The months of June and July have become the time for our (almost) annual "Winter Pilgrimage" to Southern Queensland, Australia. However, each winter we've travelled there (Brisbane, the Gold Coast or the Sunshine Coast), it hasn't been sunnier or warmer than at home, so why...
On the Friday 29th September 2023 Maggie and I flew from Sydney to Yulara in Central Australia NT, arriving at around 1.30 pm. We stayed at "Sails in the Dessert" hotel. Large entry Hall with reception, small Art Gallery, Bar and Buffett Restaurant That afternoon, while waiting...
Darwin, a small city of approximately 168,000 people, is the Capital of the Northern Territory (NT), Australia. Having flown into Darwin NT on the 8.30 pm flight from Sydney (Wednesday 5th September 2023), we arrived at our Hotel at around 1.30 am (Thursday 6th September). For...
In Part 1 of Our SA Extravaganza we travelled from "Paradise" NSW to Williamstown SA via Jugiong, Junee, Hay, Mildura, Paringa, Renmark, Burra and Clare. Leaving Williamstown we were moving to the 2nd phase of the extravaganza and a three nights stay at Brown Hill...
Regular readers of this blog site may remember that each year since 2011 (except 2020), Maggie and I have joined a group of caravanning friends at a place we call Paradise. Our visits there used to be at Easter, but now we have the choice...
Norah Head is only 20 minutes north of our house and a good place for us to go camping with our Jayco Club friends. On the first night, in the pitch black, Greg (a friend and Jayco Club member) and I walk down to the headland...
Seal Rocks is approximately 280 kilometres north of Sydney in NSW. It is a small village named after a colony of Australian Fur Seals that once inhabited the nearby, off shore rocks. Today Seal Rocks is known for the surfing, fishing and diving and from...
November 2022, NSW Australia Introduction - Convenience & Beauty ======== First Stanza - Where Ocean, Land and Sky Convene ======== Second Stanza - With Wind & Time & Tide ======== Third Stanza - Creatures Come to Feed & Play ======== Fourth Stanza - 'Midst Rock & Sand & Water ======== Epilogue - Stay...
Maggie and I are part of a "Meet and Greet" group. A couple from that group, Rhonda and Ian, invited those of us who could make it, to stay in Ulong for a few days at Rhonda's sister's place. First night candle light dinner with...
Since retiring from work in 2016, Maggie and I have become serial travellers. This has not led to long periods away from home, as nearly all of our trips have been a months or less. But, having arrived back home we start to look for...