Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Maleny & Kenilworth Maleny The busy tourist town of Maleny offers showgrounds camping and it’s only a short Creekside walk into the heart of town. This is a good base for exploring the Glasshouse mountains* and the … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love
Queensland’s Magnificent Coast Continuing our list of the places that we love for fellow travellers Notta and Scribbles. This time we’ll work our way up the Queensland coast. Greater Brisbane pretty well begins at Coolangatta on the state’s southern border … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love
Day 11 Tuesday 24/6/2025, Murwillumbah, 13 – 23 We drive across the border into Queensland with the aim of visiting family, but it’s also a chance to do a bit of Aldi shopping. In need of seeing the sea we eat sushi overlooking the picture- perfect Burleigh beach. We spend the afternoon with Woody’s brother Woody the Elder and his wife the Very Good Golfer while a speckled brush turkey darts about the garden like a chook with its head cut off. On our return journey the traffic is bumper to bumper on the M1, but that seems to be … Continue reading A Cool Coast – To Queensland and Back
Charters Towers, Qld (136Kms west of Townsville) What can I say about this unique town? Well, it got its name when gold was found here in 1871 and the surrounding hills were named after the Gold Commissioner, W. Charters, who … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – Charters Towers
Carnarvon Gorge, The Gemfields, Theresa Creek Dam Carnarvon Gorge Sometimes things just don’t get promoted and when it comes to Queensland the coastal region gets all the publicity when there are little-known world class attractions inland. Carnarvon Gorge is one … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Qld’s Middle
Hebel, Qld For anyone visiting Lightning Ridge the next town north is tiny Hebel 69kms up the Castlereagh Highway. When I say tiny, it is. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the population was 62 at the 2021 census. … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – Qld’s Middle
Ilfracombe (27kms from Longreach) This friendly little caravan park is our preferred spot to stay when in Longreach. Adjacent to the most congenial Wellshot Hotel, you’ll be well entertained by the folks in the pub and the park. Across the … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Western Qld – Longreach & Winton
Life’s Illusions, we all see the world differently Blackall& The Barcoo Blackall is 300kms north of Charleville and 100kms south of Barcaldine on the Barcoo River. There’s a pleasant donation campground beside the river that provides, toilets, a dump point … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Western Qld
Friends have recently bought a caravan and asked for any hints that we may have about great places to visit. At the rate that these ‘snippets’ of advice are going, this will be a book before I finish telling them … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Qld – South- Western Qld
I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know that this really got my goat … Continue reading Getting an Education – Qld Pubs & Gastrology, sorry, Gastronomy
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