Author Archives: Leigh

Day 19 meant we had to say goodbye to Tamworth. Another very enjoyable stopover most definitely helped along by a pub visitation, old friends and immaculate weather. But eight weeks is not such a long time to do what we … Continue reading →

Day 18 was our second day in Tamworth after a pretty long drive the previous day where we arived fairly late and didn’t have time to do too much, so today was a day for looking round and finding things … Continue reading →

So as the previous few posts have mentioned, Day 17 saw us leave the much loved snoozefest that was Coonabarabran, and head out to Tamworth. We had a slightly longer drive ahead of us, but we were well rested and … Continue reading →

Day 16 saw us arrive in Coonabarrabran. This was originally intended as a stopover between the Dubbo-to-Tamworth part of the trip, and we were looking at another guided tour of the nightsky. However, Mazzy was still thawing out from the … Continue reading →

Having seen The Dish, we now set off to Dubbo, and later that night we would be attending the stargazing session at Dubbo observatory. This was definitely one of our quicker drives, and we were in Dubbo in pretty good … Continue reading →

Having arrived at Spicer the previous day, we were a bit too late to do the Parkes observatory without rushing it, so we decided to do it the following day, and then move on to Dubbo. It was a quick … Continue reading →

Day 12 saw us leave Katoomba and the Blue Mountains. Everybody was sorry to leave, although we had walked the kids pretty hard and they were probably ready for a non-walking related bit of fun, whereas Mum And Dad took … Continue reading →

Good evening people! Week one of our trip has come to an end already, and it has been an eventful, fun filled blast. It has been a bit more work than it said on the tin, but its all been … Continue reading →

Actually, it was the road out of Kangaroo Valley, and the realisation that road signs should be observed. Especially ones that say ‘no large vehicles and caravans’! So day eight saw us leave Canberra and set off on our way … Continue reading →

Ok. So day one of our two-year trip round Oz didn’t quite go with the military precision which we are famous for, when we realised Dad’s contact lenses had been sat at OPSM all week. The intended 07:00 depart was … Continue reading →