October 2025 Our Camping mob drove out of Sydney a week before us, as we had a family function to attend. We caught up with them at Toongi Hall, just south of Dubbo NSW, Maggie driving our little blue car, me driving a large motorhome hired...
December 2025 There is nothing like publishing on the WWW to smarten up your ideas. The knowledge that, although the readership of these 'scribbles' is fairly small, anyone could come across them at anytime and I could be left open to all sorts of criticism. With...
November 2025 It's great to have you viewing this page and I sincerely hope you find some enjoyment here. ******** Space Junk Recently I viewed a TV program discussing the threat posed by space debris, to orbiting satellites and populated spacecraft. "In 2025, the European Space Agency's Space Environment statistics reported...
The Great Ocean Road (also known to be part of the B100) runs mostly along the southern coast of Victoria from Torquay to near Allansford. It is one of the most iconic road trips in Australia. We decided to drive it and see the sites...
September 2025 It has been a while since I published AlistairScribbles 8 and I hope your senses have recovered enough to cope with another dose. ******** According to astrology my zodiac sign is Libra, defined by its pursuit of balance, harmony and justice, symbolised by a set of...
Fremantle and Perth, Saturday 3rd May 2025 After leaving the Crown Princess Cruise we were met by Maggie's brother (#4) Patrick and his wife Kerry, and taken to Perth's Botanic gardens for a relaxed morning coffee, View of Perth CBD and Swan River from the Perth Botanic...
Day 11 Saturday April 26th – At Sea We left Darwin at approximately 10pm on Friday 25th April 2025 en route to the Kimberley Coast. On Saturday we were at sea. If I remember correctly, the head cold I contracted on the ship started to become...
Day 6 April 21st – Cairns QLD After visiting Willis Island on the afternoon of 20th April, we sailed approximately 450 kms through that afternoon and night to Cairns, in North Queensland, Australia. Arrival time in Cairns was around 7am on a very wet easter Monday. To...
Day 1 April 16th - Boarding Crown Princess & leaving Sydney On a warm autumn day Maggie and I left home to catch the ferry from Manly to Circular Quay, Sydney. It was forecast for rain and there were plenty of clouds. From the Manly Ferry, our...
Clarence Town is a small town located 55km north northeast of Newcastle, 27km north of Raymond Terrace and 23km south of Dungog, on the banks of the Williams River. It is part of the Dungog Shire, in the Hunter region of NSW, Australia. Now you...