Feb 2021, Briagalong, Vic From our base at the Maffra Golf Club we venture up into the hills behind Briagalong to check out the Quarry Reserve in the State Park. It is a well-maintained camp beside Freestone Creek. Tiny ‘Briag’ … Continue reading Briagalong
Feb 2021, Alberton, Vic (just south of Sale and 6kms north of Port Albert, if you’re wondering) When we’re on the road it seems to just work out that we have a pub meal once a week. If we find … Continue reading The Alberton Pub
Day 104 Tuesday 16th Sept 2014 Sutton Forest It is an icy cold morning but toasty and warm in the farmhouse. Swathed in jeans, jumpers and gumboots, K takes us on a tour of the property and shows us the … Continue reading It’s a long way to the top, Day 104 – The Surveyor General
Day 26 Monday 6/7/20 Moonee Beach to Lawrence, sunny 19 A cool clear morning peppered with the excitement of moving on. We veer off the highway to Grafton which seems to totally flummox Gabbi Garmin as Grafton is no longer … Continue reading Banned on the Run, Day 26 – Lawrence
Day 23 Saturday 14/3/20 Colac Colac, sunny 22 It’ a very cool morning so we stay inside taking things easy. We all do a bit of washing, Elle hangs hers on the cow paddock fence. The Prado van bursts a … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour, Day 23 – Colac Colac
Day 6, Wednesday 26/2/20 Broken Creek, cloudy 24 There are a few more showers overnight and it is a little cooler. The morning is washed clean and bright. The cockies wheel and screech. It’s time to clean off the dust … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour, Day 6 – Broken Creek
You can’t miss the Devenish Pub when you visit the painted silos because there’s a mouth watering sign telling you that scones, jam and cream are available at the pub behind you. And the hosts are as welcoming as their … Continue reading The Empty Esky Tour, Day 5 – Devenish Hotel
Sep 2017, Benalla, Vic The North Eastern ‘Northy’ Hotel in Benalla is a perfect spot for a meal. We happily stumbled upon it while looking for a venue for a club function. Smart and sophisticated we had a delicious lunch … Continue reading The Northy
I was pleased to read recently that the Mirrool Pub is back in business and under new management. For the ‘pub stay’ caravanner using the Newell Highway this is great news because the friendly hamlet of Mirrool provides spotless and modern bathrooms (toilets and showers) along with power and water for a small fee. Across the road is the grand old Royal Hotel from which, as legend has it, is where AFL star Billy Brownless once kicked a footy over the grain silos. For those grey nomads making the trek north in winter there’s a big open fireplace in the … Continue reading Let’s raise a glass to the Mirrool pub
During what a caravanning friend of mine refers to as ‘the quiet time’ I’ve been playing with a rather cute app called Pin365 and logging all the pubs that we’ve had a beer in on our caravanning adventures. Just the caravanning trips, not the casual Sunday lunches around Melbourne and not the places that we’ve visited by ships and planes and without our van Priscilla. Of course, the trouble with computers and statistics is that they always seem to disagree with the old ‘gut feel’ method. Thus, in this enlightened state two things have become blindingly obvious, firstly there are … Continue reading An app addiction
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