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Yackety Yack, Day 30 – Queensland

July 1, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 30 Wednesday 7/6/2023 Murwillumbah, sunny 13 – 22 A bright sunny and warm morning and the local farmers market ‘Murbah’ has set up at the far end of the Showgrounds. We return with bananas, passionfruit, capsicum relish, and felafels. Wandering the stalls is enjoyable, people are breakfasting on the lawns and the crowd is colourful, from trendy to hippie. The produce is farm fresh and the backdrop is acres of green sugar cane and the deep blue of the Mt Warning range. VeeWee drives up to Southport to deliver her brother’s horse racing trophies that have been filling her … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 30 – Queensland

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Yackety Yack, Day 29 – Uki Notes

June 30, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 29 Tuesday Murwillumbah, 13 – 20 cloudy with sprinkles We have a warm night at last and we girls have a slow start to the day. Woody on the other hand walks into town and has a haircut at … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 29 – Uki Notes

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Yackety Yack, Day 28 – 1st leg done & dusted

June 28, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 28 Monday 5/6/2023 Tabulam to Murwillumbah, misty rain 8 – 22 The only sound last night was the river below. Driving back through the cows we find that the little town has come to life. We’re chatting on the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 28 – 1st leg done & dusted

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Yackety Yack, Day 27 – Giddy Up

June 26, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 27 Sunday 4/6/2023 Inverell to Tabulam, 9 – 21 rain threatening, rain. We must cross the Great Dividing Range today. We follow the ridge east. It must be windy around here as there are a host of wind turbines. … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 27 – Giddy Up

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Yackety Yack, Day 26 – Bubbles and a Top Barista

June 25, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 26, Saturday 3/6/2023 Inverell, 8 – 20, feels warmer Woody walks, finds more clothes to wash and shops, while I snore. It’s a warm sunny morning and although we are near a road bridge there was no traffic noise … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 26 – Bubbles and a Top Barista

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Yackety Yack, Day 25 – Cranky Rocks & Autumn Leaves

June 23, 2023June 21, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 25, Friday 2/6/2023, Gravesend to Inverell, 6 – 22 Sunny It’s a bright clear morning as we farewell Gravesend. It’s funny how the small towns always leave a greater impression on us. This is undulating country, brown paddocks, low … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 25 – Cranky Rocks & Autumn Leaves

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Yackety Yack, Day 24 – The Gravo

June 22, 2023June 21, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 24 Thursday 1/6/2023 Narrabri to Gravesend, sunny 7 – 22 It’s a warm morning, though I’m sure the locals think it’s cold and wintry. We’re heading north on the Newell Highway once more. The road is patchy and there … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 24 – The Gravo

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Yackety Yack, Day 23 – Don’t you feel the cold?

June 21, 2023June 20, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 23 Wednesday 31/5/2023, Narrabri, 4 – 21 cloudy We farewell Vee who is off to Bingara. Woody walks into town. We girls drive to the shops as VeeWee needs a prescription filled. After a long wait, she must return … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 23 – Don’t you feel the cold?

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Yackety Yack, Day 22 – You can’t trust an aerobatic sausage

June 20, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 22 Tuesday 30/5/2023, Narrabri, sunny 2 – 21 It’s another bright and clear morning. While Woody strides off to town, I do some washing, and cleaning, and post a couple of blogs. As I walk out of the amenities … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 22 – You can’t trust an aerobatic sausage

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Yackety Yack, Day 21 -Heavens Above!

June 17, 2023June 15, 2023 Itching for Hitching

Day 21 Monday 29/5/2023, Narrabri, pleasant 2 – 20 A group of disabled kids are having riding lessons in the stables area today. Woody takes another walk into town, we pick him up and drive out to the CSIRO radio telescope array, 22 kms out of town. These 5 gargantuan dishes are each 22 metres in diameter and move along 3 kilometres of rail track. There’s another one located a few kilometres away. The official name is the Australian Telescope Compact Array. What do they do? Well, this is where it gets really interesting. though Woody, Elle and VeeWee would … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 21 -Heavens Above!