The Spirit of Australia could not be a more apt slogan to describe the airline QANTAS. A most unlikely business created by people who were game to just give it a bloody good go. QANTAS was initially founded in Winton … Continue reading The Flying Kangaroo
The charming old gold mining town of Ravenswood is 130 kms south west of Townsville in Queensland. It may be small but it does have two pubs, cold beer and an operating mine. All good reasons to set up at the showgrounds and explore a piece of history. Continue reading Ravenswood Architecture
Winter 2016, somewhere in Far North Queensland: We’ve finally got the jump on the midgies, the bites have healed and there’s no more itching. Wow that’s only taken us two weeks… The warm rain stopped late this afternoon, the temperature zoomed up (even further) and out came the bloody midgies again! Continue reading Eaten alive
While we’re on the subject of old schools that are now freedom camps there’s a spacious rest area on the Nullarbor that deserves a mention. Between Ceduna and Nundroo in South Australia you’ll find the Cohen School Site. It’s far … Continue reading Cohen School Site
For those travelling north up Highway 1 and in need of an overnighter that is away from both the traffic and busy coastal towns then this low cost freedom camp fits the bill. We dropped in while touring the area around Ballina, NSW and the Old Teven school looks like a nice free camp with level sites in the paddock and fire pits. There are no facilities as it is for self contained vehicles but being only a few kilometres off the highway with easy access and being a 72 hour camp it would make a perfect overnight stop. Continue reading Old Teven School Site
Near the mouth of the busy Clarence River in New South Wales stands the Yamba lighthouse. Modern, concrete and built in 1955 it replaces one of a more traditional design. And why you may ask is the Clarence River busy? … Continue reading Yamba Lighthouse
Winter 2017, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Qld Leaving Imbil we wind through the forest and cross Yabba Creek six times before we arrive at Lake Borumba camp ground. A well sheltered, treed and grassy area beside Yabba Creek and at … Continue reading Lake Borumba
Winter 2017, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Qld While staying nearby we drive to Imbil, the town with the desirable dump point (as there isn’t one where we are camped at Kandanga). On delightful Yabba Creek, Imbil is marginally larger than Kandanga. … Continue reading Imbil
The Kinchega Woolshed is in the Kinchega National Park on the Darling River just south of Menindee in NSW. The woolshed was built in 1875 and in its heyday wool was loaded onto barges and sent down the Murray Darling … Continue reading Kinchega Woolshed
Thoona according to the publican is the town that is in the middle of nowhere but close to everywhere and indeed it is, as it is about 30kms from either Benalla or Wangaratta in Victoria. The Thoona pub commands a view of the town of 70 or so people, a general store that opens most mornings and the imposing Mt Meg across the paddocks. Prunus trees are pink with spring blossom, canola fields are golden and a genial publican keeps the fire burning in the bar. The old girl was rebuilt after a fire in 1894 and has suffered a … Continue reading Thoona Pub
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