We tour Berrima in the NSW Southern Highlands and explore the old cemetery. The oldest grave that we can find is 1805. There are stories of tragic deaths and drownings in the young colony. In town we visit the Surveyor … Continue reading Surveyor General Inn
We’re soaking in the artesian bore at Lightning Ridge when I notice a man waving. Is he waving at me or my friend Vee? Neither of us can see all that well, especially when the glasses are in the beach bag but we can see that he has a flowing bushman’s beard at least a foot long. He swims slowly across the pool then stops next to the bloke beside us. We both breathe a sigh of relief. “G’day” he says “when ya want to know the news (around here) ya come to the bores.” Continue reading Should’ve Gone to Specsavers
Barellan in the Riverina district of NSW is the birthplace of Evonne Goolagong Cawley. In honour of her achievements as one of Australia’s finest tennis players the good folks of Barellan have mounted an enormous tennis racquet in the main street. Continue reading Ace
Those folks who live close to the New South Wales / Victorian border are often referred to as “Border Hoppers”. This driver spotted in Tocumwal, NSW has taken it to a whole new level. Continue reading Border Hopper
Continuing our drive along the Waterfall Way: We drive on to the hamlet of Ebor about another half hour away and a gentle uphill climb most of the way. We can feel that we are on the top of the … Continue reading Ebor and the Waterfall Way
2014 We drive the Waterfall Way up to Dorrigo, NSW high up in the Great Dividing Range. We follow the Bellinger Valley, this is a lush area the river, the dark blue of the sharp imposing mountains behind and stands … Continue reading Dorrigo and the Waterfall Way
It’s 2014 and we are camped in the Coopernook State Forest in NSW. We chat with our neighbour who is from nearby Port Macquarie. Our neighbour and his wife have sold their house and have several months to wait for the new one to be built. They intend to go north in their camper trailer but have a few loose ends to tie up before they hit the road. Thus here they are 70 kilometres south of home waiting. One of the loose ends is our neighbour’s dying mother in law. Continue reading Loose Ends
A cold wet and wintry afternoon is saved by an exceptional dinner at The Top Pub in Uralla, NSW. Like Country Life magazine, an elegant dining room warmed by an open fire, good wine, good food and that reserved New England feel. The kitchen has obviously been outsourced to a good chef and Woody complains that he must pay for the meal at one window and the drinks at the bar. The polite and efficient waitress agrees with “Yeah, it really gives you the shits doesn’t it.” Continue reading A Top Pub
It is worth the drive up to the Fort Bourke Lookout in Cobar, NSW just to see the colour of the rock face of the New Cobar Gold Mine. The town of Cobar stretches out in the distance. Continue reading New Cobar Gold Mine
The famous Bell’s Milk Bar in Patton Street, Broken Hill, NSW has been on the same site since the early 1900’s and hasn’t been altered since the 1950’s. They make their own cordials so they certainly have quality control over … Continue reading Bell’s Milk Bar
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