The Wimmera in Victoria’s west is best known for its seemingly endless wheatfields. More recently the smaller towns of the area began the craze for painting giant murals on their grain silos to attract visitors. It only takes a closer … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Wimmera, Vic
Charlton, the drive up from Melbourne to Mildura always seems a long one, but Charlton Traveller’s Rest offers a mixture of caravan park, ensuite sites and freedom camping. For freedom campers there is a spacious grassy area down the back … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Mallee, Vic
Ayson’s Reserve is on the Campaspe River near Elmore. This used to be the site of the Elmore Field Days before they built a new facility with an airstrip and modern sheds. The reserve has flushing toilets and space for … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Central Victoria
Border Region, NSW & Vic Buronga, NSW but really part of Mildura, this Discovery Parks Caravan Park is on a bend of the Murray River opposite the Mildura wharf. There are fine views of the city and parklands and the … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – The Murray
Goldfields, Vic Mt. Franklin, if you’ve never slept inside a volcanic crater then this is place for you. On the outskirts of Daylesford this small pimple of a volcano guarantees you a good night’s sleep as the crater rim protects … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – Places We love – Goldfields
Meeniyan, want a quick break and only a short drive from Melbourne? The townsfolk have created a park like setting for RV stopovers. You can camp on grassy lawns amongst attractive native plants with plenty of birdlife and koalas. There’s … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Gippsland, Vic
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
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