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Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

On our way down the 265km stretch of the Silver City Hwy from Broken Hill down to Wentworth we saw the new pipeline adjacent to the road that provides water from the Murray River to Broken Hill. The line runs beside the Western side of the road all the way. Broken Hills water supply used to come from the Men...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Bucket List's. G'day and welcome to my September update. The month started with me departing the Holbrook NSW area that I talked about in my August Update. I hooked up the aluminium tent and headed slightly north again with Young NSW in my sights. After a mid-morning departure from Holbrook I heade...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

After leaving Little Topar Rest Area we drove 74kms into Broken Hill, this was our 3rd visit though we haven't actually stayed in Broken Hill itself as we're not too keen on large cities. Previously we've stayed at places like nearby Silverton for almost a week & spent a day in town looking at all t...

New Member · GlobalTraveller

Hi everyone. We have just joined up and I thought I would share our blog site that we use for all our travels. We are looking forward to sharing and learning some new things from everyone. Blog: steveandmareeringrose.com Cheers Steve and Maree

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

After a very enjoyable stay at Warrawong on the Darling we travelled 95kms North to White Cliffs opal fields. Warrawong billabong. Pelican flotilla. Brown treecreeper. Striated Pardalote. The caravan park was good value at $20/nt powered site, as expected not one blade of grass just bare red e...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

We were going to stay at Cobar CP for the usual 1 night but on the day we were supposed to leave high winds were forecast. It was a good decision to stay for an extra night as strong gusty winds caused huge dust storms over the whole area & driving visibility was low. There's now a new free camping opti...

Dougwe · Dougwe

"I hate meeses to pieces" Yet another Month has finished and soon 2019 will be here.Welcome to my August 2018 update.I will start with the weather. Plenty of it while on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne in Southern VIC. August started where July left off, cold wet and windy, very windy an...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

. . We were very happy to escape Melbourne's cold windy Winter weather in mid-August. Travelling up the Northern Hwy via Heathcote, arriving in Echuca on the Murray River bathed in sunshine was a pleasant start to our 7 week trip. Crossing into NSW heading North along the Cobb Hw...

LLD · LLD

Trip stats starting June 1st (Start of Grey Nomad Season). Ballarat - Port Augusta - Katherine - Broome - Jurien Bay - Kalgoorlie - Port Augusta - Ballarat 73 days / 72 nights. Original plan was 100 days adding going via Albany & S/W from Jurien Bay to Kalgoorlie. Bad weather caused shortened tri...

coastalsnelling · coastalsnelling

We are travelling north and are looking to spend 3 to 4 days in that area Can anybody recomend a place? Cheers Bruce

Dougwe · Dougwe

Well battered!G'day and welcome to my July update.House sit continued in down town Wonthaggi.The month of July started with the two dogs I was looking after going off to visit their boy friends for a while. Willow headed off to her boy friend and Sandy to hers. Both dogs should be mums in the very near fu...

Cuppa · Cuppa

Two new posts http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2018/07/12/off-we-go-again/ http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2018/07/12/red-dune-country/ We are now at Hermannsberg, (& have reception), about to head west along the Gary Junction Rd after a visit to Palm Valley for tonight. (Uncertain when we wi...

robo24 · robo24

Any info re worth a visit

Dougwe · Dougwe

Bloody computers! Gday and welcome to my June update. Sit back with a coffee or something stronger and read away. It won't take long this month, really.The month started with very cold mornings, like 0c-2c yep, cold, Brrrrrrr. Well for me anyway cos at this time of the year I am normally in the tropics a...

rayjudesmith · rayjudesmith

Hi Folks, We have finally finished part 3 of our Cape York blog. https://smiffstraveloz.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/part-three-pajinka-cape-york-an-epic-adventure/ We have also done a video summarising the journey by road to the tip. If you are interested you can check it out on our YouTube...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

For many years we've been doing a 3 week trip to Far East Gippsland every Winter. The weather is reliably better than back in cold old Melbourne. Most days start out a bit chilly but end up fine, calm & sunny. Ideal weather to go fishing in our boat. As the day warms up we end up peeling layers of clothi...

rayjudesmith · rayjudesmith

Hi Folk, We have recently returned from a trip to Cape York. An amazing time with so much to see and do. We absolutely loved it. Below are links to our blog and parts 1 & 2 of the trip. Hope to finish off the story in the next week or so. https://smiffstraveloz.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/pajinka-ca...

