So, we purchased extra supplies for our breakfasts across the Nullarbor and, wouldn’t you know it? – this morning we had a voucher for complimentary continental breakfasts! Oh well everything is processed and packaged and will keep for another morning. We decided that we would find the bakery in town for rolls/sandwiches for lunch again today. Bernie Googled and was told that one bakery is permanently closed and the one that remains in business is a little out of the town centre. Google guided us there and there was precisely nothing when we reached the pin drop on the map. Google strikes again. I suggested cruising down the main street to see what we could see but, no, Bernie asked Google again. At least on the second attempt she did guide us to the Ceduna Bakery ... read more

NOTE:For anyone who is interested we decided (belatedly) to blog the NSW Road Trip we completed in December/January. Use the ‘Previous Entry’ button to navigate to those entries. On the road again! After our road trip to NSW in December/January we are off again - this time heading west across the Nullarbor to explore south-west Western Australia. Because we are both obsessed (Tracey a little more so!) with achieving all of the goals set for us by our Apple watches each day, the plan was to leave at 7.05am after we had achieved a stand hour for the 7-8.00am hour! We were not far off schedule pulling out of the driveway at 7.20am on a cool Melbourne morning. Bernie took the first spell at the wheel and drove us as far as the Services at Ravenswood. ... read more

Time to head home. We’ve had a great holiday, but it’s really not the best time to take a holiday with so many other people taking time off around Christmas and New Year and, of course, the school holidays. Everything is more crowded and more expensive than it would be at a less popular time of year. It has been great though with the birthday party providing the catalyst to spend NYE in Sydney. We have long talked about witnessing the Sydney fireworks firsthand just once in our lives but, until now, have not made it happen. With a celebration on in northern NSW on the 6th of Jan it provided the perfect opportunity to turn it into a road trip and do the fireworks and then continue north to the birthday party. We were up ... read more

We took another walk around town this morning and found ourselves completing part of Casino’s Federation Heritage Scenic Walk. We probably walked some of it yesterday too but failed to notice the information boards! This morning, we could have done without finding the fruit bat colony down near the river, ha, ha. Actually, it wasn’t too bad seeing as there has been rain recently; they weren’t too smelly! We learnt that Casino was established on the Richmond River in the 1830s by Henry Clay and George Stapleton when they laid claim to 30,000 acres in the Richmond Valley. The site was on/near the original crossing point on the Richmond River and had been colloquially known as ‘The Crossing Place’. Henry and George however decided to name their property ‘Cassino’ after the Italian town of Monte Cassino. ... read more

Back on the road, today we headed up the coast to Sawtell for lunch. After a walk on the beach to gain our exercise goal for the day we lunched at The Kiosk which we discovered when we visited Sawtell in June last year. We couldn’t go past the BLATs. Delicious! We watched a table of Karens who rearranged the tables to accommodate their group. The staff were OK with this, I think it happens all the time to fit different sized groups, but they were specifically asked for an area to be kept clear so that staff could circulate. Of course, the Karens ignored this request and effectively blocked the area they had been asked to keep clear … and then sang a cappella which was weird. Or maybe impromptu singing in public only seems ... read more