Category Archives: 2019

It’s Saturday and after nearly four weeks away and 5,500 Km I am still enjoying the journey.  I decided to check out a couple of National Parks so headed off for Tewantin National Park and up Mt Tinbeerwah where there … Continue reading →

Well you can’t win them all.  I called in at Gympie to see the water tower art there and it was a construction site.  Fenced off with 4 or 5 construction machines, a work shed and lots of other stuff.  … Continue reading →

On Saturday I set off for Biggenden and visited the water tanks at Monto on the way.  There are two tanks painted with artwork, one looks quite old and is a depiction of Three Moon Creek Farm.  The story is … Continue reading →

Not  far from the camp there was a rock overhang known as Bigfoot for obvious reasons.  It is a bit hard to see but there is another Staghorn on the top centre of the rock, it is amazing they survive … Continue reading →

Today, Tuesday, I headed off to Moura and Biloela, the most north that I will travel, and then onto Cania Gorge.  I will stay at Cania Gorge for 4 days and it will be good to have a break from … Continue reading →

My daughter Nadine let me know that Banjo Paterson wrote a poem on the town I passed the other day, “Come by Chance”, and the poem is worth a read.  You can read it at:  https://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/paterson-a-b-banjo/come-by-chance-0001046 On Saturday I set … Continue reading →

I drove 430 Km from Coonamble to St George in southern Queensland on Wednesday.  It was sad to see bare red earth, little vegetation, and trees dying or dead, the country is crying out for rain.  Strangely there were a … Continue reading →

I have included an map of my travels so far.  The map shows the zig zag journey necessary to pick up the art sites, 2400 Km and not even in Qld yet.   On Monday I stopped at Gunnedah where … Continue reading →

As I crisscross NSW I am finding the GPS ignores minor roads which can significantly extends the journey.  Today I had Google maps on the iPad, the inbuilt GPS and the Tom Tom all programmed to the destination and none … Continue reading →

On Friday I moved on from West Wyalong to Bathurst where I will stay for 2 nights.  It was interesting to see that the crops were quite stunted but still green, in contrast the grazing lands were mainly brown with … Continue reading →