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
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
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