Roads Less Travelled

Woke up to beautiful weather, packed up and set off to Seventeen Seventy which is so named because Captain Cook landed here in 1770. Elaine took some pics before we left and it didn’t take us long to cover the 112km and arrive at our destination. We had booked this spot a year ago to…

The food caravan on the edge of the camp site opened it’s hatch and was serving an amazing array of foods and drinks. Apparently a lot of passing trucks and trades people pass through and order their lunch or breakfast. We had a light brekkie and a coffee to support them. Then it was off…

After coffee we said our goodbyes and hit the road in different directions. The Coles heading back to Victoria and we were heading South East towards the coast. A commute type day passing through little towns on a very bumpy road. Decided to have a free camp at Wowan. We arrived at 3.30pm and there…

Left town and slowly made our way to Saphire stopping at a few of the Saphire shops as Elaine was keen to get one from the area. No such luck as the ones she liked would send us bankrupt. Not much in Saphire so we headed on to Emerald where we were meeting our friends…

Had a walk around town and then off to the commercial underground Saphire mine for our tour. It was all very interesting the way the diggings follow the seam of wash. It is all dug by hand over the years and is still being worked. People go there and buy up a property and then…

Back on the bumpy roads, heading to the gem fields. We decided we would make our way to Rubyvale and spend two nights there. Arrived in the afternoon and the weather was looking rather poor. Set up camp and had a late lunch. It started raining so all we did was go for a drive…

Woke up to a beautiful day. After a leisurely breakfast I dropped Elaine off at Mickeys track once more as she was off to do the Warrumbah Creek Gorge.  I took the easy option and went to the swimming hole instead. After a quick dip and a relax I went back to pick her up.…

Up early to get ahead of the heat of the day. We are doing the walk up to Moss Gardens, The Amphitheatre, the Gallery, Wards Canyon and Cathedral Cave. We drove to the start and started walking 7.30am. The pathway is well formed with many sets of stairs to cope with the creek crossings and…

After packing up we discovered a lovely little coffee caravan in the small town park. Had a coffee and then hit the road to Carnarvon Gorge. Wow the road is in bad shape. It is not broken but has subsided all over the place so as I am driving, pulling a 3.5 tonne van it…

The road to Rolleston was very bumpy. We also ended up doing a fair bit of dirt road driving. Luckily the road was in very good condition and I didn’t have to air down. Arrived in Rolleston on the day that they were celebrating 25 years of the Wild Horse Cutting Show. We booked into…