Day 1 Sunday 10/9/2023 Home to Fryerstown, overcast 15 and dropping 11.5 in the ranges. We’re not rushing today as the forecast predicts clearing weather and being Sunday traffic should be smoother around midday. We get away just on noon, … Continue reading Daylesford Muster – Fryerstown School
Goovigen, Qld Always in search of small towns with little more than good facilities for caravanners, WikiCamps led us to Goovigen in the Banana Shire in Central Queensland last year. A perfect stopover before our Rockhampton destination we couldn’t resist … Continue reading Sketches of – Goovigen
Miriam over at Outanabout.com mentioned the other day that we’ve done a pretty good job at visiting pubs. Well, many years ago on one of our early caravan trips we saw a sign on the side of the road, just … Continue reading It’s Un Australian…
Grenfell, Central West region of New South Wales We first stumbled upon Grenfell by pure chance. In October of 2020, we were tootling around NSW, the weather was good and unlike Victoria, NSW wasn’t in Covid lockdown. There was no … Continue reading Sketches of – Grenfell
I was recently reading an article in a caravan e-magazine that praised the benefits of hobbies on the road and how they add to the travel experience. I can certainly put a tick on Blogging, Photography, Sketching, and Ukulele playing, … Continue reading The Capricorn Coast through pen, pencil, and paint
Melbourne to Yeppoon and return, May to Aug 2023 Days 96, Nights 95. Distance travelled: 7812kms Accommodation: $2883.19, average $30.35 per night…a little more than normal due to rising prices at coastal caravan parks. At $49.52 our rate at Mulambin … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Winter 2023 – Trip Summary
Day 96 Saturday 12/8/2023 Jerilderie to home, icy 5 – 13 (how do people live in this climate?) We’re up early and ready to hit the road. Poor old Priscilla (our caravan) looks a mess. Red dirt has turned the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 96 – More Shades of Grey Than My Hair
Day 95 Friday 11/8/2023 Mt Hope to Jerilderie, becoming cloudy 2 – 16 There are 4 vans camped at the hall and another 8 campsites on the common. The amenities here are old but clean and there is soap! It’s … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 95 – El Prado was right, it’s a ripper!
Day 94 Thursday 10/8/2023 Bourke to Mt Hope, clear 6 – 19 It’s a bright clear ‘make you feel good’ morning and it’s already 19 degrees at 9:00am. We had a good sleep last night and there was no traffic … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 94 – Full of Hope
Day 93 Wednesday 9/8/2023 Hebel to Bourke, clear sunny 6 – 24 We wake to a cool clear morning and Woody grabs a coffee from the general store to kick start the morning. And the coffee is as good as … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 93 – Out the back o’ Bourke
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