http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Gundagai/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Gundagai en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:58:50 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:58:50 UTC This is a land of contrasts in more ways than one wersquove gone from crispy dry 37 degrees to windy damp 7 degrees in the space of three weeks. Deviating from the Newell Highway on our way down to Melbourne we are now in Canberra ACT Australian Capital Territory a state within a state. I wanted to see the famed city designed by Walter Burley Griffin and we were virtually next door onl http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Gundagai/blog-349043.html Hello all we've covered a few miles since Canberra. We decided to go to the South Coast after all since we still have plenty of time. So zipped down the range to Bateman's Bay for a couple of nights then further south to Merimbula for a few nights. All that area down there is SOOOOO very pretty even if still a little chilly and the rain is STILL following us. Anyway from Bateman's Bay http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Gundagai/blog-342564.html Brief diary entriesMonday 26 January 1987Leave Orange. Cowra Young Lunch Cootamundra Gundegai 2 x dog tuckerbox. 3 x long bridge. Hot dry. Scenery and weather. Tarcutta pop 350 Fan belt gone. PC Joan..... its origins lie firmly in the Australian bush and the early pioneers who in this case forged west and south from the colonial headquarters in Sydney following the explorers searching fo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Gundagai/blog-246779.html We had an absolutely delicious breakfast in a bakery one lsquoFull Worksrsquo 2 x raisin toast guess who had which opposite the juice bar. Possibly the best fryup ever at least for one not cooked in an Aga. Then we drove and drove and drove. We took a more direct route back to Sydney ie not along the coast and some of the driving got pretty boring for the first time in Australia. Obv http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Gundagai/blog-136717.html