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.
The Lazy Tourist’s Guide to Magnetic Island
Winter 2016 We catch the ferry over to Magnetic Island. Ferries run every hour and the trip only takes 20 minutes. We’re on the aft deck beside two young ambo’s and a nurse. Laden with a gurney and equipment they … Continue reading The Lazy Tourist’s Guide to Magnetic Island
Benalla Ceramic Mural
A community art project by the people of Benalla, Vic under the guidance of artists Judy Lorraine and David W. Moore, this ingenious, yet whimsical sculpture of ceramics and terracotta drew on the talents of more than a thousand recognised … Continue reading Benalla Ceramic Mural
Wandering Winton Wetlands
Spring 2017 Silly us, we thought that it would be nice to walk around the Winton Wetlands and pictured short boardwalks around a small swamp. We parked our cars and realised our mistake when we saw the enormity of the … Continue reading Wandering Winton Wetlands
FIFO Travellers
You know the ones and we’re all guilty, they fly in for a few days then fly home and talk forever about when they ‘did’ Rome or Mauritius. Or the cruise ships that once stayed several days in port but these days only give passengers 6 or 8 hours to see a city in its entirety. Oh dear as I write this Woody has just stripped naked and dunked himself in the river! Thinks he’s 17 not 71. Now where was I? Yes, 6 hours in port “Oh yes, we did Barcelona, Kyoto or Vancouver.” The antithesis of this is … Continue reading FIFO Travellers
Police Paddocks
Nine kilometres north of Rutherglen, Vic on Murphy’s Creek an anabranch of the Murray River is the 1880’s Police Paddocks reserve. It was here that the police once spelled their horses on the large grassy islands. We have a level … Continue reading Police Paddocks
Are We Losing It…again?
Winter 2017 We’ve been out of TV range for the last few nights so we started watching Season 4 of A Place to Call Home (a family saga set in New South Wales). After a big night at the bowling club where we are camped we thought that we might just watch the first episode. We had awful trouble trying to remember who was on with who from the last series but what the heck. After all it had been quite a few years since we saw the last season on TV. Needless to say we fell into bed feeling … Continue reading Are We Losing It…again?
Broken Creek Bush Camp Revisited
Several months ago we dropped in to see for ourselves what everyone was talking about and we were very impressed. We vowed to return and stay at Broken Creek and a couple of weeks ago we did just that with … Continue reading Broken Creek Bush Camp Revisited
Carlo Sandblow
Winter 2014 At Rainbow Beach in Queensland we climb the Carlo Sandblow which is impressive as it rises directly behind the popular beachside town and stepping off point for Fraser Island. The east side of the sandblow drops away steeply … Continue reading Carlo Sandblow
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