March 2022 – On the road again

March 20, 2022

Northmead to home

Sydney to Toowoomba typically takes us about 11 hours via Gloucester and the New England Highway. This time we were taking the longer Pacific Highway with a few stops for visits along the way. That called for an early start. We were up at 5:00 am and on the road a little before 6:00 am. It was still dark when...

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March 19, 2022

Northmead

There was no travelling today. Instead we planned to spend some time with Nick and the kids when they were available. Sophie and Ben had dancing much of the day and Harry had Spanish classes and some dancing. Lucas would be at home. We had arranged to arrive at Nick’s place around 9:30 am. By that time Harry would be...

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March 18, 2022

Tura Beach to Northmead

The quickest route to drive from Tura Beach to Nick’s place at Northmead would be via the road from Bega toward Canberra and then along the Hume Highway and the motorways. We had decided on the slower scenic route along the coast, finishing with the Seacliff Bridge north of Wollongong. Driving time was estimated at around 6 hours so we...

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March 17, 2022

Lakes Entrance to Tura Beach

Estimated driving time to Philip (Majella’s brother) and Colleen at Tura Beach was a bit more than 3 hours. Majella had told them we would arrive after lunch so a 9:00 am departure seemed about right to me. We were up sometime after 7:00 am and Majella had us on the road before 8:30 am, creating a bit of buffer...

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March 16, 2022

Cranbourne to Lakes Entrance

Our reason for coming to Cranbourne was to visit the botanic gardens that we had seen in the ABC gardening program a few weeks ago. Among other elements the show had featured the arid garden. Because the gardens open at 9:00 am we had no reason to move early and enjoyed sleeping a little late again. There was still plenty...

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March 15, 2022

Halls Gap to Cranbourne

We arrived too late yesterday to visit Brambuk the National Park and Cultural Centre so we intended to do that this morning before driving on. Checks at the building yesterday evening and online had failed to reveal opening hours but we guessed that 9:00 am was likely. That allowed us an extra hour of sleep before we rose, ate breakfast,...

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March 14, 2022

Hahndorf to Halls Gap

After our weekend of sleeping late we rose early this morning because we had about 500 km to travel and things to do along the way. We were ready and on the road a little before 7:00 am. Driving east we were treated to direct views of the rising sun lighting up the clouds. Majella paused at Murray Bridge to...

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March 13, 2022

McLaren Vale

Today was our last day in Hahndorf before hitting the road eastbound so we did not leap out of bed early. When we did rise around 8:00 am we took our time about breakfast before making a serious start on the day. After breakfast Majella went to deal with the small amount of laundry we had accumulated since leaving home....

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March 12, 2022

Adelaide Hills

We are here at Hahndorf for three nights so had no reason to be up early and driving long distances today. Instead we slept a bit later than usual and ate a relaxed breakfast before making a start on the day. Yesterday Majella had discovered that there is a fig farm in the area and determined we should go there....

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March 11, 2022

Broken Hill to Hahndorf

We had a coffee date arranged for 3:00 pm at Hahndorf today so we had another early start to make the roughly 6 hour trip from Broken Hill. That had us up at 6:00 am and crossing the road to our car as the sun rose at 7:00 am. Although we probably had enough fuel to make the trip we...

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Monthly Archive: March, 2022

Northmead to home

Northmead

Tura Beach to Northmead

Lakes Entrance to Tura Beach

Cranbourne to Lakes Entrance

Halls Gap to Cranbourne

Hahndorf to Halls Gap

McLaren Vale

Adelaide Hills

Broken Hill to Hahndorf