Category Archives: Australia, 2010-11

It was probably the warmest Christmas Enid and I have ever experienced.  Conrad’s thermometer showed it reached a high of 37 C yesterday.  We celebrated it in Araluen with the Kindrachuk family, and had a great time – turkey and … Continue reading →

On Wednesday morning we went to the Australian National Botanical Gardens in Canberra.  The gardens have a large collection of native Australian plants, so they were quite interesting.  It was warm enough that the smell of eucalyptus was quite strong.  I imagine … Continue reading →

It didn’t rain today, there was some sun, and it wasn’t too cold so it was a much nicer day.  This morning we went to the Australian Parliament.  We had a tour that lasted about an hour.  It was interesting … Continue reading →

This morning after we’d restocked our groceries we went to the Australian Institue of Sport.  This is the elite athlete training centre for Australia, and it is impressive.  They bring their athlete teams here for training.  The facilities are excellent, … Continue reading →

We had a great time at the meal last night.  It was very nice to finally meet some of the people that we have been corresponding with for so long about our Australian trip and put faces to the names. … Continue reading →

It was another cool and very windy night.  I commented to Enid that the wind howling around the motorhome sounded like a prairie winter storm.  It wasn’t that cold of course, but it was very cloudy and cool when we … Continue reading →

We walked around the Blue Mountains viewpoints this morning.  It was quite foggy when we started, but later in the morning the fog lifted some and so the views improved.  It was cool, enough so that we slept under one … Continue reading →

The rest of the Putty Road was not nearly as twisty as we drove south to Windsor. We headed west from there toward the Blue Mountains, stopping at a service station to fill with diesel, and after that to read … Continue reading →

It was cold during the night.  Just before midnight we awoke, put our socks on, and covered ourselves with our fleece jackets.  It’s the first time that we’ve been that cold since we got here. I awoke fairly early this … Continue reading →

We left Nambucca Heads this morning after three nice days on the beach, and drove into the tablelands area of North Central New South Wales.  We exited from the Pacific Highway and headed west at the sign which said “Wauchope”.  … Continue reading →