Day 13 Friday 23/8/2024 Horsham to Melbourne, cloudy We set off very early as we want to get through the city at the best time. Crimson clouds are lightening the sky. I hope we haven’t woken the girls up. We … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Back to the big smoke
Day 12 Thursday 22/8/2024 Murray Bridge, SA to Horsham, Vic, clear 17.5 It’s a long straight and familiar road with light traffic. We have a few sprinkles of rain. We take a short break at the little highway town of … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – What a difference a day makes
Day 10 Tuesday 20/8/2024 Quorn to Laura, clear blue skies 11 – 18 We wake to a bright breezy day and take the Horrocks Highway south through Wilmington. We cross Goyder’s Line* at Melrose and instantly it is greener and … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – Tell Laura I Love Her
Day 9 Monday 19/8/2024 Quorn, overcast, storm threatening, 9 – 21 Walking around town to do a little shopping VeeWee and I detour along First St to try and find the Capowie Creek rail bridge that is noted on Google … Continue reading Flinders Ranges – At least the fish didn’t thaw
Subtitle: Do you call that a road? Apr 2024 I recently read an article by someone complaining about the boredom of retirement and no longer having the chance to learn new things. If you are a regular reader of this … Continue reading Getting an Education – Planning, Plotting & Project Management
Jan 2024, Melbourne, Vic On the corner of Spencer & Flinders Streets in Melbourne, you’ll find this full-sized replica of the last W Class tram that was built at the Preston Tram Works for service in Bourke Street, in 1956. The work of David Michael Bell, it is a poignant reminder of another era. Melbourne is proud of its tram history and so too is the city of Bendigo which has a tram workshop that repairs and restores heritage trams to their former glory for customers worldwide. And the ‘Connies’, well that’s what we used to call the conductors. https://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/raising-the-rattler-pole … Continue reading Raising the Rattler Pole – The Last of the Connies
Hepburn Springs, Vic The Daylesford, Hepburn Springs region has a proud Swiss Italian heritage thanks to the immigrants who came to the region in the latter part of the 19th Century in search of a better life. Built in 1864 Villa Parma, now part of the Peppers Mineral Springs Hotel, is a tangible reminder of those times. Continue reading Villa Parma
Day 12, Thursday 16/6/2022, Narromine, 3 – 17 A pleasant day dawns, except that the local Ford dealer doesn’t want to complete the job on the Toyota Prado thankfully it is now drivable. We do some shopping before the boys take it over to Dubbo 40kms away. Dubbo is the regional centre. The news is worrying as the Toyota dealer will look at the simplest solutions first but at worst, the fuel tanks will need removal and it would be at least 3 weeks before they could do the job. If that’s the case, it would be easier and more … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 12, Feeling Flat in Narromine
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
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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