The Bassett family site
Individual posts for places we’ve stayed while on the road
Saturday 26 September—Monday 5 October We left Cassilis at 0930 hrs for a reasonably short trip of 146 km to Geurie and continued through the hills and reached the highest altitude of 642 m just out of Cassilis. When we arrived at Geurie Showground at 1130 hrs we set up camp for the next 9 …
Wednesday 23—Saturday 26 September It’s Wednesday morning and we left Tea Gardens (6 m above sea level) at 0840 hrs and heading to Cassilis (400m above sea level) and arrived at 1220 hrs to the Bowling Club & Camp Ground for 3 nights. We always enjoy our stay there. It’s a small historic village in …
Saturday 22 August—Wednesday 23 September In preparation for leaving Granville today we actually hitched up the 5R/CARDIS last night as we wanted to get away as early as possible. The morning went well and we were on the road to Tea Gardens by 0840 hrs. The traffic was busier than we expected but moving well …
Saturday 4 July—Saturday 22 August We woke quite early to a cool windy day and set about finalising pack up. We left Muswellbrook at 0830 hrs and headed down the New England Highway and then right onto the M1 all the way to Sydney. Once we arrived at Granville we parked the CARDIS (5R) into …
Thursday 2—Saturday 4 July Our last night at Uralla was disturbed by heavy rain and gusty winds, we’d had 15 mm rain when we got up and it made for a wet pack up. We drove off at 1000hrs and headed toward Muswellbrook. The driving was made more difficult by the wild winds across the …
Tuesday 23 June—Thursday 2 July It’s Tuesday and as we prepare to leave Tenterfield, it’s travel day with a difference. It was -2.4⁰C outside and only 3.6⁰C inside and we have no water. Dean checked the hose connection and found it iced, so no showers this morning. We packed up, hitched up and left earlier …
Friday 19—Tuesday 23 June It’s Friday and we woke to another sunny day helping us to easily settle into pack up mode. All hitched up and ready to go except for the wet ground being very slippery which added 15 minutes to our departure. Finally we were on the road heading to Tenterfied Showground and …
Friday 5—Friday 19 June We woke in Stanthorpe to a beautiful sunny day for travelling. The trip to Canungra Showground was through many different views including farming crops, cattle, sheep, horses, forests, mountains, lakes, winding roads and more—oh I forgot to say road works everywhere with portable traffic lights, this slowed us down by at …
Friday 29 May—Friday 5 June It’s Friday and it is raining as we wake and start packing up in preparation to leave. We left Armidale at 1000 hrs and travelled along the New England Highway to Stanthorpe, QLD which is at 840m elevation. It showered lightly, the wipers worked well, we drove in the clouds …
Friday 22—Friday 29 May We woke on Friday in Muswellbrook to a grey day and the sound of birds chatting all around. It was time to pack up an get ready to leave for Armidale Showground. The last thing to before hitching up is the slide rooms. As normal the small slide worked like magic …