No, I haven’t gone under and wasn’t intimidated by my work colleagues chocolate challenge and here I am offering a wordpress photo challenge post found in my draft folder from some weeks ago. Yep, better late than never. Show us a mirror. Self-documentation is important, especially for those of us who are usually behind the…
We remembered coming through Dunedoo a while ago and thinking it was a good place to pass through. On that occasion we stopped for petrol, saw a handful of people around the town and left as quickly as we arrived. This trip we decided to spend a couple of nights, with a population of 802 it…
We’re on the road again, this time for a ten day breakaway, and heading towards the town of Orange. As we asked about for opinions on what to do and see, how long to stay and where to stay in Orange responses were varied. Some wondered. why go at all and others suggested a week would…
My favourite seasons are Autumn and Spring. The days are not spent trying either to warm up or cool down and one can be outdoors all day relishing nature’s artwork wherever the eye stretches. From sunrise to sundown, the bird calls, surge and ebb of the surf and quiet comings and goings of other campers…
One of our four-day weekends took us to Booti Booti National Park, a two-hour drive from home and a perfect spot for anyone who enjoys the outdoors: rugged campers as well as those of us who plumb for the casual comfort of caravanning. Finding a shaded spot with grass rather than dirt was difficult as…
School holidays, they’re a bitter sweet time I can feel nostalgic about. The sweet, the children home, no routine, extra baking, trips to the park, visiting friends, extra children in the house and the break from work. The bitter, crowded grocery stores and increased prices for holiday accommodation. Now the routine is the same every…
You would miss Lightning Ridge on an Australian map if you were not specifically heading there. It is off the well worn Castlereagh Highway and just south of the Queensland border. What makes it worth the 8km detour is that it is one of the few places in the world where black opals are found…
