Lake Macquarie - Sydney Having not spent time with our youngest son, Jay, for five months, we were really looking forward to catching up with him in his new place. He'd spent the previous five and half years studying and working in Japan and he'd only been back in Australia for a few months when …
Townesville to Bowen The drive down to Bowen didn't take long. A lot of the countryside was sugar cane country. Between Ayr and Home Hill we crossed the Burdekin River. In Home Hill we stopped for a break. Here's a piece of creative street art we saw. Wangaratta at the Beach Caravan Park, Bowen By …
Mel woke us up quite early the next morning which didn't turn out to be a bad thing as we saw the sun finish rising and took a quick walk along the beach before breakfast. The rest of the morning was a washing day as at last it was sunny enough to dry it. That …
Tannum Sands to Kinka Beach Time to head north. Much as we had really enjoyed our time in Tannum Sands we were hoping to find warmer temperatures so off we headed. Firstly over the bridge and out onto the Bruce Highway. Off we drove. As we crossed the Calliope River we noticed the water level …
One of my preferred sporting pastimes is playing golf. We had discovered Agnes Water Golf Course had been hosting a tournament over the weekend. So the following Monday I decided to go and play nine holes. Karen was happy to go for a walk as I played. After paying my green fees and hiring a …
An hour further on from Cocklebiddy we reached Madura Roadhouse. We checked in and set up the caravan on a bit of a slope. Light was fading but I figured it was better to complete the golf hole here now so we could set off quickly in the morning. This hole was named after the …
As I mentioned in a previous post I would set aside two posts to write in detail about the longest golf course in the world, Nullarbor Links. Well the first requirement for any game of golf is to actually check in at the pro shop. For this unique golf game you check in at the …
After spending 3 amazing months caravanning through South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and a little bit of our own state Victoria, there are a lot of highlights to remember. So here's a summary of things we would like to recommend. At the end I have also included a few cautionary items. In South Australia …
After eating breakfast and packing our caravan we started the day with a short drive through Penong township past several old buildings and on to Ceduna. To start with we headed out to the golf course. Ceduna Gold Club hosts the final two holes of the Nullabor Links. The first hole is a par 5 …
You may think after the previous few days driving only 190 kms or so wasn't helping us cross the Nullabor very quickly but as you will read at the end of this post there was a good reason for not going so far.We hit the road just before 9:00 heading further east from Madura. Not …
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