Workers came about 8am to the nearby irrigation pumping station, so we were soon on our way. On our way to Broken Hill, just outside Wentworth up the Silver City Highway, we detoured to have a look at the Perry red sand dunes. While stopping to read a sign on the roadside, we became bogged. […]

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On our way to Mildura we passed through a sleepy little town called Wood Wood. On arriving we walked along the riverside, looking across to NSW. There was an old Homestead to visit and Rio Vista house and museum. Plentiful fruit stalls line the roads since we are in fruit growing country. We bought some […]

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Today was a day for exploring around the small pioneer town of Swan Hill. Being a small town, there is not really much here. Fortunately though it is the third Sunday of the month, so the local market was open. There is also a giant Murray Cod here, and a massive Morton Bay fig tree […]

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Overnight the rain began, continuing intermittently throughout the day - not a great start to our trip. It was cold outside, but we were all so tired we slept superbly in the van, over 10 hours. All the stress, late nights and early days of the last week had caught up with us. We were […]

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Olive’s 13th month birthday, would be the day we leave town for our Australian adventure. We still had lots of things to organise before we headed off, one being the van temperature and cooling system which we were alerted to yesterday and thought we had better get it checked out prior to departure. Packed and […]

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