Towns

Oh My God I DID IT !!!

Yep, the Angourie weekend was the tipping point…………after months of research and hesitation, I finally bought a professional camera again –  not telling how much I spent – but it would make any pro photographer REAL JEALOUS  (and photographically minded friends!!!) hehehe… When I first held it in my hand I knew I had done…

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Angourie

Wow – I never appreciated it when we went on holidays as kids and stayed in a little fibro shack at Angourie, south of Yamba.  I am amazed at how beautiful the beaches are, and it  has grown up in 25 years too – the fibro shack is gone – I did look for it,…

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Street Music

Bellingen is full of musicians…….every Sunday ‘John’ and friends play Irish flute, mandolin and guitar on the street at Guru Foods – a fabulous eclectic,organic vegetarian restaurant in town.  

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Gypsy Trip Out West

Eelco and I decided to have a few days off and head up to Queensland along the New England Highway – definitely the long way home – and the most beautiful. Due to  far too many ‘kodak moments” we were still in the Dorrigo mountains  50 – 100 km away from our starting point by…

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Australia Day

The weather is unbelievably hot – unbearable for me…..so I convince Johna nd Eelco to drive up into the mountains to find a cooler spot to do some work.  Dorrigo is 30km away and 762 mt above sea level – thought it would do the trick! We arrived just as the Australia Day festivities were…

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Loaded up and on my way….

Finally on my way to Bellingen in ernest- taking the scenic route again……after breakfast on the Gold Coast and a visit to the farm, I ended up in Ballendean for the night.  I highly recommend the Ballendean Lodge Bed and Breakfast – fantastic food, hospitality, room and views….. Just south of Ballendean I had to turn…

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Tasmania

Short (too short) trip down to Tassie just after New Years Eve – very spur of the moment -and my usual magic didn’t work with the accommodation as it was peak season.  Landed in Launceston, headed east to the coast and down to the most southern port – ‘Southport’ in 5 days.  On the way…

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