We recently met up with our relatives Marg & Neville at Bonny Hills Caravan Park for a week’s holiday before we begin our next lap of Australia. Whilst there we decided on an early start to visit the Bago Maze & Winery. We left early as it was predicted to be very hot day and so with hats, sunglasses, and plenty of sunscreen we set off for the 30 minute drive. If you travel the Pacific Highway (A1) heading north,…
Think Safety When Towing Your Caravan.
Do you take safety seriously when travelling with a caravan attached to your car? I guess most well travelled caravanners would do. There are a lot of first time caravanners on the road in Australia since we had the COVID experience. We have spoken to quite a lot of ‘first timers’ on our travels. John has been towing caravans of various sizes for some 50 years, so he knows a little bit about what to do. He was telling me the…
Suggan Buggan a Ghost Town in Remote Wilderness
For weeks before we were to go on our yearly journey to Jindabyne in NSW, John has said he wanted to go for a drive and take me to Suggan Buggan. After a late morning start John suggested we take that trip to Suggan Buggan. After fueling the Nissan we departed the Jindabyne area around midday. Did we think about lunch? afternoon tea? or even dinner at that point… NO! Along the picturesque drive on the “Barry Way” passing through…
South American Flavours in Broome WA
What a fantastic experience we had when we were in Broome Western Australia recently – well in fact it was May 2022. Without our caravan in tow we flew from Sydney to Darwin with a couple of nights spent in Darwin before travelling via Air North to Kununurra and then onto Broome. You might ask why we flew instead of taking our caravan this time? Well, due to the 2021 Covid lockdowns we were unable to take our Kimberley Coast…
Bottle House-Lightning Ridge NSW
As mentioned in a previous post, when we were on the Black Opal Tour in Lightning Ridge, we visited a number of interesting places. Interestingly the signs in ‘The Ridge’ are quite different. There are 5 Car Door Tours. Yes, along with other tourists we were a little confused about these at first. However, there are signs from car doors depicting camps, homes and tours and other eclectic items of interest. On the Black Opal Tour we covered the basic…
“The Ridge”- colour & art!
Never having stayed at Opal Caravan Park in Lightning Ridge we were immediately delighted with this caravan park. It is situated in a quiet bushland setting only three minutes’ drive from the heart of Lightning Ridge. The facilities at this park were modern with spacious drive through sites so that you are not on top of one another. This Park also has a doggy day care which we used a couple of days to leave Gracie. At $10 for an…
Corned Beef- Crockpot Style
There is nothing stopping us eating well while caravanning. John, loves his meat, me well…… I would prefer to eat a lovely chicken meal. So there are compromises – right through life: isn’t that right? We always cooked our corn meat the way my mother showed me UNTIL we visited our beautiful friend Dan who with her husband Marty manage a large cattle station in outback Northern Territory. By the way Dan has a beautiful blog called Miss Chardy –…
Lake Keepit NSW to Boomi NSW
We left our home in good hands with our good friend Lee on 26th April 2021. Lee will be looking after the garden and our old dog Abby while we are away for approx 8 months. However, we are taking with us “Princess Grace”, our toy poodle Gracie…. Before we could really unwind we had stop off at our local doctors surgery to have our first COVID vaccine. After sitting in their “tearoom “ for 15 minutes to see if…
Nundle February 2021
Our house and dog sitter arrived to collect keys and to look after Gracie and Abby and then we were off. Off on our second shake down trip heading to Nundle NSW a few hours drive from home. John had been to Nundle many years ago and I had never ever been, but having read a few reviews I thought it was a going to be a lovely place to spend four days. We set off around 9.30am a little…
Berry Cake-It’s Berry Nice!!
This Berry cake is so so simple – I only do very simple cooking especially when travelling. We do love to support the local bakeries when we travel, but sometimes it is just nice to have a good ‘ole fashion favourite 1 cup milk 1 cup Self Raising Flour 1 cup coconut 1/2 cup sugar Pkt of frozen mixed berries ( i have an image of the ones I use but you can you any sort) Pre-heat your oven to…