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Individual posts for places we’ve stayed while on the road
Wednesday 20—Friday 22 May It’s time to pack up and leave Granville for our next adventure. We travelled north to Muswellbrook Showground. We were are here for 2 nights and 1 day, just like back in September 2024. The showground seems a popular stopping place for vans with around 50 or more (some could be …
Thursday 30 April—Wednesday 20 May On Thursday 30 April we packed up and headed down the M1 to the driveway in Granville where we will be for a few weeks. We have enjoyed the last of the autumn sunny days and it is slowly cooling down in preparation for winter. It has been quite busy …
Thursday 26 March—Thursday 30 April On Thursday 26 March we packed up to leave Granville for our next visit to Tea Gardens. The trip north went well and there was lots of traffic the whole way, even considering the fuel shortage/overpricing issues occurring at the moment. It was a beautiful sunny day and the area …
Thursday 12 February—Thursday 26 March Here we are back in Granville with what looks like a very full time of being with our Granville grandies and weekly visits to Silverdale to catch up with Vera. It has been very hot and also wet throughout the visit. With Nyssa and Brad both being on afternoon/evening shifts …
It is not often that we travel on a Sunday but after Church on 18 January we left Granville heading to Travelhome in Cardiff. The traffic going north was quite good and we travelled well and were able to park in their front car park and set up off grid for the night. We were …
We started 2026 where we finished up 2025, in Brad and Nyssa’s driveway. Our New Year’s eve celebrations were quiet and restrained with a bottle of non-alcoholic wine (Timbertown), although the neighbourhood was noisy with at least three, probably more, distinct groups of fireworks within earshot; all were below tree-level from our viewpoint so there …
3 Dec—Feb 2026—Granville, NSW We left Cardiff early on Thursday morning and travelled on the A1/Pacific Highway to Granville. It was straight back into the crazy-busy suburban hustle – if ever we needed a reminder of why we chose to sell-up and hit the road, this was it! Reflecting on our overall 107 day, 3-state …
1—3 Dec—Cardiff, NSW On Monday we packed up and headed along the A1/Pacific Highway to Travelhome at Cardiff. We parked in the driveway and set up for 2 nights for them to look at some issues with the CARDIS (the lounge-slide needs a little TLC!!) and are re-booked for further work there in January.
22 Nov—1 Dec—Tea Gardens, NSW As we left Cassilis we drove along the Golden Highway through to the M15/New England Highway/Hunter Express Way and left onto John Renshaw Drive and along to the A1/Pacific Highway and right onto Myall Way to Tea Gardens. We set up on the grass at the back of Tea Gardens …
20 —22 Nov—Cassilis, NSW As we left the showground we turned onto the Oxley Highway/Warren Rd and then turned right onto the Castlereagh Highway/Mendoran Rd and at Dunedoo we turned left onto the Golden Highway and then left onto Cassilis Rd to the Bowling Club. As we travelled through the hills we climbed to 575 …