Category Archives: 2023

After leaving the farm it was a leisurely drive to Yarram through the Gippsland hills. Lots of lovely views from good, but very windy roads, until I reached the Princes freeway. After that it was reasonably flat country until I … Continue reading →

Barry and Rhonda arrived on Wednesday and we had a good time around the campfire, Deen had bought 1/2 a cubic metre of red gum firewood so we had plenty to keep us warm, although the nights were not too … Continue reading →

Deen and I arrived at Morning Glory on the Friday of Melbourne Cup weekend for a 10 day stay that included meeting up with our friends for the 51st time at cup weekend. We were booked in the camp here … Continue reading →

It’s a bit sad to be heading home, but needs must as Deen has already missed 5 weeks of earning money so for her a holiday carries that extra cost. She is also missing her little cat, PJ, who is … Continue reading →

I took a couple of additional photos of our camp at Weetootla Gorge before we moved on, one at sunset and another at dawn, I just love the colours you get in the sky. On the way to Wilmington we … Continue reading →

The camping area at Weetootla Gorge was being developed and re-arranged and some seedling trees planted so in a few years it should be really attractive, at the moment it is a bit bare, but we are happy with our … Continue reading →

Around 9.30 in the morning we boarded a small six-seater plane for a flight one hour over Lake Eyre.  The one hour duration flight worked perfectly because the leg-room was so tight you couldnot have endured longer, still it was … Continue reading →

One our last evening at Ross River a Black Cockatoo visited the campground, it was a long way off but I was able to get a photo. Next day we checked the road situation, and it seemed that the roads … Continue reading →

On our last day at Ross River we visited Trephina Gorge which we walked down and climbed the rim to a high point to get a different perspective of the gorge.  Deen also took a selfie of us both with … Continue reading →

The next day we visited the old mining village of Artlunga.  It had been in ruins but about 30 years ago a number of the buildings were rebuilt using the original stones.  The most preserved section was the government works … Continue reading →