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We have had a few interesting days! Our last day in New South Wales saw us travel from Gooloogong in a south easterly direction to avoid all the floodwaters to Gundagai. After Gundagai we travelled south through Albury to a little town of Beechworth which has a marvellous chocolate shop & some fine old buildings. […]

Hi everyone, sorry we have not posted for a while ……………..been difficult getting a decent signal…………..but we are still having a great time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What have we been up to ? Well, last weekend we caught up with my friends from PNG days….Clive & Margaret Bassett. We had a great time together & unfortunately  Cheryl now […]

Cecil Plains via Dalby We travelled further south to Dalby & then onto Cecil Plains for a free camp next to the Condamine River. There was a small flow over the weir & some fellow campers were trying their luck. Some nice Yellowbelly was caught (8) & a carp. We didn’t bother to fish.

Kingaroy Free Camp After a great camp at Kinbombi Falls we travelled through Goomeri & Wandai to Kingaroy & made camp at a rest area by the Stuart River south of Kingaroy.

Noosa After Woodgate Beach we travelled further south to Noosa for three nights. We based ourselves at Tewantin & visited Maroochydore & Noosa Heads as well as the Eumundi Market. The Eumundi Market is huge & Chezza was in her element. We then travelled back up to Gympie & out to a lovely free camp […]

 Woodgate Beach We enjoyed a pleasant six days at Woodgate Beach which is south of Bundaberg & approximately 40 km from Childers. It has a magnificent beach & is adjacent to a national park. We tried a bit of beach fishing…. but you know our luck!

We left Carnarvon NP & travelled 250 km through the small towns of Springsure & Rolleston to Emerald. We actually stayed at Lake Maraboon which is 20 km out of Emerald near the Fairburn Dam. We had a great caravan site right next to the pool & adjacent to the bar. There was quite a […]

 Carnarvon National Park The prime focus of this trip was to get to Carnarvon National Park & show Cheryl the Carnarvon Gorge. It had been 27-28 years since I have been here & a lot has changed Excitement began to build after we turned off the highway & drove across plains towards cliffs rising above […]

We are now camped at Roma  & tomorrow we head for Injune. After we left St George we made our way through Hebel, Dirranbandi to St George – no sign of any dragons! We checked out a few sights around  the town & visited a winery. The winery very kindly allowed us to free camp […]

  Hi there, another glorious day at the Lightning Ridge…….today, we undertook a number of self drive tours. They are free self drive tours, mostly on gravel roads. They are an initiative of the Lightning Ridge Tourist Association & take from 20 to 45 minutes. There are red, green, yellow & blue car door tours […]