The Journey So Far
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“Must Love Driving” : Winton And Beyond
Apologies for the “Must Love Dogs” movie title appropriation this week but for the last segment of our travels I don’t think I could find a more apt appellation. On a particularly long, dull and monotonous stretch of highway east of Winton, Lois, taking a spell behind...
The Road to Birdsville
Having left Eromanga and prior to reaching Birdsville we had been strongly advised to make a short diversion - a pit stop at the Betoota Hotel. Every Aussie has heard of Slim Dusty’s famous “Pub With No Beer” - Betoota is, in effect, a pub with no town....
Australia – Return To The Outback
There are times on any journey when things don’t go quite as planned right from the get-go. Sadly, such occasions often portend further complications as the trip unfolds - our return to Brisbane was just such an experience. Or is it the “rule of three’s” - the old...
There’s No Place Like Home
Seems like yesterday that we touched down here in Kelowna, and yet, here we are already preparing to blast off back to Australia. In reality we’ve been back almost 7 weeks - longer than we had anticipated but there were a few, er, shall we say, unexpected “curve...
Brisbane, Home, & A New Baby !
Farewelling my brother in Dicky Beach it was an easy 1 hour drive to Brisbane. It’s a place we have always enjoyed visiting and we had ample tasks to occupy our time while we waited a week for our flight back to Canada to spend a month with our kids and friends there....
Fantastic Fraser Island !
Popular Hervey Bay is literally just a hop, skip and jump from Woodgate - it’s always been a popular draw, especially for sun-seeking retirees, and remains as busy as ever. This time, for us anyway, it represented the perfect jumping off point for a...
