On previous trips to Adelaide we had visited the winery area of McLaren Vale to the south but had never gone further, so as we had a spare day, Karen and I decided to head down to the Fleurieu Peninsula to have a look. After clearing the city and passing through the vineyards of McLaren …
Jimmy's Beach to Mannering Park The next leg of our roadtrip was from Jimmy's Beach down to Lake Macquarie. Again the Myall River was very still and good reflections of the scenery could be observed as we drove over the bridge near Tea Gardens. Within fifteen minutes we had rejoined the Pacific Highway. Sadly drizzly …
Cobar After leaving the Cobar Tourist Information Centre we took their first suggestion and walked across the road to the Miners Memorial and the Mining Heritage Park. The Miners Memorial is in an artificially created, architecturally designed tunnel. The history of mining in Cobar, the associated tragedies, the impact on families and improvements to mining …
On our first couple of trips into town we couldn't help but notice how many well preserved buildings there were. The previous day we had collected quite a few brochures from the Tourist Information Centre. One of them detailed a heritage trail so that's what I am going to post about this time. One Square …
By the next morning the rain had ceased which was a good thing as we had a pretty big day (about 400 kms) of towing ahead of us again. After breakfast we were soon packed up and on our way north. The first town we passed was Augathella. We'd heard nice things about their town …
From Jurien Bay we drove down to Perth and were lucky enough to stay with my cousin and her husband for a week. For the first time in months we actually slept in a bedroom whilst our caravan was able to be conveniently parked in a space in a cul-de-sac. On our previous visits to …
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