Day 9 Sunday 22/6/2025 Bellingen to Murwillumbah (Murbah to the locals), 10 – 21 degrees Well so much for the music festival last night, all we could hear was one solitary guitar if we listened hard. During breakfast we see … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Rolling in to Murbah
Day 8 Saturday 21/6/2025 Bellingen, sunny 11 – 20 We’re having a two night stay here so it’s a good chance to have a bit of a sleep in. Woody walks across the bridge into town to buy some fresh … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Bellingen the Beautiful
Day 7 Friday 20/6/2025, icy tableland to sub tropics, Uralla to Bellingen It was a much warmer 2 degrees last night but the morning is foggy. We’re on the road early and catch the morning traffic as we pass through … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Down the Waterfall Way
Day 6 Thursday 19/6/2025, Cassilis to Uralla, minus 1 to 15.5 That was the coldest night we’ve had in the van, and at least being on power we had electric blankets to keep us warm. The water that drained out … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Buttons no Bows & Tasty Pastry
Day 5 Wednesday 18/6/2025 Lithgow to Cassilis minus 1 to 13, cold Another chilly morning and we have 4 handsome grey turkeys gobbling about our door. Obviously, the guinea fowls have spread the word that there are a couple of … Continue reading A Cool Coast – A Bowling Club with no Green
Day 4 Tuesday 17/6/2025 Carcoar to Lithgow, strong chilly wind, 0 to 11 We wake up to frost and ice this morning, the grass is frosty and our water pipes and hatches are frozen. Thank goodness for the diesel heating. … Continue reading A Cool Coast – Goats in Coats
Day 3 Monday 16/6/2025 Junee to Carcoar, cold 2 to 13 Before we leave Junee, I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post that Junee is a railway town. There’s a large rail turntable for repairing engines and an interesting collection … Continue reading A Cool Coast – The Town That Time Forgot
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
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