Daily Diary
G’day all, We have seen a property in the beautiful Thora valley and so off we went to investigate. We left Grafton for Coffs Harbour, onto Bellengin and out to Thora. The property on Darkwood Road was very nice with amazing views, but we still need to look at many more before we finally call [...]
G’day all, Well we had just about exhausted our exploration of Alstonville and the surrounding regions and so it was time to relocate to the Grafton Showgrounds. Before making the trip I greased the suspension on the van ready for another 7,000klms of travel!! Before we left another couple turned up. We both thought we [...]
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G’day all, Heading South today from the “Shed.” Our plan was to look for some coastal bush camping area around Evans Head or Iluka (Woody Point). Our first stop was Evans Head. It was a similar place to Brunswick Heads and equally as busy with school holidays still rampant. At Evans Head we had a [...]
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G’day all, Leaving our central location at the “Shed” Alstonville we headed into Ballina firstly for a visit to the tourist info centre and to get some information on the aurrounding National Park, places to see and visit and any bush camping in the area. Armed and dangerous we headed North up the coast passing [...]
G’day all, We left are campsite at the “shed” around 9:30am heading for Byron Bay from Alstonville. We followed some scenic roads through the beautiful hinterlands with gorgeous coastal views…mmm…a place someone could live for sure. We arrived in central Byron Bay and fought for some parking space close to the centre of town and [...]
Continue reading about Most Eastern Point of Australian Mainland with Bushman Bud
The challenge here is to visit the far reaches of every geographical point in Australia, being: North: 8th Aug 2010: Cape York, Queensland South: Wilsons Promontory, Victoria East: 10 January 2012: Cape Byron, Byron Bay, New South Wales West: May 2011: Steep Point, Western Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Australia When Bushman Bud reaches each geographical location we will ”SPOT” and blog the location with [...]
G’day all, We left Toolum Falls campground mid morning and headed back to Urbanville, turning right in town and following the very scenic road out to Bonalbo. We found some shade in the rest area here for lunch and replaced the fuse in the caravan camera…so I could again see behind me! After lunch we [...]
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G’day all, 3rd January 2012 Finally back on the road again today, heading a short distance to Tumbulgum for some fun around the Tweed River. We arrived at Stott Island Reserve around lunchtime and soaked up the rest of the afternoon around the caravan enjoying some free space and…the cricket. I have been cricket starved [...]
G’day all, Last time I wrote we had just finished on Fraser Island. After Fraser we headed to the Gold Coast for two personal development courses and a wedding back in Perth. That pretty much consumed the rest of November and early December. Early in December we then headed to a further personal development course [...]
G’day all, Our last day on Fraser Island leaving on the 5pm ferry. We packed up the hotel room and headed for the resort pool for a early morning swim. We plan to head south today along the eastern beaches following a scenic route past various lakes and ending up at Lake Mckenzie before heading [...]
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