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It is no wonder people get confused! Both these sites have camping, waterfalls and are incredibly beautiful. Both are on the New South Wales Waterfall Way!
We just had the BEST week. Our “schoolies” included 5 waterfalls, 8 national parks, 8 pubs and a whopping 20 waterside camps! We followed major rivers – the mighty Clarence and Belliger, lulled to sleep on Nymboida’s rapids, onto dips in the Gwydir and Bielsdown Rivers as well as the Reedy and Never Never Creeks. From uggies to togs, we checked out farms, showgrounds, bridges, halls, forests, hikes, a suspension bridge, a skywalk and met lovely fellow travellers. Instead of a partridge in a pear tree, there was a very noisy cockatoo! I admit, because we are scoping out new camps,
Where: Coffs Harbour to Armidale Waterfall way is a scenic drive that winds through 191 km of spectacular landscape. This route takes you from Coffs Harbour through the breathtaking tablelands of the New England region and features national parks, lush rainforests, beautiful countryside and vast, open landscape. This drive offers plenty of great opportunities to stretch your legs with natural attractions such as Dorrigo National Park, look-out points where waterfalls flow over cliff tops (Dorrigo, Ebor and Wollomombi), cafes and markets. Waterfall Way takes you from Coffs Harbour along the Pacific Highway, to Bellingen and through Dorrigo all the way
Just back from our Armidale trip, we took a road we’ve never travelled from Queensland into New South Wales. So impressed, we are sharing The Oracles Way with you. We picked up new season crisp pink ladies (a papple and a potkin) at fruit stores in Stanthorpe, visited Neville at the Information Centre for local advice and drove east (not west as I had in the our newsletter) almost straight into New South Wales. What a route it is! It has everything from a bushranger and World War II living history, to a waterfall that rivals Litchfield National Park! My
We checked out beautiful Buderim Forest Park and Buderim Falls (Sunshine Coast, Qld) this morning. I’ve always wanted to see it, as we dropped our youngest off at soccer we had an hour before the game. Off Quorn Place, there is the shorter circuit walk – with lots of steps and quite steep in places. We veered left and could hear people chattering and the water. There’s a lovely big bridge across which gives great views of the falls. If we had our togs and more time you’d wander down to the waterhole and cascades. Instead we kept in the
If you like a little thrill, visit The Blue Mountains and the Katoomba Scenic World. The world’s steepest railway is west of Sydney, in New South Wales.
We were just wowed by the Skywalk at Dorrigo National Park. Interesting to hear that planning is underway for the new Dorrigo Arc Rainforest Centre and 46 km Dorrigo Escarpment Great Walk! Artistic rendition of the draft concept for the proposed new Dorrigo Arc Rainforest Centre – Credit DPE NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Area Manager Glenn Storrie said there has been huge interest from the community in the $56.4 million project so far. “The NPWS project team and I have shared the draft project concepts at more than 20 community and stakeholder briefings over the last 4
It is perfect soup weather, isn’t it? Unless you are up north, of course. These winter warmers will have you ‘take the waters’ in an NT oasis, Qld station stay (pictured above), NSW $5 bore bath camp plus put up your tent at a famous WA waterfall campground. Vietnam Veterans Day is on August 18 – look out for services across Australia, including one at a Veteran’s Retreat you can camp at in Queensland. Meet the new owners, too. More warm fuzzies with our special Father’s Day giveaway. Not only can you win a major prize – there are 10 lucky runner up
It is encouraging to hear that the record level petrol prices won’t be stopping RV travellers and campers in Australia. Here’s a list to help you stretch the budget further, despite wallets hit harder at the petrol bowsers. 1. It’s about the journey, not the distance One way to slow down petrol spend, is to decrease your daily distances. Last year it took us eight hours to travel to our campsite, sixty minutes away. Plus it was fun! We found state forests, lookouts, historical trails as well as a pub! Yes, this may mean you’ll cover less of Australia each
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