Melbourne to Yeppoon and return, May to Aug 2023 Days 96, Nights 95. Distance travelled: 7812kms Accommodation: $2883.19, average $30.35 per night…a little more than normal due to rising prices at coastal caravan parks. At $49.52 our rate at Mulambin … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Winter 2023 – Trip Summary
Day 96 Saturday 12/8/2023 Jerilderie to home, icy 5 – 13 (how do people live in this climate?) We’re up early and ready to hit the road. Poor old Priscilla (our caravan) looks a mess. Red dirt has turned the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 96 – More Shades of Grey Than My Hair
Day 95 Friday 11/8/2023 Mt Hope to Jerilderie, becoming cloudy 2 – 16 There are 4 vans camped at the hall and another 8 campsites on the common. The amenities here are old but clean and there is soap! It’s … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 95 – El Prado was right, it’s a ripper!
Day 94 Thursday 10/8/2023 Bourke to Mt Hope, clear 6 – 19 It’s a bright clear ‘make you feel good’ morning and it’s already 19 degrees at 9:00am. We had a good sleep last night and there was no traffic … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 94 – Full of Hope
Day 93 Wednesday 9/8/2023 Hebel to Bourke, clear sunny 6 – 24 We wake to a cool clear morning and Woody grabs a coffee from the general store to kick start the morning. And the coffee is as good as … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 93 – Out the back o’ Bourke
Day 92 Tuesday 8/8/2023 Surat to Hebel, mostly clear 8 – 24 Gidgee trees, flat grassy plains. Half a dozen kangaroos bound out from a farm driveway. Why the driveway? Because the fences are high and kangaroo-proof. Bottle trees, prickly … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 92 – How Good is Hebel!
Day 91 Monday 7/8/2023 Theodore to Surat, cloudy 10 – 22 As we leave town we spot 3 emus grazing in a paddock with the cattle. We climb up and over the Isla Gorge Range with its towers of sandstone. … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 91 – A bit of a spat
Day 90 Sunday 6/8/2023 Mulambin to Theodore, clear 24, no wind! Ya gotta love the inland. Woah! This early start is a surprise. At last, we beat Elle to be ready, she’s gone rusty. We say goodbye to the remainder … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 90 – Mulambin to Theodore
Day 87 Thursday 3/8/2023 Mulambin, windy 16 – 23 The wind cranks up again. Woody pounds it out on Mulambin Beach, while I take a last walk along Tanby Beach. Happy Hour starts in the small hut camp kitchen but … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 87 to 89 – Time to Say Goodbye
Day 86 Wednesday 2/8/2023 Mulambin, short shower 17 – 22 the wind returns Elle is lucky to get an appointment with the local dentist. Ex Army he holds up the X Ray and says “It’s Effed!” She raves about his … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 86 – She must be a dingo
itchingforhitching 