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TAMBO TO BARCALDINE Light misty rain was wafting in as we packed up and set out along the Lansborough Highway towards Barcaldine. About 20 klms into our trip we caught up with a road train and the rain became heavier as the water logged earth could not soak up another drop. Soon the land was
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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AMBLING BACK TO COOMALIE OVERVIEW Last year, whilst visiting our dear friends, The Wrighties I mentioned that if ever their lovely girl, Chinner should have pups, I would love one. Rosie got on so well with Chinner and Carli, her daughter from her first litter. Earlier this year on 7 February, after a prearranged date
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SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2021 After 4 months and 21 days; or 20 weeks and 3 days; or simply 143 days and covering just over 14,000 Kilometers; we are back home on Bong Bong Hill in Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia. PART 1 HOME TO COOMALIE PART 2 COOMALIE TO HOME However,
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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
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29 OCTOBER TO 1 NOVEMBER 2021 NSW AT LAST!!! We have finally arrived back in our home state after 4 months away. After driving across the Murray to the ‘other side’: Victoria, we wanted to slink through that small section of the state and safely into NSW. We did have our completed border entry passes,
ON THE ROAD 