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Category Archives: retirement
Back north to Queensland and hunting storms again….
1st November: FINGAL HEAD —–> TEWANTIN We wandered away from our fabulous beachfront site at Fingal Head and took the shortcut (that doesn’t go over a mountain range) to Esk in the Central Highlands of Queensland which only took 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, motorhome, queensland, retirement, Stormchasing, Travel, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged beach, driving, highways, holiday, motorhome, palm trees, Retirement, Stormchasing, traffic light, vacation, weather
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Exploring the New South Wales Northern Rivers….
30th October: CASINO —–> POTTSVILLE A pleasant night was spent at the Casino Big 4 caravan park where I finally found a laundry tub with hot water so I washed the towels and hung them out undercover overnight. After Clyve … Continue reading
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Tagged driving, fingals head, motorhome, northern rivers, pottsville, vacation, whalewatching
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We got cows!!! and storms!!!! NSW delivers an enjoyable storm entree….
October 28: MUNDUBBERA —–> KILLARNEY After a good night’s sleep we headed south towards New South Wales….First was Jandowae where we stopped near the old railway station for a cuppa. We parked unknowingly in the middle of a patch of … Continue reading
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Tagged bonalbo, cows, driving, motorhome, new south wales, northern rivers, Retirement, scenic drive
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Heading south again…..time to go looking for storms in NSW
October 26: Cardwell —–> Mackay We said goodbye to Cardwell and headed south to Blacks Beach in the northern suburbs of Mackay. We had a bit of a look around Townsville as we drove through from north to south. The … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, blacks beach, exploring, ford transit, grey nomads, mackay, queensland, tropics
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Fine weather and a mini break on the tropical coast….
October 24: Charters Towers to Cardwell We spent a pleasant night in Charters Towers which is a very nice, tidy inland Queensland town and (as a bonus) had a Telstra dealer who also had a new hotspot in stock and … Continue reading
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Tagged cardwell, dining out, exploring, motorhome, Retirement, townsville
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Living the Dream, Chasing the Weather and Wandering About….”A Storm or Five”
20th October: From Trangie, NSW to Cunnamulla,Qld We spent a pleasant night in a surprisingly good caravan park in Trangie – it’s the first time I’ve stayed there since a school excursion to a cattle feedlot up that way back … Continue reading
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Tagged cunnamulla, monitor, queensland, storm, Stormchasing
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Living the Dream, Chasing the Weather and Wandering About … A diary
Most of spring was spent wandering Queensland, hunting storms, varied landscapes and exploring the world to our north…our 1st trip (left) was 5 weeks and 15,862km – from the bottom to near the top of the continent, and the 2nd … Continue reading
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Tagged driving, driving holiday, exploring, floods, grey nomads, motorhome, Stormchasing, travel
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