Easter 2014 in Berry, NSW
On Thursday we will have a long awaited break. We have a relaxing break planned in Berry, NSW. We passed through Berry on our last road trip over the Christmas break. We were impressed by this quaint little town and decided we would like to look around a bit further....
Christmas “Staycation” 2008
We decided that as we live in a pretty special part of the country, we would stay on the coast for Christmas and spend some time looking around Noosa. We chose to do the usual "touristy" things - a walk along Hastings Street and then a River Cruise up the Everglades....
Easter 2008 – Yamba
Throughout 2008 I have been doing a few trips to Yamba for work, so it was a good idea to spend Easter in this gorgeous seaside town and have a look around properly. For this trip we had a large unit at The Cove Apartments and was a nice surprise to be able to take...
New Zealand – September 2007
NZ Road Trip We spent a week in New Zealand to celebrate our daughter's 21st birthday in September 2007. We arrived into Auckland and found our accommodation at a self-contained apartment in the centre of Auckland. We had not been in the apartment long when it got...
Stanthorpe – Qld
As you may have guessed from out mid-winter Tasmania trip, we both really enjoy cooler climates.The closest we can get to "cold" is the Queensland town of Stanthorpe in the Granite Belt region. We have holidayed in this region many times. Sadly, we have not ever had...
Easter in Mackay 2007
For the Easter break in 2007 we chose to visit Mackay. We flew from Brisbane to Mackay - a short 90minute flight, then hired a car for the 4 days. We had found Ocean Resort Village , a nice little resort with self contained apartments. It turns out, there is a fair...
A Weekend in Sydney – May 2006
Every May the Photographic Industry holds its Trade Show. As we have a display stand at the show, we have one member stay back after the show to pull down the stand and arrange for equipment to be sent back to Brisbane.This year the weekend coincided with the May Day...
Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden
A trip to the Botanic Gardens made for a pleasant day out. Read more about the gardens here
Tasmania 2005
We decided to see Tasmania in winter 2005We enjoy the cold and we certainly got cold.We had a great trip and it proved to be the first of many Tassie trips.
Day 15: Going Home 🙁
Awoke to find a light frost on the ground. It still wasn’t cold though. We did a final check of the vehicle before heading to the airport and heading home. Our flight took off on time at 12:15pm We had a good flight back and then had a 1hr 45min wait for our bus to...
Day 14: Berridale to Richmond to Barilla.
Awoke to another mild morning, we have now given up on the off chance that it is cold in Tasmania. We have decided it is a ploy to keep the Queenslanders away!! We headed up to Richmond. Richmond is a lovely historic town that was one of the first settlements of the...
Day 13 Heimat to Berridale
We got up and had a lovely shower in the 5-star bathroom that are Heimat Chalets Ensuite Sites. We then headed toward Hobart and pulled into the Treasure Island Caravan Park at Berridale. The lady at the Bus Information centre in Hobart had told us that this was the...
Day 12: Snug to Russell Falls and New Norfolk
Got up this morning and wandered over to the beach. Snug is a pretty little town on the banks of North West Bay. The caravan park is very nice. They are adding extra self-contained cabins and are in the process of totally upgrading the camp kitchen and have recently...
Day 11: Barilla to Tahune Airwalk and on to Snug.
Woke up to 2ºc this morning. We discovered how deeply Mick slept as, when he got out of bed, he found our dozen eggs!! There were none broken, not even the box was squashed. We have been putting our eggs tucked up under the doona to stop them from sliding around and...
Day 10: Seven Mile Beach to Port Arthur to Barilla.(Hobart)
Slept in this morning. (Probably due to a big day yesterday??) We had breakfast and headed into Sorell to look for a Woolworths, did the shopping and headed off for the 68km drive to Port Arthur. We drove through more SHEEP!!! Arrived at Port Arthur at about 11:00am...
Day 9: Bicheno to Freycinet to Swansea to Sorell to Seven Mile Beach.
Waking up at Bicheno we had a good hearty omelette before heading down to Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula to climb to the Wineglass Bay lookout. This is a fairly steep walk up the side of the mountain! It was reasonably easy as Parks and Wildlife have cut many...
Day 8: Scottsdale to Bicheno
Lesson 1: Bush camping in Tasmania, while cheap, is STUPID!!! Not having a powered site meant that we could not use our fan heater. Consequently, the van was cold when we went to bed and we could not warm up the van in the morning. We headed out of Scottsdale early...
Day 7: Deloraine to Launceston and the Tamar Valley to Scottsdale
WOW!!!! Finally our first cold morning. We woke to frost on the ground and ice on the windscreen. –2ºc at 7:30am. We proved our heater was working well, the temp inside the van at 7:30am was 10ºc. We let the motor warm up well and let the demister defrost the...
Day 6: July 7th Turners Beach –Forth- Wilmot- Railton – Sheffield – La Trobe – Deloraine.
Awoke early and it was cold!! 6ºc at 6:00am, 7ºc at 7:00am. No wind or rain though. We had our showers and headed off for Forth at about 7:30am. We followed the Letterbox Trail to Wilmot. Many of the residents here have been very creative in their letterboxes....
Day 5: July 6th – Wynyard to Smithton and back to Turners Beach.
Left Wynyard at 8:00am and drove to Lacrum Dairy at Mella via Smithton. The Lacrum dairy advertised Cheese tasting and dairy, unfortunately, they are not open from May until November :(. Back the 5kms to Smithton and we looked around. Smithton is a big town with a...
