New South Wales
We’re Finally Home
The final leg of our journey from Shepparton to home was about 185 kilometres. We were packed up to leave by about 9.00 am and we headed south down the Goulburn Valley Highway. We were spoilt by the quality of outback roads and by comparison, this Victorian road is a shocker! There has been sustained […]
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We are Back in Victoria at Shepparton.
Our day began with breakfast at the bakery in the main street of Griffith. We had a warm egg and bacon roll that was very nice but as I looked into the gelato cabinet I wished it was later in the day. I think that i could have eaten every flavour, working from left to […]
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A Day in Griffith
Griffith is a little piece of Italy in the heart of the Riverina. It still has the extraordinary statistic that 60% of the city’s population have Italian ancestors and it still celebrates Italian culture with extensive vineyards in the region, providores in the town selling local produce, and excellent cafes and restaurants where the pasta […]
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South to Cobar and Griffith
Over the last two days, we have driven a short way from Bourke to Cobar (160 km) and then today 360 kilometres from Cobar to Griffith There was nothing whatsover between Bourke and Griffith, so we arrived at lunchtime and had the afternoon to look around the town. In my early planning, I had thought […]
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Exploring the Town of Bourke
Today was a leisurely rest day from driving and an opportunity to explore this significnat outback town. We started late with a breakfast roll at the local bakery, but the weather was too hot (37C) for a lot of walking around. However, we explored a number of historic sites and retreated to our motel room […]
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Interesting Towns and Country on Our Way to Armidale
Before leaving Merriwa this morning, we made a quick visit to the painted silo near the old railway station. It depicts a flock of sheep in a canola field with the leading sheep wearing red socks. These silos were painted relatively recently in 2019. The reason for the sheep wearing red socks is because of […]
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Travelling Further North to Merriwa
Tonight, we are in tne Upper Hunter Valley town of Merriwa. We arrived here late this afternoon as the shadows were getting longer after a very comfortable day’s touring through interesting farming country along the meandering Castlereagh Highway from Lithgow. Our first stop was at the Hartley Historic Village, 20 km from Blackheath in the […]
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Taking in Some Spectacular Blue Mountain Scenery
Today was set aside from travel so that we could explore some of the sights of the Blue Mountains. This area of New South Wales is densely populated by oil bearing Eucalyptus trees. The atmosphere is filled with finely dispersed droplets of oil, which, in combination with dust particles and water vapour, scatter short-wave length […]
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Travelling on to Blackheath in the Blue Mountains
We left Canberra this morning with happy memories of the 50 Year Vietnam War Commemoration and the mates that I had caught up with over lunch yesterday. Just out of Canberra, the road passed Lake George which for most of my memory had been empty and the land used for grazing sheep and cattle. Right […]
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Travelling to Mildura
Our stay in Menindee was much better than we expected. I didn’t have many high hopes for The Burke and Wills Motel where we stayed but it was actually a nice place. Although basic, The rooms were very clean and well equipped. It was a pleasant place stay, unlike the decrepit country motel I was […]
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Menindee and its History
It was a cold morning in Broken Hill with the temperature being around 3C. As we left, we stopped at the Junction mine which sits toward the southern end of the Line of Load in Broken Hill. It’s an abandoned mine that worked on rich silver ores with a shaft over 500 metres deep. The mine […]
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Looking Around Broken Hill – Day Two
Having seen many of the sights in the city of Broken Hill on our first day here, we set our second day aside to visit a couple of interesting remote locations. We began by driving to the (almost) ghost town of Silverton. Driving there is something of an outback experience. The road is made but […]
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