Woke to the sound of cockatoos squawking which was lovely. (ask me in nine weeks if I still feel the same way!) Drove to Parkes, stopping at West Wyalong for a cuppa. There was a full size DC-3 in the local park which I enjoyed more than the usual steam train! Checked in to the Spicer Caravan Park and the staff directed us to our site, even giving us hand signals to line us up correctly. After unhitching we went to the CSIRO Radio Telescope which featured in th...

A beautiful morning on the Murray as we woke and had breakfast. The kids that were camped with their parents about 100 metres away were already playing cricket. The road out was challenging with lots of large potholes and overhanging branches. Then we relied on Google Maps to get us to Tocumwal however we were directed down some very narrow gravel roads instead of the highway. It was a relief to finally see a sealed road again! Over the state border into N.S.W. a...

Another early start as we wanted to get out on the road before the peak hour. Unfortunately, the night before, we didn’t get back to the park until after 10:00 pm and there is a 10:00pm curfew and you can’t get your car in after this time. We felt like we were naughty teenagers sneaking back after a night on the town! Anyhow, we managed to reunite car and caravan and hit the road my 8:00am. So much for beating the peak hour! Got onto the Hume Hwy and drove t...

Woke to a grey and cool morning in Melbourne where we had planned to spend the day with Claire and Ashish. Collected Claire from Camberwell and headed for Geelong where we had morning tea with Ashish and his mum. The weather was now fine and sunny! Decided to visit Little Creatures Brewery and had a tasting (although I was already fairly familiar with their products!) Next, visited Flying Brick Cider Co. for a similar tasting. Cider with Ginger and Chilli was cer...

Arose at some ridiculously early hour in order to beat the morning traffic. We had decided to go to Philip Island today, a place I hadn't visited since I was about 14. Took a couple of hours to get to San Remo then accross the bridge to the island. We went to various lookouts and beaches on the southern side of the island incl. Cape Woolamai, Smiths Beach and Pyramid Rock before driving to The Nobbies, a series of rocky outcrops and islands on the western tip of ...