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Capricorn Dancers, Day 17 – This is winter

July 26, 2021July 24, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 17 Saturday 12/6/21 Palm Beach (The Kardashian Coast) Sunny Walks on the creek are lovely and it’s hard to believe that it’s winter. The sky is so bright. The pathway is busy with posers, joggers and everyone making the most of what is a long weekend. It’s still a shock for us that social distancing doesn’t seem to exist.here. We take a walk around Burleigh Heads. It’s super busy and we watch the surfers and the passing parade before meeting Woody the Elder and The Very Good Golfer at the Burleigh Heads Surf Club for lunch. We have a … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 17 – This is winter

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Capricorn Dancers, Day 16 – Border, what border?

July 25, 2021July 24, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 16 Friday 11/6/21 Casino to Palm Beach, warm sunny The uncertainty is getting to us. Do we risk 4 days in Murwillumbah Showgrounds at $25 per night and cross the border daily with no guarantee that we can continue into Qld when we are ready to move on or do we go into Qld and stay at Tallebudgera Creek for $65 per night? We set off for Murwillumbah then change our minds and head for a border crossing. As we cruise up the Pacific Highway the car balks at the gentle hills and starts over revving. We had never … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 16 – Border, what border?

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 109 – Shepparton to Melbourne

June 21, 2021June 19, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 109 Friday 26/8/2016, Kialla to Home, 0 degrees We throw the heater in the bin, scrape the ice off the windscreen, buy a coffee at GB Coffee in Maude Street, Shepparton and hit the road for home. Now that … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 109 – Shepparton to Melbourne

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 99 – 102 – An anxious wait

June 14, 2021June 10, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 99-102, Tuesday – Friday 16 – 19/8/2016 Burleigh Heads On Wednesday, the car part arrives but it is the wrong one. We’re now relying on the new part to arrive and to be fitted on Friday or else we … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 99 – 102 – An anxious wait

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 96 – 98 – Nesting

June 13, 2021June 10, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 96-98 Saturday to Monday 13/8/2016 – 15/8/2016, Burleigh Heads Ergh, we’re so hungover we don’t even notice Mrs Curlew laying an egg outside our van. Those damn birds have got it in for me. Neighbours all pass the egg … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 96 – 98 – Nesting

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 95 – Surfer’s Heaven

June 12, 2021June 9, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 95 Friday, 12/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 21 I’m enjoying walking the beach here. We drive south to Coolangatta. Is it really 57 years since I bought slushies at the life saving kiosk on Greenmount beach as a ten year old? … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 95 – Surfer’s Heaven

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 94 – Curlew Tai Chi

June 11, 2021June 1, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 94 Thursday 11/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 24 This morning I climbed the headland upper walk to the Tugun lookout. The forest is busy with Brush Turkeys even one who flies up lands on a looping vine and starts happily swinging above me. There are two Curlews that stalk our park. The moment that you lock eyes on them they freeze using camouflage to hide themselves from view but it doesn’t quite work. They look more like a couple of old ladies locked in a Tai Chi position. We drive north to Sanctuary Cove for a coffee then ogle the mansions … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 94 – Curlew Tai Chi

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 93 – Purling Brook Falls

June 10, 2021June 1, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 93 Wednesday 10/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 24 While the Woody and his brother Woody the Elder go off in search of the Russian Deli that we learnt about last night, my sister in law The very good golfer takes me … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 93 – Purling Brook Falls

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like a Rollingstone, Day 92 – Pacific Fair and another lockout

June 9, 2021May 25, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 92 Tuesday, 9/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, 21 As the car is still at the garage we catch the bus to the newly remodelled Pacific Fair shopping centre. Woohoo! A productive morning is spent shopping for our next holiday, we can’t … Continue reading like a Rollingstone, Day 92 – Pacific Fair and another lockout

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 91 – Burleigh Headland walk

June 8, 2021May 25, 2021 Itching for Hitching

Day 91 Monday, 8/8/2016, Burleigh Heads, warm morning, cool afternoon This morning I walk around the Burleigh headland to Tallebudgera Creek where a dredge is sucking up sand and pumping it overland to the Burleigh Heads beach. This is an … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 91 – Burleigh Headland walk