Blogs from Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
"We're All Going To The Zoo Tomorrow!"
Published: October 24th 2011Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Dubbo
October 22nd 2011
Thursday 20th October dawned with clear skies and the promise of a beautiful warm day. We were up early and toyed with the idea of having a thermal soak before we left, but we mistook the opening times and decided 8:00am was cutting it a bit fine. As it happened, the pools opened at 7:00am so we would have had plenty of time to lounge again in the warm waters. We did our best to get away reasonably early but it was well after 9:15 when we finally hit the road. Traffic was heavy with plenty of road trains travelling in both directions and with the occasional wide load to negotiate. We made good time but it wasn’t a pleasant journey. It was one of those days where we hadn’t really decided for sure where we ... read more
February 8th 2011
Sitting here in our second week in Coolangatta, Dubbo seems so long ago…what happened to the past 10 months? The only way to get rid of this terrible feeling is to do it all again, but permanently! At least we have our jaunt to UK and USA to look forward to! Anyway, back to Dubbo, and the zoo in particular. What a great zoo, called The Western Plains and this is because all the animals are found in the western plains of Africa. You can walk round (but it is a long way, over 6km), cycle round on your own, or hired bike, hire a six seater buggy or, as we did, drive your own car. The entrance fee, which at first seems expensive, allows you to go round as many times as you like over ... read more
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come....
Published: January 31st 2009Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Dubbo
January 30th 2009
I'm In Dubbo Still..... I have recently received a number of messages from well wishers asking me where in the world I am.... Well, I am here to say - i'm in Dubbo still, la la la la Dubbo still. For those of you who are unaware (apologies to those who are) my UK working visa was knocked back on the count of me sending through some faxed copies of my bank statements... Which basically means that I have to reapply. Yep, for the third time. So after having a complete emotional breakdown then regaining my composure, then breaking down again and continuing this process, feeling quite sorry for myself for some time, I made the decision to rearrange my trip and leave in April (which gives me enough time to get my shit together ... read more
January 22nd 2009
Day 76 Up early showered and shaved, I am still persevering with my cut throat razor, and am getting the close shave I like, I haven’t cut off an ear or anything yet so all is going well. I don’t know what I am going to do when I run out of my stock of Taylor’s of Old Bond Street shaving cream, and alum block, I will have to find a supplier some where over here. It probably takes me three times longer to shave this way, but it just seems so worth it, we all have our little pleasantries that make us feel good. We had a light brecky and headed off to Taronga Zoo here in Dubbo, the weather was cool and cloudy so a good day to see animals active, we had heard ... read more
Crossing a Continent (English Version)
Published: October 22nd 2008Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Dubbo
October 22nd 2008
....Well, the title was easy. I have had it in mind for a long time now. I even have a subtitle "... and miles to go before I sleep", for those of you who understand the reference. But how to go from here? It was the idea of actually crossing Australia from one side to the other without flying once which attracted me this time. Having seen quite a lot of the country on my previous three visits it was not encountering kangaroos or goannas, watching the sunset at Ayers Rock (now mostly called by its indigenous name "Uluru"), throwing a boomerang, or some such thing which held fascination for me. My present adventures are of a completely different type than the ones I had in Africa and might not come across as particularly thrilling or ... read more
Crossing a Continent (deutsche Uebersetzung)
Published: October 22nd 2008Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » DubboOctober 22nd 2008
Um es fuer einige von euch etwas einfacher zu machen, kommt jetzt noch mal der letzte Eintrag auf deutsch. Da es aber so unendlich lange dauert, die Bilder hochzuladen, (tut mir leid, Bernard, aber auch das von dir empfohlene Programm ueberzeugte nicht gerade durch Schnelligkeit), muesst ihr sie euch im letzten Blog anschauen. Es gibt auch ein paar Kuerzungen, also wer es auf Englisch versteh, sollte lieber die Version lesen. (Damit habe ich mir auch ein klitzekleines bisschen mehr Muehe gegeben.) Die Karte zu Beginn, die meine Route durch Australien nachzeichnet, kann man uebrigens mit dem Plus/Minus-Balken auf der linken Seite vergroessern und verkleinern, und wenn man die Maus auf eins der Faehnchen haelt, taucht die Bezeichnung "point 1" (oder aehnlich) auf. Diese Punkte beziehen sich auf die Anmerkungen auf der linken Seite unter "Notes". Nun ... read more
Central NSW. (Zoo, Gold! and Wineries)
Published: October 7th 2008Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Dubbo
October 6th 2008
Two week trip to central NSW. From to Sydney to Geurie (20 km south of Dubbo) to visit friends . Stopped off half way at Kelso Pub (Just at beginning of Bathurst ) for a nice break and lunch. Spent a week with friends at their "resort" home called Possum Ridge. Guerie is a cute town with great houses and cottages, all with those beautiful wide verandahs wrapped around the properties. We climbed Bald Hill in 15 mins or so and enjoyed an amazing view from the top. Many people in Geurie grow their own produce and had chickens, etc. You don;t want to be driving in to Wellington or Dubbo every time you need something so preparing a shopping list is vital. Dubbo has all the usual stores but they are enormous. A few malls ... read more
September 11th 2008
Just a quick entry to let you know im still alive, Ive been working like a worky thing, lotsa sheep, lotsa utes, lotsa quad bikes, and lotsa fun! Working with a german girl and an irish guy, pretty damn funny actually! Cant write much, gotta run! will fill out a bigger blog at the weekend, in the meantime, a few photos are attached! ... read more
June 12th 2008
We decided to visit Dubbo in lieu of Wilpena Pound, then travel further south in NSW through West Wyalong to Hay then on to Mildura and Port Agusta where we will be back on track with our original plans. Our time at Dubbo gave us a chance to catch up on things, we now have a re-stocked fridge, the washing is done and the floor got another wash as well...so now we are all set to move on. Last night we went over to the recreation room at the caravan park to watch the State of Origin football match on the BIG screen...dissappointing result for NSW better luck in the deceiding game! Our visit to Dubbo Zoo (Western Plains Zoo) was wonderful...we had a 2 day pass and just had a quick drive through to make ... read more
May 30th 2008
New York, London, Paris, Mudgee, Rome……… We left Bathurst for Mudgee on Tuesday 20th, a trip of 236km, and after the stops mentioned in the last blog, we arrived in Mudgee greeted by another beautiful day. I remember Mudgee from being here for my cousin Evan’s wedding some 20+ years ago - and I have to say that it’s lost some of the quaintness I remember. I think that Victoria has more picturesque winery towns than Mudgee - but we needed a rest (yes, its stressful all this travel) so we set up for a few days. Wednesday was spent with a walk around town, washing of the car and our usual cocktail hour. On Thursday, we mapped out 5 wineries to visit from the tourist map. Feeling adventurous (and the affects of constant eating and ... read more
