2017 Winter Getaway

2017

 Winter

Getaway

2017

Winter

Getaway Jerilderie ◆ Billabong Free Camp

Griffith ◆ Newey Reservoir Free Camp

Brewarrina ◆ Beds on The Barwon Caravan Park

Lightning Ridge ◆ Newey Reservoir Free Camp

Warialda ◆ Cranky Rock Nature Reserve

Wallangarra ◆ Wallangarra Driver Reviver Rest Stop

Queen Mary Falls ◆ Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park

Brisbane ◆ 27 Scenic Crescent, Albany Creek

Suffolk Park ◆ Suffolk Park Holiday Park

Coraki ◆ Coraki Riverside Caravan Park

Evans Head ◆ North Coast Holiday Park

Iluka ◆ Iluka Riverside Tourist Park

Maclean ◆ Maclean Showground

Woolgoolga ◆ Woolgoolga Lakeside Holiday Park

Belingen ◆ Belingen Showground

Mooney Mooney ◆ Mooney Mooney Boatramp

Jerilderie Billabong Creek Free Camp Overnight stop

Griffith The Willows Free Camp Condemo Smallgoods Steven Codemo, cures his meat the old-fashioned way and is part of the rare few licenced in the region to manufacture salami.

Bought salami with olives.

Calabria Family Wines Hoping for a tour but only cellar door tasting and sales.

Riverena Grove Sampled cheeses and bought some local produce for Darryn.

The Willows Free Camp

The Willows Free Camp

Calabria Family Wines

Billabong Creek

Jerilderie and Griffith

Cobar Newey Reservoir Camping Area Overnight stop right by the water.

Great Cobar Heritage Centre Great Cobar Copper Mine Drove up to the viewpoint in the motorhome.

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Cobar

Chesney Mine

Cobar

Cobar

Brewarrina Beds on The Barwon Caravan Park Overnight

Brewarrina Fish Traps The Brewarrina fish traps are estimated to be over 40,000 years old and one of the oldest man-made structures on earth.

The elaborate network of rock weirs and pools stretches for around half a kilometre along the riverbed and was built by ancient tribes to catch fish as they swam upstream.

Barwon River

Brewarrina

Lightning Ridge Lightning Ridge Holiday Park Free pizzas each night at happy hour in the caravan park

Artesian Bore Baths Had a soak in the naturally heated baths, temperature of 41.5 degrees, comes from the Great Artesian Basin.

Grawin Opal Fields Grawin is an opal field 50 kilometres south-west of Lightning Ridge. Signage on car parts, pubs, the golf course and lots of mining claims.

Chambers of The Black Hand An old claim 40 feet underground, now full of carvings after 18 years work by Ron Hanlin.

Happy Hour - free pizzas

Emu Sculpture

Ligntning Ridge

Sunset from the caravan park

Coopers Cottage

Lightning Ridge Hot Bore Baths

Lightning Ridge

Lightning Ridge – Chambers of The Black Hand

Chambers of The Black Hand – Lightning Ridge

The Grawin Opal Fields

The Grawin Opal Fields

Along the way from Lightning Ridge to Warialda

Lightning Ridge to Wariala

Warialda Cranky Rock Nature Reserve Overnight Five kilometres from Warialda, Cranky Rock is a natural formation of giant boulders heaped in the most fantastic positions by a past volcanic upheaval.

A delightful spot with its suspension bridge, birdlife and wildlife.

Warialda

Warialda

Warialda

Along the way from Warialda, through Glen Innes and Tenterfield to Wallangarra to Warialda Tenterfield Saddler

Tenterfield Post Office

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Glen Innes and Tenterfield

Wallangarra Wallangarra Driver Reviver Rest Stop Overnight stop on the border between New South Wales aand Queensland

State Border – Queensland / New South Wales

Wallangarra Railway Station

Wallangarra Railway Museum

Wallangarra Railway Museum

Wallangarra

Quart Pot Creek, Stanthorpe

Quart Pot Creek, Stanthorpe

Brown Falls Park

Dagg Falls

Stanthorpe to Queen Mary Falls

Walk to Brown Falls

Queen Mary Falls Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park A brief stop in Stanthorpe then along the Falls Drive, stopping at Dagg Falls and Browns Falls before stopping overnight at the caravan park directly across the road from Queen Mary Falls.

Another delightful stop with plentiful wildlife, above us two owls and opposite a bower bird building his impressive nest.

Queen Mary Falls

Queen Mary Falls

Brisbane Albany Creek A stay with Lynette, Brett and Max at Albany Creek.

Joind them on the happy event securing their own property at 750 Neurum Rd, Neurum.

Picnic at Youngs Crossing park with Brett and his new speedboat.

A visit to see Brendan and Emily at Kurwongbah.

Youngs Crossing Park

Youngs Crossing Park

Albany Creek

Albany Creek

Albany Creek

Brisbane

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Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah

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Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah

Brisbane

Suffolk Park Suffolk Park Holiday Park A pleasant few days near at Suffolk Park with a visit from Heidi.

Suffolk Park

Tallow Creek

Cape Byron

Tallow Creek

Suffolk Parka

Broken Head

Coraki Coraki Riverside Caravan Park Another several days at the peaceful park by the Richmond River at Coraki. Visited Rosemary Beasley

Coraki

Coraki

Evans Head North Coast Holiday Park

Evans Head

Iluka Iluka Riverside Tourist Park We drove to Iluka Bluff, and walked out to the rocks, a contrast of peaceful still pools of water and waves crashing at the edge.

Lovely walks by the water in Iluka, beautiful sunsets, fishing and a long wait at the very popular fish shop by the pier.

Iluka

Iluka

Iluka

Iluka Bluff

Yamba

Maclean Maclean Showground A lovely town on the banks of the Clarence River.

Maclean has a Scottish heritage with its Tartan Power Poles – more than 200 power poles painted in family tartans.

Our spot by the river was amazing and the changing light at sunset was breathtaking.

Maclean

Maclean

Maclean

Woolgoolga Woolgoolga Lakeside Caravan Park

Woolgoolga

Woolgoolga

Belingen Belingen Showground Camp Area The campground quite ordinary but had an enjoyable walk through the small picturesque town.

Belingen

Urunga