THURSDAY 12 MAY Tambo is great little town to pause awhile and explore. Yesterday morning, during our first amble around town in the early morning I got to chat to a couple of locals walking to work, as you can do in a small town. They were both so friendly and cheerful. When I commented … Continue reading DAY 7 TAMBO

Monday 2 May Rosie and I enjoyed a lovely walk beside the river before breakfast. We couldn't venture too close to the water, as it was like walking on plasticine and I had visions of us being sucked into the mud. It was a beautiful sunny morning when we drove out of our lovely overnight … Continue reading DAYS 4 – 6 DIRRAMBANDI – MUNGALLALA – TAMBO

Day 2 Canowindra to Gulargambone From Canowindra we drove through Cudal, Molong , Wellington and Geurie, then skimmed past Dubbo, which has grown into a huge city. Along the way we shared the road with many more motor bikes than usual. As we drove past the central hub of Dubbo, we discovered that it had … Continue reading DAYS 2 – 4 CANOWINDRA TO DIRANBANDI VIA GULARGAMBONE

7 May 2022 Thank goodness for gas heating - despite the frosty white landscape outside it was toasty warm inside the van this morning. Rosie and I just had to head outside and enjoy a brisk walk before breakfast. A Balloon chaser support truck drove past us as we ambled over the bridge. Soon after, … Continue reading DAY 2 Canowindra

6 May 2022 According to the weather reports, (and my toes) today dawned clear and sunny with the first real icy touch of frost for this autumn. Time for us to amble back out onto the road NORTH to warmer parts asap. Talk about superb timing! Just before 10 am this morning Linus slowly pulled … Continue reading Day 1 Moss Vale to Canowindra

1-2 NOVEMBER 2021 Today is the second Tuesday in November and that means THE Melbourne Cup Race Day. We have just watched Verry Eleegant win, with the favourite, Incentivise second and Spanish Mission third. Yesterday we drove over the mighty Murrumbidgee river, through Balranald and along the almost straight Sturt Highway across the billiard table … Continue reading DAYS 138 – 139 HAY

MONDAY 24 OCTOBER 2021 https://bungareestation.com.au/tours/ Bungaree is a grand old sheep station, which was first settled back in 1841 by George Hawker. It has stayed in the Hawker family now for 6 generations. As well as still being a working station, they offer self guided tours around many of the interesting old buildings and gardens … Continue reading DAY 129: A DAY AT BUNGAREE

20 - 22 OCTOBER Leaving Point Turton after breakfast on 20 October, we drove across the Peninsular from Spencer Gulf to St Vincent Gulf. The next stop on schedule was at Port Julia, named after Daughter-in-Law Hayley's GG Grandmother, Julia, an English lady, who married German born, Louis Freiderich Wurm back in the mid 1880's. … Continue reading DAYS 126-128: PORT JULIA

FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER 2021 UPDATES: 10 OCTOBER : COOBER PEDY TO WOOMERA: We were not sad to be leaving Coober Pedy after the wild and woolly weather the night before. Back on the road we came across a couple of eagles feasting on road kill. They are such impressive, majestic creatures as they slowly take … Continue reading DAY 121 -POINT TURTON, CAPE YORKE

WEDNESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2021 1 PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE UNIT Richard arranged a small memorial gathering today, on the anniversary of the demise of the last Lockheed Lightning plane A55-1, which crashed here at Coomalie and burst into flames when the nose wheel collapsed upon landing. The pilot, Flt/Lt C. J. Rush managed to escape with burns … Continue reading DAY 79 COOMALIE REMEMBERS