Day 3 Tuesday 7/6/2022, Berrigan to Oaklands, hosing down 6 – 10 degrees This is such a peaceful park. There were trucks passing through during the night but they were not noisy. We wake to a cold misty morning, then … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 3 – A great place to live
Day 2 Monday 6/6/2022, Tocumwal to Berrigan, 13 degrees sunny with an icy breeze Gosh the van was buffeted last night. But, it was warm as toast and I slept for 11 hours. Of course, Woody was up early and … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 2 – If it’s rockin’ don’t bother knockin’
Day 1, Sunday 5/6/2022, Melbourne to Tocumwal, raining 9 degrees This is our third attempt to get away and quite possibly the longest stint we’ve had at home. The warning light that flashed on the Jeep’s dashboard as we pulled … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 1 – Tocumwal
Blog chatting the other morning to Derrick over at Derrickjknight.com he commented on our travelling lifestyle. My reply of it being like ‘Backpacking for old farts’ sent my mind reeling. Our diesel heater had decided to stop working after belching out pungent fumes. It was about 6 degrees outside and although we had the electric heater on I was shivering, we were in a town that few have heard of and we only roughly knew where we were headed for the day. My reeling mind spun back to a much younger self humping a heavy canvas backpack down a deserted … Continue reading Just backpacking
Day 8, Tuesday April 1st 2014 Euroa – Melbourne We had a warm night and it was the first time this trip that we were able to leave the windows open. After a lazy breakfast outside in the sun, we bid our farewells and head for home. Summary 1080kms, 8 days 7 nights, Fuel $148.24, Accom $115.00 ($16.43 per night) But why were the toilet signs in Bosnian? 2022 Note: In less politically correct times many towns had nicknames (to our family anyway). Those along the Hume Highway, See more at Seymour, Euroa da boat and I’ll catcha da fish, … Continue reading Euroa da boat
Day 7, Monday March 31st 2014 Nug Nug to Euroa We wake to a brilliant green park, blue skies and wisps of cloud clinging to the hillsides. There is much activity as vans are packed to go. Some are off … Continue reading Seven Creeks Hotel
Day 6, Sunday March 30th 2014 Nug Nug, Vic Once again we wake to rain! It plops and plops all morning so that everything that had finally dried is now wet again. We wander about chatting under dripping awnings or … Continue reading Doubtful prospects
Day 5, Saturday March 29th 2014 Nug Nug, Vic It is a warm misty morning and there are shafts of sunlight glinting through the trees. The weather forecast is for the high 20’s and no rain. The sun warms us and folks drift fireside for a yarn. A few folks wander off to town to see the local market, others to check their phones. A couple of the blokes return with a boot load of chestnuts and spend the afternoon shelling them. The ladies get to talking about knitting and a crochet and knitting group swings into action with needles … Continue reading Chestnuts roasting…
Day 4, Friday March 28th 2014 Nug Nug, Vic We were convinced that the night would be dry but were woken by heavy rain in the wee hours and scramble to close the hatches. It is refreshing having breakfast outside, … Continue reading A fish shop by any name
Day 3, Thursday March 27th 2014 Nug Nug, Vic It rained all night, and we wake to a magnificent but soggy emerald green world. We have morning tea under the BBQ shelter and welcome P and C who arrive still … Continue reading And so, the weather clears
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