Well, our unit renovations are finally coming to an end and as we have had a couple of 38C days we decided to give our selves a break and went for a day out to Cressbrook Dam and camp area where we camped a few times when Mark and Erin were still with us. I must say, since Toowoomba has had some decent rain, the dam and camp area is now looking even better than we remember it. Almost full of water, everything is green and it looks like they have had a kangaroo population explosion. See the photos. We will have to visit and stay here again as it is an excellent area and the facilities are second to none. No powered sites, but then we don't need it as we are self sufficient. There ... read more

22nd Dec 2013. Yesterday the Dish Lickers (greyhounds) doing trials where we were staying and to be honest I have never been that close up to them racing before. Do they move or what? Almost impossible to get a good photo, but I have attached the best one of a few that I took. After breakfast we packed up and hit the road early for Alstonville to avoid as much as possible the school holiday traffic on the Highway. We are staying at the Showgrounds with my brother Ray and Christine for a week or so. It is a great spot where we can park and set up the van in a massive undercover shed. (also see photo's). A very easy and relaxing day we had with a bit of a familiarisation walk around the town ... read more

Day three. Today we did the short trip up to Nambucca Heads and we are staying in the White albatross Holiday Park on a Lagoon Water Front site for a couple of nights. We stayed here around 10 years ago when we had the bus and I must say it was a great park then and it has only improved since then. What a great park. We will definitely return to this park again in the future as it has everything, well set out, close to the break wall, great amenities and facilities which are all very modern and kept very clean. The weather is also perfect and I just couldn't help going for a swim in the lagoon after a walk out to the break wall. The only thing that made the day even better ... read more

This is our maiden voyage, other than the short trips we have taken around the Hunter Valley, to get the feel of our van and what we need to pack, how it tows, what it ends up weighing etc. Our first trip from Newcastle to Toowoomba will be relatively short (roughly a month) as we want to catch up with friends & family around Lismore and Mullumbimby for Christmas/New Year before heading to Toowoomba to set ourselves up in one of our units to use as a home base for our larger planned trips. As originally intended, we plan to travel no more than 200kms on any given day and with any luck, considerably less distances with our first outing only 154kms from Stockton Beach Van park to the Beachfront Holiday Resort at Red Head/Hallidays Point ... read more