we drove 700km from port macquarie to bathurst and all of us felt sick over the mountains on the oxley highway to tamworth. tamworth has a very pretty main street. just what jock had in mind for numurkah all those years ago i am sure. simon did some work at bathurst base hospital for 10 days. claudia and simon particularly had a great time at the fossil and rock exhibition in the old school building. a guy called warren somerville has put his lifetime collection of rare rocks and minterals and a caste of tyranosaurus rex into a neat exhibition. the [View Full Entry]

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Hi to all those tuned in for the next macca adventure. We have been to quite a few places since our last blog entry. We made it to Canberra without a hitch. And the Floriade Flower festival was no let down. It was amazing! Colours, and patterns and bonsai trees and even kiddie rides to stop the boredom, macca and littles had their very 1st ferris wheel ride and were very brave. We did a 25 minute ride part round Lake Burley Griffin and that nearly killed me! Soooo unfit. But we'll practice and get better. Then off to Port Macquarie [View Full Entry]

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Hi family and friends We did it, we are now officially on our own. We have been cocooned safely by family for the last 10 days in Numurkah and Myrtleford, but last night, we stayed at a "real" caravan park, on our own! On our way to Canberra, we stopped the night in Gundagai and it was very green and hilly and lovely. And full of grey nomads wanting dearly to help us or hinder us. Mostly help though as we found some interesting tips about caravanning. We drove to Gundagai by about 3pm, set up and had a play at [View Full Entry]

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