One of the things we love most about travelling around in this beautiful country of ours, is finding awesome spots to camp. (And sharing them with you!) Located about 30 kilometres from Narrabri on the northern fringes … [Read more...]
Best Road Trip Lunch Spots
One of the biggest expenses that you will encounter when travelling is food. We do love a good pie and will sometimes treat ourselves, but this can be a really expensive exercise if you do it frequently. Upwards of $40 … [Read more...]
Canungra, Queensland
There are loads of hidden gems in the Gold Coast Hinterland just waiting to be discovered . The hinterland area of the Gold Coast is probably one of our favourite spots to explore. If we have a day free as there is … [Read more...]
Rainbow Beach, Queensland
Recently we made our third trip to Rainbow Beach. It is such a gorgeous place to stay. It's the kind of place that just makes you want to back there again and again. CARLO POINT We again stayed at the Rainbow Waters … [Read more...]
Top 5 Christmas Holiday Spots
The end of the Australian school year occurs in late November or early December with a six to eight week break over summer. This is possibly one of the most popular times of the year for holiday makers and of course … [Read more...]
Nindigully Pub, Qld
If you happen to have a travel 'bucket list' then it is quite possible that Nindigully Pub will be on that list. It is one of those iconic Aussie pubs that everyone should visit at least once. It was certainly on our … [Read more...]
More About Stanthorpe
If you are staying at Stanthorpe then you are close enough to Girraween National Park for a visit. Girraween National Park is situated on the Queensland-NSW border about half way between Stanthorpe and Tenterfield. … [Read more...]
Stanthorpe, Queensland
One of our favourite places that we have been to in our travels is Stanthorpe. Situated in the heart of the Granite Belt wine region the area produces some very fine cool climate wines, as well as a huge variety of … [Read more...]
Wyangala Dam, NSW
Whilst staying in Cowra we went for a day trip to Wyangala Dam. Wyangala Dam is a short 20 minute drive from Cowra. It is an extremely popular spot for water skiing, camping and fishing. Wyangala Dam was … [Read more...]
Bigriggen Camping
With the arrival of the glorious Spring weather it was definitely time to get the camper trailer out again. Our chosen destination this time was Bigriggen Park. Located just out of Rathdowney in the gorgeous … [Read more...]
The Gorge Camping Reserve, Lake Moggerah
The Gorge Camping Reserve is one of those places that you hear about via word-of-mouth. It is a privately owned camping reserve and is 'bush camping' at it's finest. There are a couple of toilets near the … [Read more...]
Easter Getaway – Part 2
From our camp in the Richmond National Park our next Easter get-away destination was Kyogle in northern N.S.W where we planned on camping the night in a friend's backyard. But first we wanted to do some more sight-seeing … [Read more...]
Cobb and Co Nine Mile Camping Ground
If you are looking for an awesome family friendly and large camp ground then you really can't go past Cobb and Co Nine Mile Camping Ground. This giant camp oven is at the entrance to Cobb and Co Camp Ground. Cobb … [Read more...]
Easter Getaway – Part 1
Easter in Australia is probably one of the most popular times of the year to get away for a short break. As it falls at the start of our Autumn it is often the last chance to soak up some sun before the weather starts … [Read more...]
Longreach to Richmond – Day 8 and 9
One of the things we wanted to be able to do on our outback Queensland trip was visit a Dinosaur Fossil Museum. So with that in mind we headed from Longreach to Richmond. There have now been numerous discoveries of … [Read more...]
Gold Coast to Blackall – Day 1 to Day 4
The first four days of our Queensland outback adventure were spent travelling from the Gold Coast to Blackall. We had an overnight stop in Roma and then two nights at Charleville. ROMA Our first … [Read more...]
Rainbow Beach Revisited
Rainbow Beach was our first destination after we bought our Camper Trailer. We liked it so much that we decided to head back there for a few days in the school holidays. We arrived mid-afternoon and were basically set … [Read more...]
