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Dog in the shade and a surfboard73

Mick & Sheilas Australian Road Trip - Heading North Chapter 2

Crescent Head to Bat Town and Red Rock Crescent Head is a small seaside town with a retail centre consisting of a pub, an RSL club and some shops. There is a large campground and caravan park on a prime...

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Looking north across the bay69

Mick & Sheila's Australian Road Trip Heading North chapter 1

“Watch out for children… also old gals and spunk rats.” “Hell is a Sealed Road” says the crude, hand-painted sign on an oil drum lid that is nailed to a tree on the side of the road that leads to...

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Big Ned 73

Chapter 13 - Snowy Mountain breakdown

Yuz can stop worrying, I’m back. Fell off me metaphorical horse and broke my egobone, but I’m back in the saddle and galloping for the finishing post with bit between… oh forget the equine bullshit. The...

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Skirting the grampians65

Chapter 12 - The "Rat" with a Heart of Gold

I have always fancied a visit to Ballarat as there is a romance in the name that echoes through Australia’s short history. Gold built the town, its discovery bringing people from all over the world to seek...

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On the Road78

Chapter 11 - Great Ocean Road, Schoolies, Koalas & Flies

By mid-morning we are back on the Mainland, heading south from Melbourne, via Geelong, toward The Great Ocean Road, one of the worlds Great driving experiences. This iconic highway follows the winding...

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The Road To Tomahawk72

Chapter 10 Tasmanian Tomahawk

If one studies a map of Anywhere, you will invariably find at least one place with a name so enigmatic that you are compelled to go there, often against your better judgement. I do this all the time… I will...

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Not your everyday ferry boat73

Chapter 9 - Tasmania

Tasmania is an island the size of Ireland, tucked underneath the world’s biggest island. Its size, rugged terrain, isolation and small population leave it open to the sort of jokes and disparaging comments...

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Penguin at Penguin with seagull for scale69

The Big Things of Oz

What is it about Australia and Big Things? I have noticed recently that there has been a renewed interest in the Antipodean phenomenon of creating over-sized statues of Things.  This interest has been...

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A Federation cottage in Richmond73

Chapter 8 - A Melbourne Revelation

Itchy feet and slow heavy clouds force us out of Wilson’s Promontory in the late morning. As soon as we are on the road the sky clears and we are driving, happy and carefree, through rolling Victorian...

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At the end of a long day's drive - gimme wine!61

Chapter 7 Victorian Road Movie

The small town with the English name sits on a great plain that spreads out beyond the spine of mountains that runs down the length of the east coast. We arrived in the late afternoon, after a journey through...

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