Adelaide to Melbourne Return Roadtrip – Day 1

All good things come to an end and so after breakfast we packed our gear into the car ready to begin our return trip home. We waited until Adelaide's peak hour was over before heading through Adelaide's eastern suburbs. For non Australians here's a sign you only see in Australia. Given the traffic we didn't …

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Adelaide’s marvellous market and more

Having seen items about Adelaide market on several travel shows on TV we decided we should go and see for ourselves. After breakfast the four of us headed into the city. We were able to find a car park near the market. The entry way had a couple of very colourful signboards. Soon we were …

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Queensland Roadtrip – Days 50 -56

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 …

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Queensland Roadtrip – Days 36-37

Ayr to Ingham Left Ayr after an easy start to the day and headed up through Brandon before making our way to Townsville. We caught up with long time friends for lunch. They are staying with their daughter and son-in-law whilst having a house built in Brisbane. After sharing lunch and a dog walk we …

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Queensland Roadtrip – Days 32-33 continued

Sarina Street Art and Murals Given we saw so many beautiful murals in Sarina I have decided to devote this next post to them. Tropicana Tourist Park It was easy to feel you were in a tropical location at Tropicana Tourist Park with not only its well treed grounds but also its many murals on …

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Queensland Roadtrip – Days 32-33

Kinka Beach to Sarina With just over 330 kms to travel we set off reasonably early from Kinka Beach. Coming back out onto the Bruce Highway just north of Rockhampton we made our way through the countryside passing a series of small towns dotted along the map, Yaamba, Canoona and Kunwarara before reaching Marlborough about …

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Roadtrip to Queensland – Days 3-4

Griffith Breakfast finished we hooked up the caravan and after farewelling Denise and Wayne we drove off. As we approached Shepparton we refueled and took the heavy vehicle route around town. An hour later we approached the border, crossed the Murray River and entered NSW. Half an hour later we came to Finley where we …

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