Blogs from New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 18

How soon we forget. I wrote this blog in June 2020 to celebrate our first weekend away following the closing of Australia's international and state borders due to the Covid Pandemic. Time to reflect...this is what I wrote back then and then returned to my Covid Cocoon as millions in the World were confined to their homes or died around us. And in 2022 it is floods, floods & more floods that submerge the East Coast of Oz and the usually bone dry interior. And the third World power (after USA & China) that I warned you of on our return from Russia in late 2019 has reared its ugly side in 2022...no more dancing in Putin's pastures ahead...only images of unbridled savagery, blitzkrieg and dread! ****** But back in 2019 & 2020... Bushfires ravage the ... read more

With all the Long Weekend Worriers, concerned about where to find a camp along Cobrams' Little Toms Beach on the Mighty Murray River, Morningbird and Little flower did the noble thing and offered up our prime piece of camp real estate to the lucky ducks that were eyeing off our first class riverside camp. The eager camping buzzards were circling, so we high tailed it out of our serene riverside camp and made our way back to Tocumwal at Brother Ron and Roxanne's for a weekend of family fun. It would all start late Saturday afternoon right in Tocumwal with a Hot Rod "show and shine" and a concert in the park with Elvis the King of Rock, entertaining the festive crowd in the balmy autumn sun. Brandishing deck chairs and eskys we set up camp ... read more

Left Goulburn heading out to the Southern Highlands and through some back country .... very green and much like the Waikato except for more contour, a big dairy farming district the Southern Highlands ... Gourmet Meat Pies everywhere and has become our breakfast/lunch go to with a good coffee mid day. The historic towns became very Scottish Bundanoon Exeter, Mossvale and Bowral, didn't get out to Berrima popular for cherries. Stopped at Bundanoon for the Pie Shop and Coffee, drove around ... looks like these places are popular with the Sydney'ites for their cycling walking holidays and properties getting pricey. Made a detour from Mossvale out to Fitzroy Falls and took the short walk to have a look, did the round trip about 60 kms and saw the Fitzroy Water Reservoir ... nice drive back to ... read more

Usual drill breakfast to last the day and off to the last day of the cars show and shine, wandered through them trying to remember what we had seen yesterday and what we hadn't .... hot today and at 1.30 pm we left the cars and went to sit on the corner and watch them roll out as many were leaving to head home. Sat till 3pm and drove back to the motel Don had a rest and we went back down to the club again for the last night 3 course meal $22 bucks. Has been a great little home away from home and nice to have a few days just to pause a bit.... read more

Had a BIG breakfast at the hotel and drove out to the Logistics Drivers Track past Wodonga, enjoyed a few hours watching short sprints around the track then early afternoon Whoa to Go, pleasant spot and temperature ... nice and sunny. Spoke to a few of the entrants a super friendly bunch willing to swap notes. Back to the hotel about 3pm with a stop at an outback Caravan yard .... nice well built caravans !!!! Had a couple of drinks and a cool off did our washing and caught up on a few things. Headed out for dinner at the Club again in town and had one of the buffet meals just amazing !!!! Home to sleep off all the food and get ready for a big day tomorrow.... read more