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Australia

Cars and Trains and Planes. So many ways to see Australia. It’s all in this section, including Sydney to Broken Hill on the government train (my most popular post) and crisscrossing Australia on the epic Indian Pacific or Ghan (both now privatised).
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An Ethical Dilemma – To Bathe or Not To Bathe?

March 19, 2014April 25, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 12 Comments

Dear Followers, Bill and I have been on the road for nine nights now, and every night I hope to post about our adventures, and every night I am too brain dead to do it justice.  So I have a lot of catching up to do next week. Tonight, however, I just know I will … Continue reading An Ethical Dilemma – To Bathe or Not To Bathe?

Still Exploring New South Wales – Back to Harrington

March 16, 2014April 1, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 5 Comments

Tuesday 11th March 2014, 483klms / 300 miles: Bill and I are on the road again, and this time, the Blue Beast stays behind.  It is the wheels on the Red Dwarf that go around and around on this trip: So we say 'goodbye' to sunny Wollongong, just as a car ship is coming into port, … Continue reading Still Exploring New South Wales – Back to Harrington

Following the Murray River: Swanning in Swan Hill

February 26, 2014April 1, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 1 Comment

Friday and Saturday 25/26th May 2012 Those who have been following the Murray River blog posts from the start will know that I am trying to reconstruct this trip from map and photographs.  So I could see from the photographs that we stayed at least two nights in Swan Hill - possibly three - and … Continue reading Following the Murray River: Swanning in Swan Hill

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