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Why hug the east coast? Head for the hinterland

September 12th, 2010

There’s always a place to grab a campervan along the central area of Australia’s east coast, whether it be from Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, and most road trippers usually stick to the destination allure of hugging the coastline going from one sunny seaside location to another.
While there are countless reasons to follow that particular, well-worn route, there are just as many reasons to occasionally veer off the beaten path and head inland to the many wonders that await – none more so than the hinterland region accessible from a stretch of coastline that runs from Ballina to Byron Bay. Only [...]

Great driving holidays – Mackay to Ayr (Qld)

December 15th, 2009

We decided to deviate from our intinerary, something we have become very good at! Although sometimes it is not planned at the time.
So after Mackay, we decided to stop in Ayr, a great little town 80km south of Townsville. It’s a good old country town, buzzing with busy farmers and tonnes of produce. There is still enough sugar cane to sink a battleship, but two things Ayr has that not a lot of these small country towns have are, one, it is right on the beach, and two, it has an enormous water supply in the Burdekin River and [...]

Driving holidays – Nelligen to Bathurst (NSW)

August 26th, 2009

Now here is some very sound advice. Advice I wish I had been given earlier!
We left Nelligen, bound for Bathurst, and we let our trusty Tom Tom do the talking … really, really bad idea. We went to Bathurst on a “long cut”, via the goat tracks of southern NSW. I swear these roads had not been used for many, many, many months (see attached picture). We were on this particular road for four hours, so a five-hour trip turned into an eight-hour trip. I guess the scenery was spectacular and it did give us an insight into a [...]