Month: August 2019
Two Places Named Walla Walla
Some towns that seem quite unremarkable have a fascinating history when you look a little more deeply. Such is the case of Walla Walla, NSW. On our way home from Port Macquarie, we called into this little town because it is the name sake of the city in which my lovely friend Keiko lives in […]
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Getting Home From Our. Reunion
We were up and on the road early last Saturday in Dubbo for the next part of our journey home from our reunion at Port Macquarie. It had been a pleasant overnight stay and I slept rather well, even though I had a few sore spots from my fall in Armidale. My neck is still […]
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Our Extended Stay in Armidale
Our stay in Armidale was extended by an unplanned day after an accident that occurred when I fell down a flight of stairs in the dark. I had negotiated a half price deal for the last remaining room at Rydges Powerhouse Hotel in Armidale which was above the reception and office and accessed by an […]
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Beaches and Waterfalls in New South Wales
Sometimes it is nice just to dawdle along. Over the last two days we have covered just 298 kilometres as we pottered along on the start of our journey home from Port Macquarie. Yesterday, we were awake at sunrise and began our travels north along the coast to the little town of Urunga before turning […]
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Our 85 Transport Platoon Port Macquarie Reunion
Well, we have just had a wonderful time at Port Macquarie with my old army unit where seventy five fellow veterans and their partners attended the 13th bi-annual reunion of 85 Transport Platoon (Vietnam). Our event began with a ‘Meet and Greet’ evening at the local Southport Club which gave us a big chance to […]
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Port Macquarie
We have finally made it to Port Macquarie where the 2019 reunion of 85 Transport Platoon (Vietnam) is being held over this weekend. A few days ago we left the canola fields of northern Victoria behind and continued up the Hume Highway to Sydney. We stopped at Gundagai for a rest break and saw the […]
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On Our Way to Port Macquarie
We left home at mid morning and had a lazy drive to the wine town of Rutherglen in northern Victoria where we have a stopover on our way to a reunion in Port Macquarie, NSW. We decided to stay at the very nice Tuileries Resort here for a celebration. We reached Shepparton for lunch. This […]
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