Road Trip Part 15 – Newcastle
When I look back on Newcastle, my main memory will be the transition from trousers to shorts. Having lived in Tasmania the previous few months, and then drove up via Melbourne and Wollongong, it was…
Road Trip Part 14 – Rush Hour in Sydney, Torrential Rain and A Sleep at Ourimbah
From the “Chinese” experience of Wollongong I drove up hills and through pretty mountainous areas on route to Sydney, which I intended to by-pass and get through quickly without stopping. But I ended up bang…
Road Trip Part 13 – Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong
I’d heard of Wollongong and I often confused it with an old tennis player – Yvonne Goologong, also Australian but with no link. Wollongong is a city south of Sydney on the coast of New…
Road Trip Part 12 – Kiama
From the free maps and guides I got at Foster the day before, it was obvious that Kiama was a “must-stop” at place along the way and it turned out that way. A beautiful quiet…
Road Trip Part 11 – Narooma, Ulladulla and Nowra
I had heard of neither location. Nowra Ulladulla or Narooma. My solo road trip was well underway though. I had left behind the states of Tasmania and Victoria and was now back in New South…
Road Trip Part 9 – Flashback to my Childhood at Marlo
I grew up and was raised in Marlo, a small housing area in Kilmaine in the south of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. That is where I’m really from. This year I have thought about…
Road Trip Part 8 – Lakes Entrance
From Bairnsdale there wasn’t much further to go to a small seaside resort called “Lakes Entrance.” In Australia place names are misleading and at times ridiculous… Lakes Entrance does actually fit though, as the inlet…
Road Trip Part 7 – Fuel Stop At Bairnsdale
A longer pleasant drive brought me to the city of Bairnsdale. Undoubtedly the largest settlement on this route I was taking. A blurred sign of the “Welcome to Bairnsdale” sign on the way in. It…
Road Trip Part 6 – 90 Mile Beach Start
At a lonely farming community called “Woodside”, we see the first sign dictating the “begin” of 90 Mile Beach. A famous long stretch of beach not to be missed on Victoria’s south coast. I found…
Road Trip Part 5 – Yarram
I decided to stop at Yarram. There wasn’t anything special to see there, but it was a random spread out town in Gippsland, South Victoria. It was just a sunny winter morning and I only…
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