A late summer holidays get away. We enjoyed it up here a couple of years ago, so we tried to get in again this year
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Ganguddy/Dunn’s Swamp Camping
A long weekend camping trip to Ganguddy/Dunn’s Swamp Camping with me and Liam.
Continue reading “Ganguddy/Dunn’s Swamp Camping”Nelson’s Bay Trip
A quick week away up at Port Stephens. All in one spot, so not our normal touring holiday, much to Justine and the kid’s approval. I’ll make it a single post, as not every day was that eventful.
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Bit of an unusual post, not really a holiday, just a couple of days off. The family is at home and it’s just me taking a break after working a few recent weekends.
I finished the pharmacy move here in Orange last night, so I don’t need to head back in there this morning. There is a dam south of here that I want to go to, so I’m in not in any super rush to get going this morning. Speaking of morning, like yesterday is damn fresh, with close to 0° overnight.
Continue reading “Carcoar Dam”Day 22 to 24 – The Road home
28th
I wake around 1. It seems calmer again, or is that maybe more the case that I’m getting used to it? Wake again at 3:30, we’re already inside the bay.
Up at 4:30 to beat the rush. After getting ready I go out on deck, expecting cold and windy, I get nether. It’s actually warm. Port Philip Bay is a millpond, I don’t recall ever seeing a body of water this big, this calm.
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Up and final packup. I drop Justine and the kids off at the Airport at 8:30, and head back and get myself ready and hitch up the van. I’m heading to a rest stop about 20km this side of Devonport to wait it out till the 5pm boarding. Although I might not try to make it so early this time if we’re going to be loaded last again.
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A warm morning, and the sun is out. While we’ve got about 3hrs of driving, we don’t need to arrive in Launceston till late, so while we don’t want to waste time, we’re not in an all fire hurry to leave. It’s a beautiful clear warm morning.
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What a different day, overnight was really warm, almost hot in the van and this morning is overcast.
Up and breakfast, and at about 8:45 we walk up to the centre of town. Right on 9, to the sound of a couple of marching drummers, a parade of about a dozen veterans, and a bunch of school kids walk down the main street.
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Another really cold night, but we had the heater up a little more than the previous night and I use the remote to bump it up a bit more before getting out of bed.
We’re up a little earlier to get on the road by 9.
We take the main highway that heads to Burnie. There not much along this road, but plantation forests. Closer into Burnie there’s a bit more farming and the like.
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Did I mention cold? We had the diesel heater running, albeit, on its lowest setting last night, and it was still fresh in the van. At least the floor wasn’t freezing. I would have hated to see what it would have been like had we not had it running. I think it got down to about 1 or 2° overnight.
The main thing on today’s agenda is the Dove Lake Circuit, a 6km, 2-3hr walk so it’s not like it will take all day. The buses start at 8, but we figure we’ll let the day walkers take the early buses.
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