(Driving Distance Approximately 420klm or 260 miles) Saturday 7th March 2020 An alternative title for this post could have been Today was Talk and Travel Day. For our first night on the road, we chose a modestly-priced motel in Albury, not far from the Hume Highway. I'd booked directly over the phone with the owner, … Continue reading Albury to Ballarat – Day 2 of Road Trip March 2020
Musings on Retirement
Wollongong to Albury – Day 1 of Road Trip March 2020
(Driving Distance Approximately 500klm or 310 miles) Friday 6th March 2020 Australians have coped with extended drought, water restrictions, unprecedented bush fires, flooding rains, and the threat of cyclones, but the thing that has brought them undone is the fear of running out of toilet paper during the Corona Virus crisis. Social media is running … Continue reading Wollongong to Albury – Day 1 of Road Trip March 2020
Toowoomba (Qld) to Tenterfield (NSW)
Wednesday 13th March 2019 After checking out of our motel, our first stop of the day was at the heritage-listed Toowoomba Railway Station. Luckily we weren't there to catch a train, as they only run twice a week. The Westlander, a seventeen-hour journey from Brisbane to Charleville (an outback Queensland town), calls at Toowoomba on … Continue reading Toowoomba (Qld) to Tenterfield (NSW)
The Reluctant Retiree 