New South Wales
New Plymouth and Mount Taranaki
After two days of driving, we set yesterdayaside to explore the local area around Mount Taranaki and New Plymouth. We left our motel around mid-morning and drove about 30 kms to New Plymouth on the western coast. New Plymouth It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, UK from where the first […]
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Some Enjoyable Time Around Eden
Yesterday’s drive from Ulladulla to Eden was in stark contrast to the day before when we had driven on motorways to avoid Sydney. Instead of just driving to a destination as we did the day before, yesterday’s travel was very pleasurable. We were able to enjoy the countryside, beaches and forests that we encountered along […]
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Two Days of Traveling South
Our last two days of travel have been less than exciting – one by accident and one intentionally. Yesterday we were late in leaving Port Macquarie after fiddling around checking some local sights and stopping at the supermarket. It was after 1100 by the time we were on the road. Our plan was to travel […]
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Farewell to My Good Mate, Max
Last night when we checked into our hotel, we noticed a group of people looking rather haggard. They were the participants in this year’s Queensland Variety Bash travelling from St George in Central Queensalnd to Port Macquarie – an arduous drive of ten days. Variety Bash cars must be a minimum 25 years old . […]
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We Are Further Down The Coast
We had an amusing breakfast at the RACV Resort on the Gold Coast watching the staff squirt cheeky Magpies and Ibis with water in repeated attempts to keep them from the poolside dining tables The early stages of our drive were different and frustrating. Rural scenery was replaced by high rise towers as we drove […]
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From Dubbo to Moree
On our final night in Dubbo we had a very nice meal at one of the Vietnamese restaurants in town. Our host was a Vietnamese woman of indetermined age who had migrated from a village near Hoi Anh on Vietnam’s central coast. She was interesting in two way. Firstly, she was not part of any […]
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Dubbo
We arrived in Dubbo yesterday and the weather is much more comfortable. The temperature over the last two days has maxed out at 15C. That’s not warm, but after the previous cold days, it feels almost tropical. The nights are stilll cold getting down to zero with a morning layer of frost. Once we left […]
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Driving to Bathurst.
Our drive to Bathurst (250 km) today was a very pleasant one that took us through undulating grazing country, hisitoric towns and through stretches of forest. We left Canberra in 6C weather and could see a dusting of snow on the Brindabella Ranges in the distance. The road followed the shore of Lake George which […]
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Next Stop – Canberra
It was only 2C when we woke in Albury and there was a thin layer of fog in the valley. The temperature only reached a high of 11C today but there was no rain and no wind. We looked out to the war memorial on the top of the hill and remembered that my my […]
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We’re Finally Home
The final leg of our journey from Shepparton to home was about 185 kilometres. We were packed up to leave by about 9.00 am and we headed south down the Goulburn Valley Highway. We were spoilt by the quality of outback roads and by comparison, this Victorian road is a shocker! There has been sustained […]
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We are Back in Victoria at Shepparton.
Our day began with breakfast at the bakery in the main street of Griffith. We had a warm egg and bacon roll that was very nice but as I looked into the gelato cabinet I wished it was later in the day. I think that i could have eaten every flavour, working from left to […]
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A Day in Griffith
Griffith is a little piece of Italy in the heart of the Riverina. It still has the extraordinary statistic that 60% of the city’s population have Italian ancestors and it still celebrates Italian culture with extensive vineyards in the region, providores in the town selling local produce, and excellent cafes and restaurants where the pasta […]
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