Friends have recently bought a caravan and asked for any hints that we had 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 where … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The places we love – Victoria Northeast
Mildura, Vic & Buronga, NSW, Dec 2024 Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Sketches of Mildura
Day 13 Friday 27/12/2024 Wedderburn to Home, 17 – low 20’s At last, a refreshingly cool morning. This little town is quite interesting and it’s such a shame that yesterday was too hot to explore. And today, well we just … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Cricket on the Calder
Day 12 Thursday 26/12/2024, Buronga to Wedderburn, 38◦ It’s going to be a hot one today so we’re up and off at 7:30, our Pilbara neighbours having beaten us, leaving at 5:00 for Brisbane. Oh, the spirit of the young, … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Nancy’s Cottage
Day 9 Monday 23/12/2024 Buronga, cool windy 10 – 25 We’re woken at 6:00am by the paddle steamer PS Melbourne coming into port. She’s still wood fired thus a true steamer I’m told. She gives a healthy toot anyway. Once … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – What you can build with water
Day 8 Sunday 22/12/2024 Buronga, warm windy We have a quiet morning watching the PS Rothbury paddling back and forth with tourists. After lunch we take a drive out to Trentham Estate at Trentham Cliffs to pick up our online … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Of Wine & Water
Day 7 Saturday 21/12/2024 Buronga, 15 – 31 smoky What’s that orange cast to the light? Smoke? Oh, here we go again, another burning summer. There are 3 fires out of control in Victoria and a gentle southerly is bringing … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – A Short Search
Day 6 Friday 20/12/2024 Euston – Buronga (Mildura) 29 (@ 9:00) – 38◦ It’s a warm clear cloudless morning as we head off towards Mildura on the Sturt Highway, which is on the NSW side of the river. The first … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – It just needs to float
Day 4 Wednesday 18/12/2024 Tooleybuc to Euston 30◦ I’m always amused at the names of the places around us and today it’s Wee Wee Rup, Goodnight and Bumbang Island. By the time we turned out the lights last night there … Continue reading A Merry Mildura Xmas – Euston, we haven’t a problem
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