My Blog - Michael A.+3 (VIC)

Lake Hume to Home 21/10/11

Well with great weather overnight, the writing was on the wall as to what we were going to do today. I believe in the philosophy of 'things happen for a reason'....

Bathurst to Lake Hume 20/10/11

We awoke this morning on a mission, I wanted to get to the Victorian border, we still wanted to see the Australian Motorsport Museum at Mt Panorama (and squeeze one more lap in ...

Hunter Valley to Bathurst 19/10/11

We left Cessnock this morning knowing that we had to go through pretty close to Sydney to get out to Penrith and eventually Bathurst....

Bonny Hills to the Hunter Valley 17 & 18/10/11

Leaving Bonny Hills after 36 holes of mini golf, I couldn't be bothered taking the straight route down the Pacific Hwy. Instead I took the scenic road through Forster-Tuncurry....

Tweed Heads to Bonny Hills 16/10/11

Hi all, we were up early this morning as we had a few miles to do. The motorway between Tweed Heads and Coffs Harbor is pretty good these days....

DJR workshop tour and the big storm! 15/10/11

We woke up this morning to more rain from about 5am, and they have the nerve to call Queensland the Sunshine State. I had thought about it overnight and come to the conclusion ...

Byron Bay 14/10/11

After going through three days of theme parks it was time for us, the parents, to take the bull by the horns and do something different....

Tweed Heads 13/10/11 also Movie World

Well, off we went to theme park number 3 this morning. I didn't have any pre-conceived ideas about Movie World but must admit I was pleasantly surprised....

Tweed Heads 12/10/11 also Seaworld

I dont know what it is about Queensland but their roads leave alot to be desired. Paula's brother told me that after the floods that 75,...

Maroochydore to Tweed Heads via Wet 'n Wild 11/10/11

Happy Birthday Paula were the first words uttered this morning before we pulled down and packed the camper again. This time being beside a sports complex with many netball ...

Maroochydore 10/10/11

Today we headed to Australia Zoo out at Beerwah, both Paula and I felt a tinge of sadness as this was the first time that we had returned since Steve Irwin had died....

Hervey Bay to Maroochydore 9/10/11

After the enforced rest because of the big wet yesterday morning, we were all ready to move on today. Being a creature of habit I couldn't miss the start of the Bathurst 1000,...

Fraser Island 7/10/11

Another early start this morning for our trip across to Fraser Island. Originally we were going to take the camper across to Fraser Island and stay at the Kingfisher Resort....

Whale watching in Hervey Bay 6/10/11

We had a restful morning this morning after our epic drive yesterday. We awoke to the birdlife that surrounds this caravan park, unfortunately the birds awake at 5am!!!!!...

Airlie Beach to Hervey Bay 5/10/11

Wow what a long day thanks to the road works on the Bruce Hwy. We may have stopped for roadworks maybe thirty times during the day,...

Airlie Beach 4/10/11

Lae day today. We rested up and took John of to the local GP over a ongoing stomach complaint. From all accounts, the GP was in holiday mode too and looking to take a sickie....

Townsville to Airlie Beach 2/10/11 & 3/10/11

We were glad to leave Townsville as we had had enough of our caravan park and our inconsiderate neighbours. Airlie Beach was our next port of call,...

Richmond to Townsville 30/9/11 and also 1/10/11

Getting back in the Prado this morning was a bit daunting after the day we had yesterday, but just like riding a bike, it always pays to get straight back on once you fall off....

Barkly Homestead to Richmond 29/9/11 Part 2.

QLD here we come. Camoowel was our first stop just over the border. The price of bread and a cucumber was frightfully expensive. A quick bite was had and off we went again,...

Barkly Homestead to Richmond 29/9/11 Part 1

We were up early to get a jump on the day as we were trying to get as far as possible towards the coast. As Paula was loading the car,...

Alice Springs to Barkly Homestead 28/9/11

We were up early after a very broken nights sleep, I don't know how many times we opened the window to look at where the fire was at....

Fires In Alice Springs 27/9/11

We woke up to more smoke and haze this morning and it soon became evident that our trip out to Ormiston Gorge was not going to happen....

Alice Springs & the Macdonnell Ranges 25 & 26/9/11

Alice has become our base by default due to the fires all around the area for hundreds of km's. They are nothing like the bush fires we have in Victoria but their spread seems ...

Ayers rock Resort to Kings Canyon Resort, 23/9/11 & 24/9/11

We left Ayers Rock resort in the same smokey haze that we had arrived in. I spent a.bit of time looking over my wiring of the charging lines back to the camper before packing ...

Ayers Rock Resort camping ground, 21 & 22/9/11

First impressions of this camp ground was that it is huge. Fortunately the sites are large and we are not crammed on like sardines....