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This morning we had a problem hooking up the Bushtracker. When the front of the van was fully wound up, the tow pin would not fit under the receiver. This was probably due to tree roots affecting the relative height of the car to the van. We tried reversing to the van at an angle,Continue reading “Kirra to Home”

After feeding the critters, we took Bluey with us to Bread Social at Tweed Heads. There was no available outdoor seating, but there was a nearby bench seat, so we ordered takeaway and had breakfast in front of the locksmith shop. Since the locksmith was open, I had two new caravan keys cut. Anita enjoyedContinue reading “Domestic Day”

It was cold overnight, even with my two furry hot water bottles. I had topped up the diesel heater tank from our jerrycan, so was able to warm us up without any risk of annoying neighbours with heater noise. After breakfast Tilly was able to stretch out and enjoy the sunshine. We stopped for aContinue reading “Mann River Caravan Park to Kirra Beach Tourist Park”

Early morning fog lasted until lunchtime so we had a slow trip on the Gwyder Hwy. We had a short stop at Warialda where we were above the fog for a short time. We had stopped opposite the attractive Warialda St Patrick’s Presbytery building and St Patrick’s Church. Our next stop was at Inverell toContinue reading “Moree to Mann River”

After our morning cup of tea, we put a load of washing on in the camp laundry. Anita toddled off to soak in the thermal pools, while I coerced Bluey into walking with me to buy coffee. As soon as Site 2 was vacated, I moved us from the muddy Site 140. There is aContinue reading “Moree Big Things”

The rain had passed so we left Nyngan about 8.30 this morning. The road condition of the A32 Mitchell Hwy is much better east of Nyngan than it was yesterday travelling from Cobar. At Nevertire we turned onto the Oxley Hwy towards the north west through Warren. After Warren the Oxley Hwy turns in anContinue reading “Nyngan to Moree”

It rained much of last night and this morning. I only had to put away the power cord and hose, and fit the towing mirrors, but would have been soaked if I had not kitted up in waterproof shoes and trousers, and worn my red Helly Hansen rain jacket. We refuelled in Cobar then tackledContinue reading “Cobar to Nyngan”

I set the alarm for 7am so we could see the sunrise, and it was worth the early start. The first photo is looking east and the second is the pink sky towards the west. We were keen to be out of the Menindee Lakes Caravan Park before the rain started, as it would haveContinue reading “Menindee to Cobar”

At 3.30am there was loud knocking on our caravan door. Before we were even out of bed or properly awake, there was more loud banging. Tilly was first to respond by jumping onto the bench near the door, but then Bluey barked and she got a fright, knocking over her water and dry food. IContinue reading “Crazy Day”

After toast and marmalade for breakfast, we took Bluey with us to refuel the car and buy some essentials. The parks are covered with lush green grass so we put Bluey on a long lead so he could have a run. There were lots of these drought resistant flowers in bloom. We had a lookContinue reading “Shopping and Exploring”