Category: Accommodation

Two nights spent at River Bend Caravan Park, near Echuca and Moama in north east Victoria, practically on the border with New South Wales. Our camp is on the Goulburn River and the Murray River is only a kilometre or two away, over the flood plain forest of redgum and what I guess is grey [...]

Well, we didn’t expect to be twenty kilometres out of town, half of the distance being over a dirt road, the Echuca Nathalia Road.
It’s Melbourne Cup weekend. That is, it’s a long weekend for those Victorians who could swing Monday off. Many families from Melbourne have lined the Murray River for four days of sunshine, [...]

We hadn’t long set up camp at River Bend Caravan Park, about twenty kilometres out of Echuca, when I could see what a love filled place it is and I couldn’t help but admire Alan who so openly declared his love for Lynne.
As I mused over the circumstances of the carving, obviously the work of [...]

On my outback trip of Spring 2007, I spent several nights in the shearer’s quarters on Pernatty Station.

The shearer’s quarters at Gum Woolshed.
Station owner, Colin French, was very generous toward me, not only with the accommodation but also with much helpful advice about finding my way around such a vast property.

Accommodation for several nights while [...]

View of the night time, Sydney skyline from our hotel window.
Over the weekend we made a trip to Sydney, staying at Rydges, Camperdown
Although not cheap by the standards of country people, Rydges Hotel Camperdown was within easy walking distance of our appointment.
From the eighth floor window of Rydges Hotel Camperdown, a view of the city [...]