Dick0 · Dick0

Well, you may well ask...as some have. They departed their respective abodes at Shepparton, VIC and Mount Gambier, SA on Tuesday, 3rd April (after Easter) and met up at Georgetown, SA two days later for the Big Lap. Making the dart across South Australia and the Nullarbor and turning left at Norseman...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... I finally caught up with Dougwe yesterday ... and wandered around a bit. Attached are some photos and info about my day. Cheers - John

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	STICKY: Travel Blogs by members (Preview) Do you have a blog you'd like to share? Please include links to your blogs (or new posts) in this string. Disclaimer: please note that the Grey Nomads forum does not have any input or control over the content of remotely hosted blogs.	Webmaster	15	4913	02:02 PM Jan 17, 2018 by Gregnsue
	Outback NSW Trip - Part 5 (final) (Preview) On our way down the 265km stretch of the Silver City Hwy from Broken Hill down to Wentworth we saw the new pipeline adjacent to the road that provides water from the Murray River to Broken Hill. The line runs beside the Western side of the road all the way. Broken Hills water supply used to come from the Men...	Desert Dweller	9	462	09:25 PM Oct 9, 2018 by Stretch60
	SEPTEMBER 2018 UPDATE (Preview) Bucket List's. G'day and welcome to my September update. The month started with me departing the Holbrook NSW area that I talked about in my August Update. I hooked up the aluminium tent and headed slightly north again with Young NSW in my sights. After a mid-morning departure from Holbrook I heade...	Dougwe	14	634	01:18 AM Oct 9, 2018 by palaceboy
	Outback NSW Trip - Part 4 (Preview) After leaving Little Topar Rest Area we drove 74kms into Broken Hill, this was our 3rd visit though we haven't actually stayed in Broken Hill itself as we're not too keen on large cities. Previously we've stayed at places like nearby Silverton for almost a week & spent a day in town looking at all t...	Desert Dweller	9	487	07:59 PM Oct 4, 2018 by Plain Truth
	New Member (Preview) Hi everyone. We have just joined up and I thought I would share our blog site that we use for all our travels. We are looking forward to sharing and learning some new things from everyone. Blog: steveandmareeringrose.com Cheers Steve and Maree	GlobalTraveller	0	239	02:53 PM Sep 21, 2018 by GlobalTraveller
	Outback NSW Trip - Part 3 (Preview) After a very enjoyable stay at Warrawong on the Darling we travelled 95kms North to White Cliffs opal fields. Warrawong billabong. Pelican flotilla. Brown treecreeper. Striated Pardalote. The caravan park was good value at $20/nt powered site, as expected not one blade of grass just bare red e...	Desert Dweller	10	465	04:46 PM Sep 23, 2018 by Mez
	Outback NSW Trip - Part 2 (Preview) We were going to stay at Cobar CP for the usual 1 night but on the day we were supposed to leave high winds were forecast. It was a good decision to stay for an extra night as strong gusty winds caused huge dust storms over the whole area & driving visibility was low. There's now a new free camping opti...	Desert Dweller	3	478	06:02 PM Sep 8, 2018 by G n E
	AUGUST 2018 UPDATE (Preview) "I hate meeses to pieces" Yet another Month has finished and soon 2019 will be here.Welcome to my August 2018 update.I will start with the weather. Plenty of it while on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne in Southern VIC. August started where July left off, cold wet and windy, very windy an...	Dougwe	21	1170	02:03 PM Sep 28, 2018 by Tony Bev
	Outback NSW Trip - Part 1 (Preview) . . We were very happy to escape Melbourne's cold windy Winter weather in mid-August. Travelling up the Northern Hwy via Heathcote, arriving in Echuca on the Murray River bathed in sunshine was a pleasant start to our 7 week trip. Crossing into NSW heading North along the Cobb Hw...	Desert Dweller	9	637	02:27 PM Sep 3, 2018 by Gaylehere
