It has been a very trying couple of years for everyone around the globe. The loss of loved ones, unprecedented restrictions, and lockdowns to name just a few of the challenges we have all had to face. Each person would have faced these challenges in their own way, as did we. Peter and I …
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, …
