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Wisemans Ferry – The Forgotten Valley

March 25, 2022 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 29 Comments

We returned home yesterday from a week away. I didn't feel like blogging during that time, so over the next days hopefully I will catch up with little stories of what we saw and did. First up though, a little story about what we didn't do, and that was to spend three nights at Wisemans … Continue reading Wisemans Ferry – The Forgotten Valley

Red Dwarf takes my sister for a ride

January 14, 2022 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 24 Comments

Today's route: Wollongong - near Dapto - Killalea State Forest (near Shellharbour) - Gerroa & Gerringong/Seven Mile Beach - Berry - Kangaroo Valley - Robertson - Jamberoo (southeast on the fringe of the Budderoo National Park - return north to Wollongong. Day 3 of my sister's visit, the Thursday before New Year's Eve (is that … Continue reading Red Dwarf takes my sister for a ride

Cairns, Queensland day 7 Fri 21 May 2021

July 22, 2021 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 27 Comments

Today is the 22nd July, demonstrating it has taken me a full two months to document our short break in Cairns. I have been incredibly busy since returning, and am still so, even though we are in hard lockdown. Finally, (I hear readers breathing a sigh of relief), I have got the story to our … Continue reading Cairns, Queensland day 7 Fri 21 May 2021

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