	Round trip VIC-SA-NT-WA-SA-VIC (Preview) Trip stats starting June 1st (Start of Grey Nomad Season). Ballarat - Port Augusta - Katherine - Broome - Jurien Bay - Kalgoorlie - Port Augusta - Ballarat 73 days / 72 nights. Original plan was 100 days adding going via Albany & S/W from Jurien Bay to Kalgoorlie. Bad weather caused shortened tri...	LLD	5	412	09:15 PM Aug 30, 2018 by LLD
	Uncrowded cvan parks between Byron bay and kingscliff (Preview) We are travelling north and are looking to spend 3 to 4 days in that area Can anybody recomend a place? Cheers Bruce	coastalsnelling	1	526	12:37 PM Aug 30, 2018 by LLD
	JULY 2018 UPDATE (Preview) Well battered!G'day and welcome to my July update.House sit continued in down town Wonthaggi.The month of July started with the two dogs I was looking after going off to visit their boy friends for a while. Willow headed off to her boy friend and Sandy to hers. Both dogs should be mums in the very near fu...	Dougwe	17	1318	07:47 AM Aug 27, 2018 by JayDee
	Cuppa & MrsTea's Blog - To the Kimberley via the 'back roads'. (Preview) Two new posts http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2018/07/12/off-we-go-again/ http://cuppa500.com/Blog/2018/07/12/red-dune-country/ We are now at Hermannsberg, (& have reception), about to head west along the Gary Junction Rd after a visit to Palm Valley for tonight. (Uncertain when we wi...	Cuppa	21	1516	05:55 PM Oct 5, 2018 by Felicia
	White cliffs and lightning ridge (Preview) Any info re worth a visit	robo24	9	1021	10:08 PM Sep 1, 2018 by Warren-Pat_01
	JUNE 2018 UPDATE (Preview) Bloody computers! Gday and welcome to my June update. Sit back with a coffee or something stronger and read away. It won't take long this month, really.The month started with very cold mornings, like 0c-2c yep, cold, Brrrrrrr. Well for me anyway cos at this time of the year I am normally in the tropics a...	Dougwe	13	1354	07:08 PM Jul 27, 2018 by Tony Bev
	Part 3 of our Cape York trip (Preview) Hi Folks, We have finally finished part 3 of our Cape York blog. https://smiffstraveloz.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/part-three-pajinka-cape-york-an-epic-adventure/ We have also done a video summarising the journey by road to the tip. If you are interested you can check it out on our YouTube...	rayjudesmith	4	775	08:57 PM Jun 27, 2018 by rayjudesmith
	Far East Gippsland in Winter (Preview) For many years we've been doing a 3 week trip to Far East Gippsland every Winter. The weather is reliably better than back in cold old Melbourne. Most days start out a bit chilly but end up fine, calm & sunny. Ideal weather to go fishing in our boat. As the day warms up we end up peeling layers of clothi...	Desert Dweller	6	817	05:33 PM Jun 25, 2018 by rayjudesmith
	Part 1 & 2 of our Cape York Trek (Preview) Hi Folk, We have recently returned from a trip to Cape York. An amazing time with so much to see and do. We absolutely loved it. Below are links to our blog and parts 1 & 2 of the trip. Hope to finish off the story in the next week or so. https://smiffstraveloz.wordpress.com/2018/06/16/pajinka-ca...	rayjudesmith	2	728	04:27 PM Jun 20, 2018 by rayjudesmith
	Where are Dick0 & Glenelg? (Preview) Well, you may well ask...as some have. They departed their respective abodes at Shepparton, VIC and Mount Gambier, SA on Tuesday, 3rd April (after Easter) and met up at Georgetown, SA two days later for the Big Lap. Making the dart across South Australia and the Nullarbor and turning left at Norseman...	Dick0	16	910	04:55 PM Aug 8, 2018 by ken thomas
	Rocky went for a drive (Preview) Gday... I finally caught up with Dougwe yesterday ... and wandered around a bit. Attached are some photos and info about my day. Cheers - John	rockylizard	2	728	05:37 PM Jun 25, 2018 by rayjudesmith
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