Glorious Goodwood

We arrived at Goodwood station not quite knowing what we were doing ( very very common these days ). Louise very gently let us know that normally people would have rung ahead re accommodation .  Soon however she realise we were ok despite being a couple of  greenhorns. She then gave us a tour of…

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White cliff ( are you open ?)

White cliff 6/3 Kate was keen to visit white cliff as one of the premier opal Mines in the world . The general store and fuel pump was a bit disappointing in that the diesel 50 c a litre more than anywhere else and the  red cliff mine declared it was  closed after a 2…

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Broken Heel

Lake view caravan park Broken Hill Day started with a historic walk round broken hill which has an amazing array of building a from the 1890s . Quick brekkie then off to Silverton – bit disappointed – not much there and very very touristy – pub looks created not real nestled next to the Mad…

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Mungo NP

We dropped into  the Mungo National Park , looked around the visitor centre and historic woolshed. The headed to the remote  Belah campsite where we had our first encounter with emus . A mother and adolescent posed for Kate to take a few pics and videos . We visited the Great Wall of china on…

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And we are off !

Surely today is not the day ?  We woke up in the caravan in our drive . We spent the last three nights sleeping in the van as part of the process of packing up , fixing up the house and letting our friends move in. The day started with a 6am trip to Maccas…

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