Fate and Mate’s Mates

September 7, 2017September 3, 2017 Itching for Hitching

By chance we are staying in a town that up until a week ago we’d never heard of. We’re camped at the Bowling Club enjoying the sun and the company of good neighbours. We join them for dinner and it turns out that they hail from West Rosebud, on the Mornington Peninsula and not far from us. The food by the way is great. We spend four days at the Kandanga Bowls Club, soaking up the sun and chatting happily with our neighbours and it takes that long for any of us to realise that one of them went to … Continue reading Fate and Mate’s Mates

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Snippets from Kandanga

September 6, 2017September 3, 2017 Itching for Hitching

I’ll bet you’ve never heard of Kandanga and neither had we. Kandanga is in the Mary valley up in sunny Queensland. Kandanga is about 28kms south of Gympie with a population of 600 not counting the cows. There’s a large … Continue reading Snippets from Kandanga

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Wappa Dam

August 13, 2017September 21, 2018 Itching for Hitching

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Yandina Hotel…a pub on sleds

August 11, 2017August 10, 2017 Itching for Hitching

Does everybody buy chocolate coated ginger by the kilo? Woody does. The Yandina Pub is just around the corner from the Buderim Ginger Factory and is a typical wooden Queenslander with its ribs on the outside. It was pulled to its present location by a bullock team back in 1891. Queenslanders love moving their buildings. Continue reading Yandina Hotel…a pub on sleds

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Kilometres to Miles

August 9, 2017August 8, 2017 Itching for Hitching

If you think this is confusing try Googling distances to Miles. Continue reading Kilometres to Miles

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Rick’s Garage Diner

August 8, 2017 Itching for Hitching

The Razor Back Road from Montville, Qld on the Blackall Range drops us sharply into Palmwoods where we find Rick’s Garage Diner. A place that not only has great coffee but an absolute feast of car and music memorabilia. Continue reading Rick’s Garage Diner

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Montville

August 6, 2017August 4, 2017 Itching for Hitching

Montville, Qld clings to the edge of the Blackall Range and can best be described as picture perfect. Pretty streetscapes of quaint shops selling quality goods, restaurants and cafes providing views over the precipice to the Sunshine Coast region and … Continue reading Montville

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Glass House Mountains

August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 Itching for Hitching

At Maleny in the Queensland Sunshine Coast Hinterland, there is a fabulous view of the Glass House Mountains from McCarthy’s lookout. A group of thirteen volcanic plugs. The mountains were named the Glass House mountains by explorer Lieutenant James Cook in 1770 because they were reminiscent of the glass furnaces of his native Yorkshire.* Source: Wikipedia Continue reading Glass House Mountains

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Obi Obi Boardwalk

August 3, 2017August 1, 2017 Itching for Hitching

In the early morning we take the Obi Obi boardwalk from the Maleny showgrounds along the creek and into town. Just a short half kilometre of musty sub tropical rainforest with a whip bird keeping us company and somewhere very near. … Continue reading Obi Obi Boardwalk

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Maleny Showgrounds

August 2, 2017August 1, 2017 Itching for Hitching

We camp in the Maleny Showgrounds on the Obi Obi Creek and just behind the town. Being high in the hinterland and cool at night it is good value for the night at $15 for power and water and modern … Continue reading Maleny Showgrounds