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First time to Stanthorpe

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 29 April 2005 by Chinwagger5 November 2017

Drove down to Stanthorpe left around 7.30 and went via the office then on south west and we arrived around 11:30. Stopped for gas at Warwick, the guy at the gas station said it has not rained since Christmas. The wind had been blowing from the south and this was wrong for rain it had to come from the west. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2005 Stanthorpe, Front Page, Road Trip, Road Trips | Leave a reply

Sixteen Hundred Kilometres from Home to Kuranda

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 11 June 2004 by Alison Herring21 December 2017

Left the house at 7am on another great trek into the unknown. We would have liked to have left much earlier but were rather surprised to get away at all after a series of things through the week seemed to conspire against us. Heading north on the Bruce Highway, we have no firm plans at this stage what we’ll see … Continue reading →

Posted in 2004 Cairns and Surrounds, Front Page, Road Trips | Tagged Bruce Highway, Burnett River, Cairns Queensland, Camping, Free Camping, Mackay Queensland, Rockhampton Queensland, Townsville, Townsville Queensland | 1 Reply

Signs of a storm everywhere

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 27 December 2002 by Chinwagger5 November 2017

The land is flat for hundreds of kilometres around with mirages on the horizons, trees rise up out of their false water edges.

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Posted in 2002 West to Waltzing Matilda, Front Page, Road Trips | Tagged Camping, Dalby QLD, Darling Downs QLD, Prickly Pear, Roma QLD, Warrego Highway, Wild Life | Leave a reply

1998 Travelling West from Canberra

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 26 December 1998 by Chinwagger27 March 2019

In 1998 on boxing day bored and looking forward to a few days off with nothing planned we decided instead falling asleep in the back yard we would drive a little west.  This journey was unplanned and took us across three states, from the to the outback in Silverton NSW, the very bottom of mainland Australia and to the lush … Continue reading →

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Houseboat on Caboolture River

Buying a House Boat

The phone call came late in the evening. I usually leave calls after eight at night. The phone played that stupid noise I had assigned the ring tone. Who the hell is this bloody phone bloody scam? I thought I'll ...
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A pair of Ugg Boots

Carpet Laying by Gazza

Through my life my close friend and ally in the sometimes serious and sometimes mischief passage of our joint existence has featured in a number of incidents that somehow become known as the Gazza Curse, I will leave the reader ...
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The Forklift

My son and I own a small flooring store, part of a bigger franchising network. He runs the store and I get to do all the jobs that are not selling flooring. There appear to be a lot of these ...
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First Red Claw Catches

First trip for our camper, we  travelled very west of here, to a place called Lake Boondooma . This is a man-made lake which has a huge area for camping. The camping is "bush camping", off grid no power, no ...
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Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

Sun Moon Lake Here We Come

After my assignment in Taipei Al and I decided to brave the wilds of inner Taiwan and find somewhere to spend a few days doing very little other than a some walking and perhaps some bike riding. Our destination is ...
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Coast Guard Rescue

Coast Guard Rescue

Sometimes things just don't go as right as they could and sometimes when that happens particular people are always present. You feel that perhaps, just perhaps they have a little bit influence, it could be some sort of bad air ...
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Caught by a Lure

Caught by a Lure

“Bugger it’s got me” The sound of a fisher that’s just been hooked by their own lure. Fishing in the Upper Noosa we only use lures. Mostly traditional lures, although we have tried various squidgy soft baits and this time ...
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Is Easter fishing cancelled again

Its Thursday 21st April 2011 and its been raining for three days, our back garden has had 24cm, 23cm and 19cm, Harley tells me there has been more further north at Cooroy. Great as Cooroy is close to where we ...
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Toilet paper and snorkelling

The morning constitutional, is always a ritual taken with some trepidation when camping. The facilities can vary from nothing at all, that's the dig your hole and bury your own business,  to full clean flush toilets with hot and cold water ...
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