Outback Queensland Trip, Day 6: geological wonders

Our day comprised a delicious bush breakfast under the gums at Undara (at 6.30am, mind you) and two major geological sites, with a drive in between. Both sites were located on large cattle properties. In the first instance, the family negotiated handing over that part of their land to the government for a national park … Read more

Perth Trip 2022, Day 4: Heading south

Today we completed the circuit that saw us, over three days, driving from Perth east to York, then north to New Norcia and Cervantes, and back south to Perth and on into Fremantle. It’s been a great little itinerary of around 700kms all up. There were more wildflowers today, as you will see, but today … Read more

Perth Trip 2022, Days 1-2: Heading east

We’ve sort of lost our travel blogging mojo of late, partly of course because we haven’t travelled so much since the pandemic started in early 2020, but mostly because we started this blog primarily as a way of sharing our trips with Mum and Dad. With their having both now died, my inspiration has failed … Read more

Port Macquarie Trip 2019, Days 6 & 7: Walking, walking, walking

When we come to Port Macquarie there are the things we always do, the new things we find, and the things we do occasionally. Most of the occasional ones are hinterland explorations, and checking out the many lovely little reserves in and around town. The things we always do include what we did on day … Read more

Port Macquarie Trip, Part 1: The first few days

We weren’t sure we were going to do any posts on this trip, given we’ve been to Port Macquarie so many times over the years – but we’ve decided that there are some things we’d like to document and share, so here we are. We’ll probably just write a couple. En route We left Canberra … Read more