Port Macquarie 2017, Days 7 to 9: Coming to an end

Out and about Our last two days in Port Macquarie saw us being a bit more active. On Wednesday, which was forecast to be warm, we set off promptly at around 8.30 am to do our favourite Coastal Walk, having left our car in town and taxied to Tacking Point lighthouse. About 2 1/4 hrs and … Read more

Port Macquarie 2017, Days 1 to 3: Getting there

This year’s Port Macquarie blog will be a “lite” version, as we do for places we visit frequently. In other words, we’ll only write posts every few days. So, here goes. We set off, as we usually do, around 9.30am on Thursday morning. It was a lovely mild day, perfect for driving. But, I’m not going … Read more

Thredbo 2017, Days Five and Six: Along the river valley

Wah, our last full day! What to do? Doing the Thredbo Valley Track, or part thereof One idea was the new-ish Thredbo Valley Track which runs from Thredbo to Bullock’s Flat. It’s a reasonably level walk, and is also popular with mountain bikers. We did the beginning of it in 2015 – from Thredbo to the … Read more

Thredbo 2017, Days One and Two: Comin’ round the mountain

Here we are again, on our annual sojourn in Thredbo for five glorious nights, and they will be glorious – regardless of the weather which looks a little iffy – because it is such a lovely place to be. We arrived yesterday and it was a beautiful day. I can’t remember a time when the … Read more