … Continue reading Surveyor General Inn
The mist is floating on the river as the sun rises and casts a golden glow over the trees. We cook bacon and eggs for brekkie, bacon made by the local butcher and eggs from the farm just across the … Continue reading Stratford
Yes your Victorian eTag does work on interstate highways so you can quickly bypass Sydney traffic by using the M7 or enjoy the view from Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge happily knowing that your eTag will be recorded. Continue reading Does my Victorian eTag work in NSW and QLD?
We’re soaking in the artesian bore at Lightning Ridge when I notice a man waving. Is he waving at me or my friend Vee? Neither of us can see all that well, especially when the glasses are in the beach bag but we can see that he has a flowing bushman’s beard at least a foot long. He swims slowly across the pool then stops next to the bloke beside us. We both breathe a sigh of relief. “G’day” he says “when ya want to know the news (around here) ya come to the bores.” Continue reading Should’ve Gone to Specsavers
In Albany in Western Australia’s south there is a suburb called Dog Rock. A strange name one would think until you happen to drive south east along the main road and realise that one of the large granite rocks does indeed resemble a dog’s head. Continue reading Dog Rock
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