Category Archives: Australia

The drive from Armidale to Nambucca Heads is down the aptly named Waterfall Way. It is a narrow winding road through a National Park, one way in parts. This is a beautiful drive with many places to stop and go … Continue reading →

Bathurst to Armidale was on the back roads, no traffic through scenic farm country. I passed through Coolah which claims to be the “Black Stump” town as does Blackall further north in Queensland hahaha. I stopped in Tamworth to fill … Continue reading →

Woolongong to Bathurst is a 3 hour drive so I decided to stop in Katoomba and visit the Three Sisters. There are many walks in this area. The main reason for my visiting Bathurst was to drive around the Mount … Continue reading →

Jindabyne to Woolongong – I stopped at the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre at Cooma, here they give you an overview of an amazing engineering project that was constructed between 1949 and 1974 and is currently undergoing an expansion. It consists … Continue reading →

Launceston, Tasmania to Jindabyne, New South Wales. The first step is to drive from Launceston to Devonport, about an hours drive and then while away the time until Ferry boarding starts at 1630. I visited Rooke Street Mall and sat … Continue reading →

Launceston – population 110,000 about half the size of Hobart and the second largest city in Tasmania. Since leaving Hobart I have had no rain at all, a welcome change. From Launceston I explored the surrounding area. Platypus House – … Continue reading →

Bicheno to Launceston – I decided to take the long way and do some sightseeing, what an interesting day it turned out to be. None of these places have good sign posts and I was alone at all of them … Continue reading →

Hobart to Bicheno on the East coast of Tasmania. The scenery is much calmer with less rain on this side of the island. Blue skies and 17c for two days in a row, perfect weather for the steep 3 km … Continue reading →

Queenstown to Hobart is another torturous winding road 268 kms and it took 4:44 hrs in a drizzle. Queenstown by the way is the wettest town in Tasmania and the West has more rain and rugged mountainous terrain than the … Continue reading →

On the way from Somerset to Queenstown I had to go past Cradle Mountain NP so I decided to have another look as it was earlier in the day and should not be so crowded. I arrived there at 10:00 … Continue reading →