Month: September 2015

September 29-30th Many of you would be aware that I lived in Rabaul in Papua Niugini for nearly 5 years so hopefully the following makes sense. Today, we travelled to Trawool to visit a monument to the 2nd/22nd Battalion. The 2nd/22nd Battalion were formed & camped at Trawool before going to defend Rabaul in Papua […]

September 27th-28th A lazy couple of days. Yesterday we attended the Echuca-Moama Market & then a local Chevrolet Car Meet. We finished off with a few drinks at some local watering holes. Today we travelled down the Northern Highway to Seymour where we are camped next to the Goulburn River & have a nice campfire […]

September 23rd We bade goodbye to Tamworth & travelled further south through Dubbo & eventually overnighted at Peak Hill. September 24th After a great breakfast in a local bakery, take -away, café, lolly shop & antique shop! we travelled 30 kms south to the CSIRO Parkes dish. This dish is 64m across…….it is gigantic………..it paid […]

September 22nd September Another easy day in Tamworth with a top of 20 degrees. It was cool  overnight but a pleasant day.  Today we visited the Australian Country & Western Hall of Fame & the Wall of Hands Fame. We also did some shopping & Cheryl bought some shoes……………surprise, surprise! Tomorrow we head further south.

September 21st A nice easy day in Tamworth today. We did some washing, checked out the lookout, drove round the town & did some retail therapy.We also checked out the Golden Guitar Country & Western museum & the Don Bradman collection.Tamworth is much bigger than we thought & they certainly display their country western heritage. […]

September 18th – 20th We have had a couple hectic days on the road but it has been good. We left Brisbane & drove south through the Gold Coast down to Byron Bay & then onto Evans Heads. Evans Heads was a delightful place but the weather was horrendous. The wind would have been strong […]

September 14th – 17th We got into our caravan park late afternoon & set up before going to the Sunday night Trivia Quiz night the caravan park runs every Sunday. I am happy to advise that “TEAM HENRY” ….Yes that is right……………won the quiz…………..convincingly!!!!!!!!! Next day we checked out the town which has grown enormously […]

September 9th – 13th We departed Bowen but soon stopped at the Big Mango for the obligatory photo. We then travelled on to Airlie Beach then Proserpine & finally to our overnight destination of Mackay. We saw plenty of macadamia trees & mangoes. Cheryl has never seen these towns before & it has been 27 […]

September 7th -8th We said goodbye to Atherton & the Atherton Tablelands & began our journey southward toward home. Our destination after a short journey was Paronella Park where we took in various tours & overnighted. The story behind Paronella Park is amazing as is the remaining structure. Go to google & look it up […]

3rd – 5th September We are enjoying all the things to do on the Atherton Tablelands. We went down to Cairns for a day as Cheryl needed to do a blood test & get her hair done. We also caught up with Kacie West for lunch. We went to Kuranda & Mareeba for a day. […]