My Blog - Dometic Australia

Rollingstone to Mission Beach

The weather has improved just as we prepared to leave Rollingstone, heading for Mission Beach. At Rollingstone we were literally camped right on the beach....

Beachworth and it's bakery

Ned Kelly is still going well in Beachworth, I'm even more convinced that old Ned is our hero and the cops were the villians - could it be something to do with our ...

Queensland - Beautiful one day...

... And raining the next! A perfect day to relax, read a book and listen to the waves lapping the shore.

Gathering no moss...

Leaving Townsville this morning it was a short drive north to Rollingstone, where are spending a couple of days before following the sun further north to Mission Beach ...

Pilgrimage to Benalla

On leaving Nagambi we started on the wine pilgramage route to Plunkitts winery. Now for those who don't know Sue, I will tell you that she adores Gewurtstraminer wine and ...

Lazy Sunday in Townsville - not.

Today was full-on with an early start at the Cotters Markets in the city centre. These markets are usually held in the Flinders St Mall,...

Magnetic Gateway's Massive Gathering

Arriving at Magnetic Gateway and finding no posters on display, we feared we may be in for a quiet Happy Hour. "I've got 80 coming so far!" Lynda, the manager tells us....

Happy hour at Magnetic Gateway

Just a quick note to let you all know that the starting time for Happy Hour has changed. Tonight at Magnetic Gateway,...

Nagambie Lakes

This is getting a bit like Route 66 " Echuca to Nagambie, Sue kissed a Bambi ......" I guess I'll stick with my day job of sun follower; as you can see even Sue has ...

Coral Coast Tourist Park, Townsville

With such beautiful weather and lots of activities on offer in Townsville, we were lucky to draw such a big crowd. Nearly 60 thirsty travellers joined us for free beer,...

Townsville

Yesterday we visited 2 of Townsville's icons - Castle Hill and The Strand. Castle Hill offers 360 degree views over Townsville with Cape Cleveland to the south,...

The Entrance -Dunleith Tourist Park

Apart from a sleepless night being blown around with gale force winds we still managed to smile! Our site was on the waterfront, lovely spot,...

Bowen to Townsville

After a quick visit to the lovely tourism team at the Big Mango, Bowen, we continued our journey northwards to the Burdekin district and the towns of Home Hill and Ayr....

Deborah Gold Mine tour - a must do

Well if yesterday was a wow, then hang on to your hats; we went gold mining! Dometic had arranged for us to visit the Deborah Gold Mine and they laid on their adventure ...

Bendigo - Wow!

So now there are 2 special places on this trip that we will have to visit again - Broken Hill and now Bendigo. The history of the place is all centered around gold mining ...

Stockton Beach NSW

Port Stephens, we will be back! Jay and I had two days free time to spend here, we had already planned to spend a day at Stockton Beach....

One Mile Beach Caravan Park -Port Stephens

WOW, WOW, WOW - What a wonderful holiday destination! The park is central to beaches, bay, shopping and so much more!...

Wallamba River Holiday Park - Tuncurry

Whilst setting up for another happy hour we got to see why Wallamba River Holiday Park is so popular for those who love water sports. The river is magnificent,...

Chasing us down!

Brad and his wife Kelly and son Ayden were anxious to catch us on the road..... So much so they actually pulled us over in a car park !...

Stickers and Winners!

After meeting at the entrance to Stockton Beach we caught up with cheerful bunch Bob, Lee and Debb. They were at a happy hour and had one of the follow the sun stickers.....

PossibleSpam:Bowen Village Caravan Park

Russell and Adele have hard to improve the facilities here at Bowen Village Caravan Park. They have built a big, beautiful camp kitchen,...

Bumper stickers 1st Winners

Travelling through on a fishing weekend we find Paul And Michele Lacey of Victoria who are our first winners of the bumper sticker promo. Congrats guys ,...

Beautiful Bowen

Bowen is a hidden gem. If your only impression of the town is gained from passing by on the highway, you would be forgiven for thinking that the town has little to offer....

Singing up a storm in Bowen

What a ripper! An enthusiastic crowd of over 50 joined as for happy hour with a difference, at the Bowen Village Caravan & Tourist Park....

Holden Museum

We went to the Holden museum and had an emotional trip down memory lane. For 10 years I worked for General Motors and one of the places that my job took me was GMH in ...