Old Daydream Mine
Oct 2012, Silverton, NSW Continue reading Old Daydream Mine
Author: Itching for Hitching
I'm the author of "Itchingforhitching". I'm a ukulele playing food lover, coffee drinker and traveller. I may be retired but I'm working awfully hard at enjoying every inch of Australia.
Baby Boomer Logic
In for repairs between caravan trips, I’m sitting in the doctor’s waiting room quietly reading when I overhear two women behind me chatting. “I was just putting the third load into the washing machine when I decided to give up and go naked.” No, I didn’t look. Continue reading Baby Boomer Logic
Mallee Dust
Cousin H visits Mildura to find lost relatives and discovers an old bloke, a school friend of her mother’s. Giving her the once over he says, “Yep, you’ve got Mallee dust in yer girl”. Continue reading Mallee Dust
What, 4 degrees out?!
Mar 2018, Adelaide, SA I don’t know about you, but when we’re on a caravan park concrete slab we don’t bother to check if we’re level. We just assume that the slab is perfect and they normally are. Except one night in Adelaide camped only a few vans from the beach, when I got up to go to the bathroom and… walked into the fridge. I’m quite sure that the slab was level when it was laid but nature and the sand had other plans. Great spot though! Continue reading What, 4 degrees out?!
Lake Tyers Beach
Nov 2019, Lake Tyers Beach, Vic Sometimes you just want to kick yourself, don’t you? You hear somebody raving about something that is almost in your backyard and you’ve driven past countless times and never been there, never seen it. … Continue reading Lake Tyers Beach
Spring in Jugiong
Sep 2019, Jugiong, NSW Continue reading Spring in Jugiong
Melbourne Cup Day
Patterson Lakes, Melbourne, Vic Nov, 2019 While it is a known fact that the Melbourne Cup is the race that stops the nation, some of us just go for a walk. Continue reading Melbourne Cup Day
Quite possibly a boring passion
I’m sure that we humans are each afflicted with a boring passion, be it stamp collecting, train spotting or being detectorists (thanks Netflix for great comedy viewing ‘The Detectorists’). Mine is iron lacework spotting. No, I don’t nick the stuff, … Continue reading Quite possibly a boring passion
Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic The Railway Hotel is only a few blocks away from our camp, there’s a dog on the veranda and the timber cutting themed bistro is cool and welcoming. The ‘Seniors meals’ are huge and there’s no … Continue reading Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel
Heyfield Wetland Walk
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic Camped at the RV Stop Spot in the small Gippsland town of Heyfield we stroll to the town wetlands and take the shorter walk around the gum tree fringed lake. Cormorants are preening in the sun, … Continue reading Heyfield Wetland Walk
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