Echuca Getaway 2025, Day 3: on to Echuca

Our third day on the road was a short one driving-wise, just 2 hours from Jerilderie, via Finley and Deniliquin, to Echuca, which meant we left Wiradjuri country and moved into Yorta Yorta country (around Mathoura). Of course, check-in wasn’t until 2pm, so we decided to use some time in Jerilderie to do the Ned … Read more

Echuca Getaway 2025, Day 2: on to Jerilderie

A little “funny” to start your day, that I forgot to share yesterday. One of our favourite navigation apps – recommended by our kids – is Waze. Like many navigation apps, with Waze you can choose the voice you want, and the voice we have chosen is Roger Federer. “He” makes us laugh, such as … Read more

Echuca Getaway 2025, Day 1: to Leeton

This long weekend (in Victoria and the ACT), we are meeting Evan, Rach and our gorgeous grandkids at Echuca, and decided to take the opportunity to drive there via a self-guided-tour route through Leeton. Neither of us remember ever having been there, but it is a town well worth seeing, not least because, like Canberra, … Read more

Outback Queensland Trip 2024, Day 23: a little extra

In Turrbal country. Commenting on our last post, my American friend Carolyn said “I bet you’ll find interesting things to write about on your remaining half-day tomorrow too.” She knows us too well, because of course we did! Sky Deck and the Queen’s Wharf Precinct We did have one plan for the morning – to … Read more

Outback Queensland Trip 2024, Day 21-22: meandering in Meanjin/Magandjin

In Yuggera/Jagera and Turrbal country Unless we do something astonishing tomorrow morning, this will be the last post we write about our current trip, as we fly home tomorrow afternoon. As we’ve said before, this record is primarily an aide-memoire for ourselves, but knowing our friends and family are following us in spirit helps motivate … Read more