This is an index of the places that I have visited and written about since starting this blog. There are links to the blog entries in the dates and, on the longer trips, some interesting intermediate stages.
Under each heading there is a category (eg. “2017 Around Australia”) clicking on that link will bring up all the blog entries associated with that trip.
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Round Australia
Category: 2017 Around Australia
An exciting couple of months travelling round Australia, crossing the Nullarbor, seeing the Great Australian Bight, visiting the Indian Ocean coast of WA before traversing the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of north western Australia. After crossing the Northern Territory the journey entered the Gulf country before turning south through central Queensland and the central west of NSW.
24th April 2017 to 22nd June 2017
| Port Augusta
Port Lincoln Ceduna The Nullarbor Kalgoorlie Wongan Hills Geraldton Kalbarri Denham Monkey Mia Carnarvon Onslow |
Tom Price
Port Hedland Sandfire Broome Derby Fitzroy Crossing Warmun Kununurra Timber Creek Daly Waters Katherine Cape Crawford |
Barkly Homestead
Camooweal Cloncurry Normanton Karumba Georgetown Charters Towers Capella Injune Hebel Gulgong |
Grafton and Texas
Category: 2017 QLD & NSW Trip
A short trip to visit the 2017 Grafton Jacaranda Festival and explore the Queensland/NSW border country.
30th October 2017 to 10th November 2017
Murrurundi
Grafton
Texas
Goondiwindi
Coonabarabran
The Warrumbungles
Canowindra
Eden and Canberra
Category: 2017 South Coast Trip
A few days break to the NSW south coast followed by a visit to the national capitol.
21st November 2017 to 25th November 2017
Eden
Batemans Bay
Canberra
Blue Mountains
Category: Blue Mountains
8th to 10th February 2018
Katoomba
Explore the Kidman Way
Category: 2018 Kidman Way Trip
A pleasant week travelling from the Victorian border north through the centre of NSW.
14th March 2018 to 20th March 2018
Cootamundra
Jerilderie
HIllston
Cobar
Peak Hill
Boorowra
Cooktown – North Queensland
Category: 2018 Cooktown Trip
A month enjoying the warmth of central Queensland and the Capricorn Coast.
24th April 2018 to 19th May 2018
| Muswellbrook
Warialda Dalby Monto Rolleston Clermont Charters Towers Mareeba Cooktown Atherton |
Herberton
Charters Towers Hughenden Barcaldine Muttaburra Charleville Roma Lightning Ridge Gilgandra Cowra |
Malaysia and Thailand
Category: 2018 Malaysia Trip
A few weeks away from the Australian winter to the warmth of SE Asia.
27th August 2018 to 24th September 2018
Langkawi Parts 1 to 3
Crossing the Border
Hua Hin
Cameron Highlands
Jitra
Victoria and SA
Category: 2019 Victoria & SA Trip
A short trip to The Grampians and The Great Ocean Road in Victoria as well as South Australia’s Mount Gambier and the Limestone Coast.
27th February 2019 to 9th March 2019
Down to Victoria
Art, Silos and a Pink Lake
The Grampians
Mount Gambier
A Day in Mount Gambier
Port MacDonnell
Port Campbell
Great Ocean Rd
Shepperton
A November Trip Cut Short
Category: 2020 November Trip
The first post pandemic trip cut short by a heatwave.
23rd November 2020 to 29th November 2020
Young
Lake Cargelligo
Condobolin
Orange
Camerons Corner
Category: 2021 Camerons Corner
A trip with two on my kids to the point where the borders of NSW, SA and Qld join. It involved expanses of dirt road.
23rd May 2021 to 8th June 2021
Canberra
Narrandera
Balranald
Broken Hill
Tibooburra
Camerons Corner
Packsaddle
Lake Menindee
White Cliffs
Cobar
Dubbo
Temora
A Christmas Cruise
Category: 2022 A Christmas Cruise
Nowhere to go this Christmas so I went on a cruise to New Caledonia.
17th December 2022 to 27th December 2022
Grafton’s Jacaranda Festival
Category: 2022 Jacaranda Festival
A drive up the east coast of NSW to experience the colourful Jacaranda Festival in Grafton. With a nostalgic visit to Timbertown in Wauchope on the way home.
30th October 2022 to 5th November 2022
Wallsend
Port Macquarie
Grafton
Timbertown (Wauchope)
Three Weeks in Malaysia
An overseas trip to revisit some old favourites and some new places in Malaysia
10th May 2023 to 29th May 2023
Ipoh
Tanah Rata
Kuala Sepetang
Taipung
Jerai Hill Resort
Rainbow Village
Kampung Agong
Uluru and Kings Canyon – The Red Centre
Category: 2023 The Red Centre Trip
A family trip to the centre of Australia.
5th September 2023 to 22nd September 2023
Cootamundra
Hay
Wentworth
Burra
Woomera
Coober Pedy
Yulara
Uluru (Ayres Rock)
Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)
Kings Canyon
Marla
Port Augusta
A Few Days in the Central West of NSW
Category: West Wyalong Trip
A few days away from it all in the West Wyalong area.
15th November 2023 to 18th November 2023
West Wyalong
Ungarie
Weethalle
Wyalong
Ben Halls Cave
Grenfell
Down South
Category: Lockhart Trip
A couple of days spent relaxing in southern NSW
2nd April 2024 to 4th April 2024
Lockhart and surrounds
Queensland Mini Break
Category: Queensland Trip
Enjoying the warmer weather in Mitchell. Somewhere new for me in southern Queensland.
14th September 2024 to 22nd September 2024
Gulgong
Moree
Mitchell
Wyandra
Bourke
Trangie
Cowra
Around Australia (Again)
Category: The Big Lap
A quicker trip round Australia visiting some of the places I missed out on last time.
30th April 2024 to 1st June 2024
| Temora Hay Barmera Orroroo Kimba Penong Eucla Balladonia Kalgoorlie Laverton |
Sandstone Karalundi Auski Roadhouse Marble Bar Roebuck Plains & Broome Halls Creek Wyndham Timber Creek Katherine |
Renner Springs |
A few Days in the Snowy Mountains
Category: Jindabyne Trip
A four day trip to Jindabyne, exploring the Snowy Mountains – another mini break!
18th February 2025 to 22nd February 2025
Jindabyne
Charlotte Pass
Adaminaby
Dalgety
Bombala
OZ Camper Travels 