Day 2 Sunday 15/6/2025 Benalla, Vic to Junee, NSW, wet 8 to 10 degrees The rain started in the wee hours and it was nice to be toasty and snuggled under two doonas listening to the pattering on the roof. … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Junee
A brief interlude from ‘The Places We Love’ while we try to chase some sunshine. Day 1 Saturday 14/6/2025 Home to Benalla, 3 degrees clear It’s an icy morning as we squelch through oak leaves and half chewed bright purple … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Day 1 Benalla (not the coast)
Charters Towers, Qld (136Kms west of Townsville) What can I say about this unique town? Well, it got its name when gold was found here in 1871 and the surrounding hills were named after the Gold Commissioner, W. Charters, who … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – Charters Towers
Carnarvon Gorge, The Gemfields, Theresa Creek Dam Carnarvon Gorge Sometimes things just don’t get promoted and when it comes to Queensland the coastal region gets all the publicity when there are little-known world class attractions inland. Carnarvon Gorge is one … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Qld’s Middle
Hebel, Qld For anyone visiting Lightning Ridge the next town north is tiny Hebel 69kms up the Castlereagh Highway. When I say tiny, it is. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the population was 62 at the 2021 census. … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – Qld’s Middle
Kynuna I have to mention Kynuna because, though it’s a mere dot on the map it does have the iconic Blue Heeler Hotel which dates back to the 1860’s when it was a Cobb & Co staging post. During the … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Western Qld – Kynuna to Mt Isa
Ilfracombe (27kms from Longreach) This friendly little caravan park is our preferred spot to stay when in Longreach. Adjacent to the most congenial Wellshot Hotel, you’ll be well entertained by the folks in the pub and the park. Across the … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Western Qld – Longreach & Winton
Life’s Illusions, we all see the world differently Blackall& The Barcoo Blackall is 300kms north of Charleville and 100kms south of Barcaldine on the Barcoo River. There’s a pleasant donation campground beside the river that provides, toilets, a dump point … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Western Qld
Friends have recently bought a caravan and asked for any hints that we may have 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 … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places We Love – Qld – South- Western Qld
Whitfield, Vic Continue reading Whitfield in Sketches
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