Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – The Riverina, NSW

March 5, 2025 Itching for Hitching

That stretch of glorious farmland in southern NSW encompassing the Murray and the Murrumbidgee Rivers. We’ve wandered about here a few times but still haven’t discovered all it’s secrets. Lockhart has a council-maintained caravan park beside a small lagoon (Brookong … Continue reading Confessions of a Grey Nomad – The Places we Love – The Riverina, NSW

Breakdown Blues, NSW, On the Road5 Comments

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

Freedom Camp, NSW, The Pubs6 Comments

Mirrool Hotel

August 20, 2018August 19, 2018 Itching for Hitching

August 2018 On down the Newell Highway south of West Wyalong, with eyes peeled “There’s the Mirrool Creek, quick turn here, before the railway line!” Yep, Mirrool ‘Home of the silo kick’. Towering grain silos, a park and a pub. … Continue reading Mirrool Hotel

NSW, Places3 Comments

What Do Caravanners Do When They’re At Home?

November 1, 2015April 3, 2016 Itching for Hitching

Take a nice warm Sunday, a long lunch and sit around with mates who are also caravanners. The talk will always end up being about the funny characters we’ve met and we’ll swap stories of great spots. Note to self: A spot that we passed by very close to last year needs a visit. Mirrool is just south of West Wyalong and just north of the Burley Griffen Way in the Riverina. This tiny town hosts an annual footy kicking competition ……over the grain silos! The Mirrool Royal Hotel kindly provides caravan sites. Continue reading What Do Caravanners Do When They’re At Home?