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Breakdown Blues – Day 10 – Not so Swift afterall

July 30, 2022July 31, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 10, Tuesday 14/6/2022 Mirrool to Trundle, sunshine 4 – 13 It feels much warmer this morning. Elle and I have asked the boys if we can make the start time at 9:00am. We’re not getting any younger and the morning hijinks of the boys running around not wanting to hold each other up is getting irksome. We girls, don’t particularly fancy hitting the road half dressed with a toothbrush in hand and hair sticking up while the driver asks whether we turn left or right out of the park and if can we do a radio check, now. This … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 10 – Not so Swift afterall

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Breakdown Blues – Day 9 – Missing the chop at Mirrool

July 29, 2022July 28, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 9 Monday 13/6/2022 Leeton to Mirrool, cold 3 – 14 It’s a glorious morning. The drive to Griffith is flanked by orange groves, grape vines and cotton. This is an area of abundance and a very nice part of … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 9 – Missing the chop at Mirrool

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Breakdown Blues – Day 8 – Preparing for the next leg

July 28, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 8 Sunday 12/6/22 Leeton, cloudy cold 8 – 13 Woody is up early to do the washing at the laundromat in town. I clean the caravan. After lunch, we do a large shop at Aldi as it’s the last chance we’ll get before we reach the Queensland coast. I’m sure most caravanners have mental maps of where the Aldi stores are. We both have long walks around town and I photograph the Burley Griffin water towers the historic Hydro Hotel and the Roxy Theatre (1929) which is under renovation at present. The Hydro Hotel was built in 1919 for … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 8 – Preparing for the next leg

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Breakdown Blues – Day 7 – Having a shot at twitching

July 27, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 7 Saturday 11/6/2022 Leeton, some rain 4 -12 Woody scouts around and finds a laundromat while I sleep in. We disagree on search methods as I suggest that he should have used Google Maps but he says that he … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 7 – Having a shot at twitching

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Breakdown Blues – Day 6 – Backpacking for old farts

July 26, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 6 Friday 10/6/2022 Lockhart to Leeton, 8 – 11 cold “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they are going.” Paul Theroux. That sounds familiar. After chatting online over breakfast to blogger Derrick from DerrickJKnight, I … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 6 – Backpacking for old farts

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Breakdown Blues – Day 5 – With arms of steel

July 25, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 5 Thursday 9/6/2022, Lockhart, chilly 6 – 12 degrees Either it’s warmer or we’re getting acclimatised to winter, but it feels much warmer. There are scudding grey clouds and bursts of sunshine and, there is a chilly breeze. We … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 5 – With arms of steel

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Breakdown Blues – Day 4 – Losing our hearts to Lockhart

July 24, 2022July 25, 2022 Itching for Hitching

Day 4 Wednesday 8/6/2022 Oaklands to Lockhart, 3 – 11 (not much better) We’re woken by the camper next door trying to start his Ute. It’s icy. Deciding to do some touring and in need of some fuel, we drive … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 4 – Losing our hearts to Lockhart

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Breakdown Blues – Day 3 – A great place to live

July 23, 2022July 25, 2022 Itching for Hitching

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

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Breakdown Blues – Day 2 – If it’s rockin’ don’t bother knockin’

July 22, 2022July 25, 2022 Itching for Hitching

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’

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Breakdown Blues – Day 1 – Tocumwal

July 21, 2022July 25, 2022 Itching for Hitching

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