Author: leigh

Day 50 (6 September) – Cairns A really quiet day unpacking, putting things away after the trip and generally catching up on admin and news (as mentioned in Week 7). We went to the Cairns Aquarium in the afternoon, picked up Lyn’s new glasses and then back to the motorhome. I checked some options and then booked…

Day 43 (30 August) – Day 7 of the Cape Tour (Weipa to Moreton Telegraph Station) After the trip to Red Sands Beach, it was a river cruise on Embley River close to town. Mal of Western Cape Eco took us on the wildlife cruise where we took a trip over the Embley to Hey River and…

Day 36 (23 August) – Cairns (First City Caravilla – Cairns; Chores & Dinner at Splash [again]) Today was a day for more chores – fixing my computer keyboard, finding our water hose had a leak and was too short (I had to re-route the hose as we’d used the neighbour’s taps), so a new hose had to…

Day 29 (16 August) – Proserpine to Townsville (Proserpine Tourist Park – Bowen Golf Club, Home Hill Golf Club & Sue & Laurie in Townsville) On our way North, up the Bruce Highway, our first stop was to do some shopping in Bowen and then on to the Golf Course at 12:00 for 18 holes. I miscalculated the…

Day 22 (9 August) – Hervey Bay (Lazy Acres @ Torquay – Tin Can Bay golf and crabs) Not a great day in Hervey Bay so we headed South to Tin Can Bay. We tried to get some mud crabs but the sign said none until 15:00 (today). So, a trip to the golf course and a…

Day 15 (2 August) – Brisbane (Brisbane Holiday Village, River Cruise, Observation Wheel & Apollo) Having booked the cruise the night before and taking the bus into the city we walked across the river to the Cultural Centre Public Pontoon where our trip started. The cruise was great, we had a seat up on the…

Day 8 (26 July) – Emu Plains to Gilgandra We passed through Orange on our way to Gilgandra. Lyn had taken over the driving in Bathurst and so we changed again in Mumbil – our Google GPS had taken us off the main highway. In checking Google later we could see the way we’d come…

Day 1 (19 July) – Melbourne to Metung We left Melbourne on 19 July and headed to Leongatha Airport to check out our new plane (VH-TTY). Have a look at the plane at teletypeaus.com. An interesting time turning our rig around at Leongatha airport as the turning circle with the Jimny is significantly larger than…