An amble through Victoria’s Goldfields region. Day 5 Sunday 12/10/2025 Newstead to Tarnagulla, 6 – 15 That was a chilly night, and I was kept awake with stomach pains. Woody had been bragging about wanting to be first to the … Continue reading Old Gold – Almost a Ghost Town
An amble through Victoria’s Goldfields region. Day 4 Saturday 11/10/2025 Newstead, sun & cloud, warm 10 – 19 We have a totally lazy morning. Woody walks into town for bread. We sit about reading the paper paper and yacking. After … Continue reading Old Gold – Milling About
An amble through Victoria’s Goldfields region. Day 3 Friday 10/10/2025 Redesdale to Newstead, overcast with strong winds I stand in the shower looking up through the roof hatch to a bright blue sky. It is however short-lived as the clouds … Continue reading Old Gold – Household Marvels
An amble through Victoria’s Goldfields region Day 2 Thursday 9/10/2025 Riddells Creek to Redesdale, sunny, strong winds, 20. We’re certainly not going far this morning, so we make a nice slow start. While Mrs. Doubtfire puts on a load of … Continue reading Old Gold – Four tourists, a one-legged man, and a dog walk into a bar
An amble through Victoria’s Goldfields region. Day 1 Wednesday 8/10/2025 Home (Melbourne) to Riddells Creek, warm, grey clearing to 20 degrees Whenever we need to go through the city, we usually try to get away on a weekend as the … Continue reading Old Gold – A Lost Apostrophe
Summary Melbourne to Gold Coast and return 54 Days, 53 Nights Accom: $1999.60 avg. $37.73 per night Fuel: $1284.08 avg. $23.78 per day Total Kms: 5586Kms Thoughts When I named this trip ‘A Cool Coast’, I was not referring to … Continue reading A Cool Coast – The Washup
Day 54 Thursday 7/8/2025 Wangaratta to Melbourne, frosty 2 degrees We wake up to a crisp wintry morning. The caravan looks atrocious; washing is piled high and threatening to fall over, and everything needs a good scrub. But that is … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Stamping Our Feet to Keep Warm
Day 53 Wednesday 6/8/2025 Yas to Wangaratta, sunny 2 – 12 It’s an early start and a chilly morning, early enough that the road is reasonably quiet with mainly trucks. The landscape now is green rolling hills, sheep and lambs, … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Yass to Wang
Day 52 Tuesday 5/8/2025 Mannering Park to Yass, sunny 9 – 15 We slept well, but we do need more, lots more. We didn’t hook up to the leaky tap last night, so Woody runs the dishes over to the … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Yass, We Have No Bananas
Day 51 Monday 4/8/2025, Uralla to Mannering Park, sunny 19 (by the afternoon) The power and phones are still out. The snow has melted and we pack up and get an early start. As we drive through town we see … Continue reading A Cool Coast – A Soggy Coast
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