Category Archives: 2016

Camp 15 in Swan Hill must have been bliss for the VEE after the country they had just travelled through and they stayed a week.  The camp was right on the Murray and the area is now a wonderful riverside … Continue reading →

Swan Hill is the site of camp 15, but I am staying for 2 nights at Lake Boga just south of Swan Hill.  Before I cover today’s journey it seems I forgot to cover camp 5, the camp before camp … Continue reading →

I started my journey at Royal Park where Bourke and Wills set off in August 1860.  Bit of a struggle finding a park for car and van but eventually I found one with a 1-1/2 Km walk to the cairn … Continue reading →

After 10 days at Eden I moved to Lake Tyers for our annual November Camp, its 44th year.  Sadly it was the first one that Marg has missed in all those years.  I felt her absence keenly.  It was great … Continue reading →

I travelled to Wonboyn yesterday to visit Jim and Jenny Ellis, friends we have had for many years and our two families have camped together many times over the years.  They have a great holiday home in Wonboyn, a very … Continue reading →

Visited the Eden Killer Whale museum today and found it well worth a good two hour visit.  Most fascinating was the relationship between the whalers and the killer whales.  The killer whales in three groups used to herd a whale … Continue reading →

I have enjoyed a couple of days of good weather and enjoyable outings.  Yesterday I went out to Saltwater Creek in Ben Boyd National Park, where Marg and I have enjoyed a number of camping visits.  It is much the … Continue reading →

After getting some stitches out at the doctors (a BCC removed), I hooked up the caravan only to find that the left van indicator didn’t work.  Couldn’t find the problem so set off anyway, then the brakes stopped working.  Headed … Continue reading →

After all the sadness around Marg’s death, we had a chance to rebuild our positive energy with a visit to Australia by my niece Justine, Robert and their two lovely daughters Lucy and Holly.  We had a family gathering on … Continue reading →

We arrived at Kelso In the Tamar Valley near the mouth of the Tamar River to spend two days, before we had to move on to Ulverstone.  Now that we are at Kelso, had we known, we could have booked … Continue reading →