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Waterfall Way
We drove the Waterfall Way from Armidale to Ebor. As we headed towards the Great Divide, the brown dry land slowly transformed into lush temperate forest. At an altitude of 1300 metres Ebor…
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Apsley Falls
The drive from Point Plomer on the Oxley HWY is not a huge distance but it’s slow when towing a van. You really chew through the fuel as you climb up and over…
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Point Plomer
School holidays and Easter and we are at Point Plomer along with everyone north or south of Port Macquarie. Fortunately, we arrived the day before school holidays commenced and picked a site that…
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Crowdy Bay
We stayed at Yagon which is in the National Park and is a short drive to the beach. Seal Rocks is a beautiful swimming beach. Fortunately not many people about. I would imagine…
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Port Stephens
So much to see and do in Port Stephens. Warm and sunny, we decided to explore the beaches. Shoal Bay, Fingal and Zenith are great for swimming. We also fished off Nelson Bay…
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The Hawkesbury
The Hawkesbury was our next stop and the weather was slowly improving. Having only recently read Kate Grenville’s A Secret River, this whole area took on a significant meaning. Roads wind their way…
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Blue Mountains
In late March, we headed to Katoomba, a bustling town in the Blue Mountains. The climate here was a sharp contrast to the warm hot days and nights we’d been experiencing. It rained…
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Tocumwal to Dubbo
We left Melbourne on March 18th and slowly making our way north hoping to make it to Cape York. We decided to head inland, bypass Sydney and we figured we should hit the…
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Whale Dance
Spotted a few whales from the shoreline. It was an amazing and memorable moment. We were the only ones on the beach that afternoon and this particular whale put on a splendid performance…
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South West Coast
The unkind weather did not stop us from exploring the south western coast of Western Australia. It was windy, rainy and on a few days we had sunshine. Felt like being home in…