We left Hervey Bay, first calling in to the Seafood Festival being held along the harbour front. There was a crowd of people, mostly sampling the seafood of all types, buying raffle tickets to win more seafood, trips, etc, listening to the music, or viewing the boats, and fishing gear on show - it was all there. We didn't stay long as we had some kilometres to do. We had decided to have a few days at Bargara, on the coast from Bundaberg. It's quite an interesting coast in that it mostly consists of black scoria rocks with a few small sandy beaches between the rocks. Around Bargara there are quite a few holiday homes and units .. it's no doubt a popular spot in summer. In fact, it was popular in winter too as the ... read more

We have had a great couple of days here at Byron Bay. Yesterday we did our usual stop at our favourite little town of Bangalow before driving here and setting up. It was such a lovely day, we spent most of our time in the sun watching the waves and .. a whale not too far out breaching and coming quite a way out of the water. We walked around the shops and had another 'sit and gaze to sea' time .. this time on the verandah of the Byron Bay Hotel, once owned by Paul Hogan's sidekick, Strop .. just the place to enjoy a g&t and soak up the atmosphere. Today was fabulous. We were up and out of the caravan park early and headed to the Arts and Industrial Estate, to the end ... read more

It was a cold morning but sunny as we packed up and left Forbes, first stopping in town to buy a few staples of food in Woollies. It was another pretty drive to Parkes, known for it's giant telescope and the annual Elvis Festival where Elvises from far and wide are spotted around town, swivelling hips and being all shook up. On to Orange where we found a sunny spot to park and have lunch, saw a shop with underwear on sale so took advantage of that, and then left Orange for Bathurst. Orange and Bathurst had both had snow during the week but thankfully there was none left on the ground. We did get out and have a walk around but spent a lot of the time inside shops because of the cold wind. The ... read more

I have had a lot of trouble with blogs lately. Rather than put as my latest, this entry was put at the very beginning of my blog entries. I deleted it from there, and tried to send it again, but wasn't able to do so. I'll try again for those who tell me they missed seeing it and apologies for those who've already seen it. After our second night in Castlemaine, we drove to the city of Maryborough. For a city of under 8,000 people, it has some grand buildings, and the grandest of all is their railway station .. it's huge! And there's a tale of how it came about ... To quote the Station Antiques site 'Alfred Outtrim (local Councillor) while on a visit to Melbourne called in to see the Minister of Rail ... read more

We left home yesterday morning and drove over the Blue Mountains. It was lovely up there, the air clear and crisp, the day sunny, the trees in their autumn colours of russet and golds. We drove around Cliff Drive where there were wonderful views over the 'spectacular blue-hazed beauty, dramatic cliffs and deep canyons' of the mountains. We drove on to Bathurst and then through lovely countryside to Orange. Thought it doesn't grow oranges, Orange does grow a lot of stone fruit as well as apples and pears. We spent the night at a park nr. the Showground. Bathurst has their agricultural show this weekend and Orange the weekend after, but, as is our way, we are missing them both! Today was another lovely sunny day driving through beautiful countryside, mostly large grey-green gums edging paddocks ... read more