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The diesel heater helped deal with the cold overnight. A large group of caravanners left this morning leaving sites empty all morning. I ran a power lead from one of the nearby sites while it was vacant to boost our batteries. There were a few hours of sunshine, so the batteries remained close to full.Continue reading “Around Mansfield”

I made our morning cups of tea, but we both left then too long and they had gone cold. With cold cups in a cool caravan, we need to drink our tea sooner than we do at home. Bluey enjoyed a small drink of tea. After putting last minute things away, we drove to Wangaratta,Continue reading “Yackandandah to Mansfield”

Even though it was a cold 6° overnight, it was a sunny day topping 24° so our washing dried on the line. Since the end of the gold rush, Yack and Beechworth have survived on tourists – lots of tourists! We prefer the smaller town of Yack. We had coffee at the bakery but didContinue reading “Around Yackandandah and Beechworth”

Our free overnight camp at the Visitor Information Centre in Goulburn was great. Goods trains travel past about 40 metres away, but they didn’t bother us. It was disappointing to see other travellers park in restricted areas and dispose of grey water on the garden beds, contrary to the clear rules. We went for aContinue reading “Goulburn to Yackandandah”

It rained overnight and the wind would have been a problem for some of the campers trying to keep dry with tarpaulins. The rain stopped about 8am so we packed up, loaded the critters, and hooked up. Meanwhile, the man at the next site hooked up his van unavoidably blocking the road, then disconnected hisContinue reading “Stockton Beach to Goulburn”

For most of the day it has been raining. We loitered in the van until it was time to drive to Redhead to have lunch with a couple of our Roadie friends. We had a lovely lunch, while watching the wild weather and rough seas. The Bushtracker is parked over a puddle, but other vansContinue reading “Hussy Hicks”

Before today’s outings, we put on another load of washing. There was enough sun for us to think it would dry. Our first stop was at the Up Rising Bakery thanks to a recommendation from one of our friends who live in Newcastle. As well as a loaf of sourdough bread, we bought a berryContinue reading “Around Newcastle”

I walked to Lexie’s on the Beach for coffees. While waiting, I noticed some attractive features on the old change rooms, while a ship sailed through the breakwater. There is an off leash area of parkland just outside the caravan park. Bluey jumped up on the sandstone block to take in his surroundings. We wentContinue reading “Downpour”

There were no overnight thunderstorms at Red Rock. Everything outside was wet from the rain yesterday afternoon, but soon dried out in the sun before we left. Bluey knows we are moving on and has to be in his car in case we leave him behind! It took us nearly 6 hours to drive toContinue reading “Red Rock to Stockton Beach”

We enjoyed another warm sunny day until the late afternoon showers. BOM radar suggested severe weather was coming our way, but so far it hasn’t reached Red Rock. We took Bluey back to Little Beach, but he was wary when he saw a small dog floating on a boogie board. He definitely doesn’t like swimming.Continue reading “Fishing”