Category Archives: 2014

Travels in 2014

Mudgee – Rutherglen – Mt Eliza

The weather has been bad and, yes, the van leaked again, but with it jacked up in the front, at least the bed doesn’t get wet.  To add insult to injury, our three day stay at Mudgee was at the … Continue reading

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Charters Towers – Capella – Carnarvon Gorge

We left Charters Towers, knowing we had a long day ahead of us, but after 6 hours on the road, we decided to stop at Capella, instead of Emerald, another 56 kms further on. After setting up and we were … Continue reading

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Cowley Beach – Charters Towers

After an enjoyable week we rather reluctantly left Cowley Beach.  We exchanged our respective name cards with our neighbours, Philip and Rosemary.  A wonderful couple, who have been on the road for 15 years and took us under their wing, … Continue reading

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Cowley Beach

We dropped down over 700 metres off the Atherton Tableland and we are now surrounded by sugar cane, palms and a lovely beach. Swimming is not allowed because of stingers and crocodiles, although no-one has seen either. We are in … Continue reading

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Malanda Falls, con’t

It has rained and rained, but it’s not all bad.  The weather is warm, but after 3 days, we are a bit sick of it.  With this level of rain and warmth, you can almost see the grass grow! It … Continue reading

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Malanda Falls

What an incredible change in the country from where we have been previously.  We are now on the Atherton Tableland, surrounded by green hills, mountains in the distance and lush, dense rainforests.  There are people everywhere and Malanda has quite … Continue reading

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Georgetown – Mount Surprise

We arrived in Georgetown on Friday, a stayed at a budget caravan park, which was very squeezy, but lots of large, shady trees and a very friendly host.  Just up the road there was a lovely park, next to the swimming … Continue reading

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Normanton – The Gulflander

An early morning start – at the station by 7:40am, for an 8:30am start, then bagged a seat, got a coffee and waited for departure to Croydon, 155 kms away.  There was the rail motor and two carriages.  The front … Continue reading

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Normanton

Well, we wanted hot weather and we’ve got it!  The caravan park (if you could call it that), is just dirt roads, no grass, everyone lined up, with trees at each site, thankfully – much needed for shade in the … Continue reading

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Jundah – Winton – Cloncurry

It is Thursday the 10th July and we have just arrived in Cloncurry, booking in for two days. Our first night after Quilpie was Jundah – a very tidy, tiny town, where there is a caravan park with six powered … Continue reading

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