We had a couple of weeks to kill before we had to be in Port Macquarie on 1st December. This gave us enough time to do a couple of national parks in the area, but the rain, it seemed, had other ideas. To avoid the worst of the immediate rain, we stopped at a …
September 28th marks our seven-week anniversary here at Lake Pamamaroo. I have to say, it doesn’t feel like seven weeks. To mark the occasion, I’d like to share some of my favourite bird shots from this area. There aren’t a great number of bird species here at the moment, I’m sure the past drought …
We had been at Pamamaroo for just under a week when we, and the other dozen or so travellers by the lake, had a visit from the Rural Fire Service (RFS). Lockdown had reached Menindee and we were told we could not leave. The only problem we had with this, was a lack of …
Peter has had a bit of a craving for scones for a while now, so I thought, why not try them in the camp oven. Never done it before, but we’ll give it a go. If they work out, all well and good, if they don’t…well, we could both do with losing a bit …
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What can I say about Bourke? Hmm, not a lot actually. We stayed in Bourke for seven days, out of necessity really; admin, cleaning, washing that sort of thing, but overall we found Bourke to be uninspiring. Don’t get me wrong the people were friendly, we were in a nice park, but we found …
After leaving the Warrumbungle’s, we stayed a couple of nights in a little town called Gulargambone. Cute name, right? Gulargambone is a very small town, just under four-hundred residents, on the banks of the Castlereagh River. It was a lovely little caravan park, and as you can imaging we made good use of it’s …
I have to say, Warrumbungle National Park has not been a disappointment. It has been cold, the coldest we’ve experienced to date, and I’m talking frosty mornings cold (I think the lowest temp has been 1 degree and the highest 15) but, regardless of the weather, the scenery here is quite stunning. The Warrumbungle’s …
Ok, so we didn’t make it to Walgett, but we are still heading in the right direction. We found a lovely little spot called Hickeys Falls, just a few hundred metres off the Newell Highway, and were pleasantly surprised by the amount of water flowing. It was quite unexpected and beautiful. We did consider …
We learned a valuable lesson on the trip between Kingaroy and Port Macquarie. Simply put, if you want to find an overnight stop, do not travel the new Pacific Highway. Over a period of twenty-four years, the Pacific Highway between the Queensland border, and Newcastle in New South Wales, has undergone major road work, …
It was always our plan to run the Ford Ranger and caravan (Big Ears and Chunky Bum,) over the weigh bridge to see how heavy we are. So, on our third day of freedom, still in Kingaroy, we went to Bean Growers Australia and we got weighed. Suffice to say, our next call was …
