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To Great Western, Castlemaine

February 17, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 1 Monday 31/1/2022, Home to Castlemaine, overcast humid 34 We get away at 12:30pm after a bit of maintenance; a car service and a mammogram. We had planned to all meet up in the crater of Mt Franklin but it is a bit too hot. Not the volcano, the weather. In other words, we’re a bunch of wooses and prefer power for some air conditioned comfort. Thus Toothless’ Missus, Madam Secretary has booked us and The Prado’s into a caravan park in Castlemaine. We have no set plans for this trip it’s just nice to get away again now … Continue reading To Great Western, Castlemaine

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Elusive Wild Camels

February 16, 2022February 12, 2022 Itching for Hitching

We’ve towed a caravan around this country for 150,000kms. According to the NT.gov.au website, there are over one million feral camels in this country. And you know what? We’ve never seen one of them! Maybe a few angry ones but … Continue reading Elusive Wild Camels

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The Red Wattlebird

February 15, 2022February 12, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Anglesea, Vic, Nov 2016 It was one of these little guys who gave our mate Toothless his nickname. Poor old Johnno was eating lunch in the sun when he broke a tooth off his denture plate (we’re still not quite … Continue reading The Red Wattlebird

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Purling Brook Falls and Feathered Friends

February 14, 2022February 12, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Springbrook National Park, Qld, (Gold Coast Hinterland) Aug 2016 After a stroll with my sister-in-law down through the rainforest to the base of Purling Brook Falls and a serious trudge back up again I didn’t expect the birds to come … Continue reading Purling Brook Falls and Feathered Friends

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Radjah Shelduck

February 13, 2022February 10, 2022 Itching for Hitching

We were staying at Cape Hillsborough, Qld in July 2016 and poking about the nearby area. In the local park at Seaforth, we chanced upon a bunch, sorry flock, of funny-looking ducks who followed us about. They were probably looking … Continue reading Radjah Shelduck

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Blue Faced Honeyeaters

February 12, 2022February 10, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Theresa Creek Dam, Qld, 2016 The other day I noticed sparkly little shreds of nylon hanging from the stitching on our caravan awning. Birds! Bloody birds! They hang upside down, they beg for tucker, they tiptoe back and forth across … Continue reading Blue Faced Honeyeaters

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Gray-crowned Babbler

February 11, 2022February 10, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Emerald, Qld, 2016 These cheeky little guys were bouncing about the rocks in the Emerald Botanic Gardens. A place so filled with horticultural delights that I almost lost myself chasing butterflies. I’m quite sure that many visitors only see the … Continue reading Gray-crowned Babbler

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We’re Only Here for the Beer

February 9, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Theresa Creek Dam, QLD, 2016 Rainbow Lorikeets. Noisy, colourful and very cheeky. You can’t help but smile when they’re around. Continue reading We’re Only Here for the Beer

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The things you see on a boring stretch of road

February 8, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Hay Plains, NSW. May 2016 When the highway stretches to the horizon and the road is as flat as a pancake. When there’s nothing but stunted bushes and tufts of cotton caught in the weeds. When the phone reception has dropped out and you’re counting down the kilometres to the next town…suddenly there’s an emu on it’s knees drinking and there it is …that wow moment of the day. Continue reading The things you see on a boring stretch of road

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We like our steak blue, thanks

February 7, 2022 Itching for Hitching

When we popped into the Blackwood Pub in 2016, these regulars placed their order ahead of us. They reckon the steak is pretty good. Continue reading We like our steak blue, thanks