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Wed 3/10/18 was cloudy, but dry and warmer. We took the train to Zaanse Schans to see the old windmills. There are only 12 windmills still there out of about 1000 built many years ago. We toured one which still operates, grinding minerals and other......
12 October, 2018
One of the really good things about travelling in Europe is the modern and efficient railway system. Even better is using a prepaid Eurail Pass to hop on and off trains wherever you want without having to buy tickets. Yesterday we planned to go to......
03 October, 2018
Our first 10 day barge tour continued with mostly fine sunny weather and warmer than expected days. The trip took us through some lovely scenic country but also through some very busy industrial areas and of course, lots of locks. At Maasmechelen our companions departed......
02 October, 2018
3 September We left Brisbane on a late night Emirates flight to Dubai, arriving early the next morning. We spent 2 days there in scorching heat. An early morning swim in the hotel pool was much appreciated. After mastering the tram and metro system we......
16 September, 2018
4 July 2018 – We left Bogantungan and drove to Rolleston where we stayed in the very busy caravan park for the night. Luckily we arrived fairly early and secured a drive through site, because by late afternoon the park was jam packed. Lots of......
25 August, 2018
25 June 2018 – We left Winton and drove to a free camp at Dingo Creek Downs near Longreach. This is a huge bush camp with tracks going well back from the road and there was only 1 other van there. We had a camp......
03 July, 2018
22 May 2018 – We decided to leave our friends in Little Mulgrave and move to a caravan park in Cairns, mainly because the lack of internet and mobile phone reception made it difficult to make arrangements with friends in Cairns. It was a shame......
24 June, 2018
8 May 2018 – We hiked up to the lookout at Halliday Bay. It was quite steep and once at the top we had to climb up a big rock to see the view, and it was well worth the effort. When we returned to......
19 May, 2018
1 May 2018 – after a noisy and uncomfortable night at Blackwater showgrounds (note to self – don’t stay there again) we left early and travelled to Bundoora Dam via Middlemount. The free camp ground at the dam was a beautiful peaceful place and we......
07 May, 2018
19 April 2018 – we left home and travelled 1.5 hours to Gin Gin showgrounds for 2 nights. We had a couple of light showers on Thursday and a short thunderstorm on Friday evening. The days are still very warm but the nights pleasantly cool.......
30 April, 2018
We stayed at Tara Lagoon for a night and did the laundry, then went to the tiny town of Meandarra to stay beside Brigalow Creek for 3 nights, a beautiful peaceful spot with plenty of room. We had a lunch at the pub, and went......
21 September, 2017
We spent a week over Christmas 2016 south of Melbourne at Chelsea so we were close to Frans’ daughter Karyn who lives in Hampton. Christmas day was at Karyn’s place with older daughter Kym (visiting from London) and their Mum Carole with partner Alan. It......
31 August, 2017