Category archives: Big trip north

We finally  stopped at a caravan park with power and a pool… sooo nice after the long drive in the heat. We have a short drive to the next border tomorrow then another couple of hours til the next camp site where we’ll be staying a few days. Can’t wait…

Watching a lighting show way off in the distance. What a perfect end to a great day. Weather is looking HOT for the weekend  and a storm is developing for tomorrow. At least, according to the locals, the cyclone will be heading away. Total distance traveled: 1272km

We drove past cows, sheep, and a few trees. But then we reached our destination… the path was loooooonnnngggg and heaps of turns. Then eventually we got there.  There was a small lake in the middle and giant cliffs all around it. It was allot different what I thought it was….

We did a relatively short drive today from Jemalong Weir through Forbes to just the other side of Dubbo at a place called Terramungamine Reserve. The Information Centre contained a car museum and a bee hive. They had honey tasting which was a hit with the kids. We called in to…

It was a quick trip from Forbes to Parkes to visit “The Dish”.  

Life is tough. A free camp site west of Forbes on the Lachlan River. We plan to stay here a couple of nights. We start the holiday with great intentions, to do or learn something new in the spare time. I started my learn to draw quest and my personal trainer kept…

We had a great camp site at Edwards river but we had to keep moving or we will miss the main reason for the big trip north. Travel day today, 368km so far. We stopped in to a little town called Ardlethan for a quick break. Ardlethan is the birthplace of…

https://youtu.be/UML1zJdaTLY The first night on our Big Adventure. We (I) decided we would make the most of the time available so left home after work Friday night. A reasonably short drive to our first nights camp just over the border in New South Wales on the Edwards River. It was to be…

  There are some excited people here today. 1 sleep until we head off on a 6,000+ km adventure to Cairns and back. We’ll be staying somewhere in or near: Echuca Forbes Narrabri Westmar Carnarvon National Park Emerald Townsville Cairns Ayr Mackay Gladstone Fraser Island Brisbane Coffs Harbour Port Stephens  

Possible route and nearest towns on our BIG trip