I have a soft spot for architecture of all types. I’m fascinated with the way housing developed differently in each state and territory of Australia to adapt to the climate and needs in each area. The soft beauty of the … Continue reading You’ve just gotta love Queensland pubs
Goondiwindi (pronounced Gun da windy), southern Queensland, almost August 2017 Just over the NSW Qld border, Goondiwindi is a bustling hub for interstate trucks and farmers. Cotton, grain and wool are the industries of choice. We choose the quietest caravan … Continue reading Goondiwindi
Mar 2018, Smythesdale, Vic Returning from a month touring South Australia in gloriously warm summer weather… The Glenelg Highway in Victoria is in an appalling state and there are many sections of roadworks. We are detoured off the highway at Lake Bolac and when we eventually return to it at Gabbi Garmin’s insistence we are stopped by a policeman dressed in a pink T shirt who apologises for the lack of detour signs and sends us into the sticks once more. The sky is forbidding and the forecast is for a bout of seriously bad weather. We decide to give … Continue reading Court House Hotel, Smythesdale
Aug 2018, Maryborough, Qld While we stay at Maryborough Showgrounds our mates R & T are comfortably setup at Maryborough Airport awaiting a caravan site at Hervey Bay. The Airport is a nice alternative for fully self-contained RV’s as it … Continue reading Options aplenty at Maryborough
May 2018, Winton, Qld After having been thwarted in our attempt to free camp unpowered behind the North Gregory Hotel because of our failing fridge, we set up camp (powered) at the Pelican Caravan Park and I head off to … Continue reading Waltzing Matilda round and around
March 2018, Robe, SA Late in the afternoon I pop into the Caledonian Inn (1858) to pick up a crisp white for dinner. We’ve eaten at this pub many times over the years. We’ve even stayed in what I call their ‘Rooms in the dunes’ cottages that back onto the beach overlooking Guichen Bay. “Lovely day” I say to the young assistant. “It’s a real pearler isn’t it?” She says. You’ve just gotta love The Cally. Continue reading Caledonian Inn
July 2018, Finch Hatton, Qld It’s a deliriously warm afternoon and from our showgrounds campsite we walk a few metres to the pub on the main street for lunch. By the photos on the walls The Criterion Hotel was once … Continue reading Criterion Hotel, Finch Hatton
Winter 2018 and we’re have a quiet dinner in a pub somewhere when Woody suddenly says, “You don’t really want to see the waitress pulling her undies out of her arse, do you?” On second thoughts perhaps it’s the places … Continue reading You Can’t Take Him Anywhere
June 2018, Western Queensland After about 250kms (from Quilpie) we come to masses of greenery and a sign declaring 10kms of Cooper Creek channels. This is it. In water terms it’s the aorta of Australia’s central river systems. I’m excited, this is what I have wanted to see for so long. Before making camp we drive into Windorah for fuel. There is a sign announcing “No shooting on town common.” Either the locals here are a colourful bunch or this sign is directed at us. We return to Cooper Creek and find ourselves a perfect campsite only to discover that … Continue reading A Hasty Visit to Cooper Creek
Winter 2016, Coolangatta, Qld Is it really 57 years since I slurped slushies from the life saving kiosk on Greenmount beach as a 10 year old? We stop for a beer at the old timber Rainbow Bay Surf Life Saving … Continue reading Rainbow Bay SLSC
