Albury After saying goodbye to Angela in Yackandandah, I had a short drive to my next destination, Albury. And just like that, I was safely back in New South Wales. Little did I know that my timing was perfect, getting out of Victoria before the community spread started and so I wasn’t affected by their...
CONTINUE READINGBefore I start sharing my fun adventures in Beechworth and Yackandandah I have to give you a brief real-time update. As I write this I’m now safely back home and have been in NSW (or ACT)for nearly a week. So the current lockdown in Victoria has not affected my trip at all. I’ve also not...
CONTINUE READINGBendigo I had three nights at Echuca and rather than spending the first full day exploring the town, I went on a day trip to Bendigo instead! It was only a little over an hour’s drive south of Echuca. I was really keen to visit Bendigo so that I could compare a Victorian gold rush...
CONTINUE READINGIt took me four weeks of driving west to make it to Mildura, and then in one day I drove approximately one third the way back home. I had 4.5 hours to drive along the Murray River, crossing the state border a number of times. The border between New South Wales and Victoria is the...
CONTINUE READINGAnother straight flat drive from Balranald as I headed west to Mildura. This time there were lots of mallee trees and this type of semi-arid landscape is referred to simply as mallee. We’re not allowed to take fruit across the border into Victoria (and other states) – it’s a way to stop the spread...
CONTINUE READINGVisiting Mungo National Park was one of the big things on my wish list when I started planning this trip. In fact, it was during the early stages of working out where I would go that I discovered it. I had never heard of it before but wow! It looked spectacular and maybe the closest...
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