Step routines

December 22, 2019December 16, 2019 Itching for Hitching

At Happy Hour somewhere, we debate the odds of breaking an ankle on the step well. Now we’ve heard of people falling out of caravan doors and we’ve even seen folks hobbling into camp kitchens bruised and broken but not wanting to miss out on their red wine and steak. Woody too has gone face first, splat on the ground thanks to the seemingly sturdy chequer-plate box-step that came with our van. It might look caravan cool but it has now been relegated to the shed, replaced by a more practical step with non-slip sturdy angled legs. Our door is … Continue reading Step routines

NSW, Places1 Comment

Getting higher

December 21, 2019December 15, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Mar 2013, Port Macquarie, NSW With its perfect climate Port Macquarie is getting a name as the retirement capital of the east coast but as you can see not all the residents are arthritic. Continue reading Getting higher

Overheard5 Comments

Baby Boomer Logic

December 18, 2019December 14, 2019 Itching for Hitching

In for repairs between caravan trips, I’m sitting in the doctor’s waiting room quietly reading when I overhear two women behind me chatting. “I was just putting the third load into the washing machine when I decided to give up and go naked.” No, I didn’t look. Continue reading Baby Boomer Logic

Overheard, Vic4 Comments

Mallee Dust

December 17, 2019December 12, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Cousin H visits Mildura to find lost relatives and discovers an old bloke, a school friend of her mother’s. Giving her the once over he says, “Yep, you’ve got Mallee dust in yer girl”. Continue reading Mallee Dust

Caravanning Hints, SA11 Comments

What, 4 degrees out?!

December 16, 2019December 12, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Mar 2018, Adelaide, SA I don’t know about you, but when we’re on a caravan park concrete slab we don’t bother to check if we’re level. We just assume that the slab is perfect and they normally are. Except one night in Adelaide camped only a few vans from the beach, when I got up to go to the bathroom and… walked into the fridge. I’m quite sure that the slab was level when it was laid but nature and the sand had other plans. Great spot though! Continue reading What, 4 degrees out?!

Architecture, Lacework, NSW, Uncategorized9 Comments

Quite possibly a boring passion

December 12, 2019December 8, 2019 Itching for Hitching

I’m sure that we humans are each afflicted with a boring passion, be it stamp collecting, train spotting or being detectorists (thanks Netflix for great comedy viewing ‘The Detectorists’). Mine is iron lacework spotting. No, I don’t nick the stuff, … Continue reading Quite possibly a boring passion

Places, The Pubs, Vic4 Comments

Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel

December 11, 2019December 6, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic The Railway Hotel is only a few blocks away from our camp, there’s a dog on the veranda and the timber cutting themed bistro is cool and welcoming. The ‘Seniors meals’ are huge and there’s no … Continue reading Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel

The Pubs, Vic5 Comments

The Metung Pub

December 7, 2019December 4, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Nov 2019, Metung, Vic In a past life we spent every free moment sailing and boating on the Gippsland Lakes. Which meant dashing from work on a Friday afternoon and driving 300kms to Metung hell bent on making it to … Continue reading The Metung Pub

Places, Vic2 Comments

Lakes Entrance

December 6, 2019December 3, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Nov 2019, Lakes Entrance, Vic Lakes Entrance was originally called Cunninghame, before a permanent entrance was cut in 1889 to open the expansive Gippsland Lakes and river system to the ocean. In those early days a tree high on the … Continue reading Lakes Entrance

Places, Qld3 Comments

Lunchtime time travelling

December 5, 2019December 3, 2019 Itching for Hitching

Winter 2018, Warwick, Qld At Warwick the sky is blue and clear but there’s a wintry chill wind, even the statues are wearing woollen scarves. Parked outside someone’s house we dash into the van and do a quick change from T shirts and shorts into warm winter clothes and go off in search of a bakery pie. (Gosh it’s handy towing your wardrobe behind you). Instead of a forgettable bakery pie, we find a snippet of 1950’s Italian Australian history. The Belle Vue cafe, pressed metal ceilings, Laminex tables and matching vinyl chairs and a pretty damned good lasagne. Oooh, … Continue reading Lunchtime time travelling