North East Victoria

NOW: North East Victoria – Gippsland Lakes. Our first stop in Victoria was Mallacoota where we happened to be in town for the Mallacoota Bream Fishing Competition. We’ve seen it on TV before and now watched as each entrant weighed in their bag of 5 bream. The winning angler had 5 bream weighing nearly 1kg…

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NSW South Coast

Now: NSW South Coast – Kangaroo Valley, Ulladulla, Narooma, Eden We actually got up early to travel through Sydney and then south to Kangaroo Valley. Our biggest travel day with the temperature topping 40 degrees – thank goodness for air conditioning! When we arrived at Bendeela Campground the mist was settling in the valley after…

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Macleay Valley NSW

NOW: Macleay Valley NSW – Trial Bay in Arakoon State Conservation Area, South West Rocks, Crescent Head and Point Plomer The seaside township of South West Rocks sits on the coast where the Macleay River enters the ocean. Camping at Trial Bay you can look back across the ocean and see the town at the…

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Hitting the Road

Before we left home I ordered our meat cryovaced and frozen flat so that we could pack it into our Engel which we run as a freezer in the back of the car. We filled the food box with our favourite coffee blend for the plunger pot, some sauces that turn barbeque or one pan…

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Emu Track

Back in the eighties, that’s the 1980’s, we often took what we called frolics – a day out in the hinterland, through the State Forest or along dirt roads in the bush armed with a picnic, a map and a sense of adventure. The frolics developed into extended holidays and we started our love of…

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Sunrise in Flinders

Sunrise weatherwoman Edwina “Eddy” Bartholomew is preparing to tackle the Nullabor as she makes her way from SA to Western Australia, but is first stopping off in the oyster capital of Australia to show off a great caravan park, and holiday location in Ceduna.   Caravan Industry Association of Australia’s participation in the six-month ‘Lap…

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Sunrise Lap of the Map

Sunrise’s energetic Weather Woman Edwina Bartholomew is hitting the road on the great Australian adventure, a Lap of the Map in a 4WD with a Track Trailer Tvan in tow. Beginning in Tasmania, the trip will continue to Victoria before setting out clockwise around Australia to Western Australia, the great Gibb River Road, the Top…

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KING ASH BAY, BOORALOOLA and LIMMEN NP

King Ash Bay fishing camp is located on the McArthur River (more warnings!) and is owned and operated by the McArthur River coal mine with the loading facility at Bing Bong (great name) on the coast. It is quite well organised (rather formal), huge and packed with fisher folk from all around Australia. You need…

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