Off on a little trip with Winnie

Well here we are at our first nights stop last Thursday......decided to have a trip with our 5th wheeler Winnie as had been quite a while 

Looking back down to the FREE CAMP area in Cann River (for now free)

took a walk into Cann River 

over the river 

looking the other way and nice evening for a walk 

bit of a crazy selfie lol 

they have a pub which we did not eat or drink at, being good at the start of our trip lol 

bikes hooked up in case we want to take a ride ☺

that night I drank herbal tea and worked on a knitted sock I started way back in July.....oh dear so slow lol 

next morning off we set and Woody was very happy with his little seat ♥

I look so short sitting in the dmax 

and look I finished that sock the following night ☺☺ now to get the partner made so I can wear them 

and started a crochet sock too ☺☺

we arrived at our destination Canberra (capital of australia) lots of links here for more info we ended up finding a great Thai restaurant called Herb Thai not far from van park 

Yummy food for sure ☺

and here we are all set up for staying many nights.....unpowered as you know we have mega solar panels and lithium batterys ♥ 

only 2 other tents here....which have moved on 

looking back over to the cabins and beyond with powered sites......

Woody was very happy to be hanging out with Mis Hap 

On Saturday we headed to this place 

Loved seeing all of these Dinosaurs 

Paul getting eaten alive lol 

Apparently if you can read the above sign this Stegodon DWARFED the Mammoth amazing 

Plenty of Amethysts here ☺☺ 

Pterodactyl 

Lace monitor type next to Tassie Devil 

T-Rex roared at us lol 

back outside among the Velociraptor 

Got to love this one 

We had a lot of fun here and then went to another museum 

this one 

and I only took outside shots as was just us enjoying 

and got a pic of this cute parrot

and her 

then we visited the old parliament building

and this is the only inside pic I took as again just busy looking and walking through.

Well will be back with a few more posts of what we have seen and done xoxoxo

A quick trip away in early december

This is last day of November and we had decided to take a quick trip with our Winnie to catch up with friends we had not seen in years.......this road we were on is called Black Spur and very twisting turny....

We arrived at our first nights free camp near Rubicon called Kendalls camp and boy were the Cicadas noisy.....don't know if this link will work but...

We had a walk up along the road nearby and could look back down on our van and you can just see the drop loo building near the trees

It was a nice night so we relaxed with Woody and Miss Hap

Jack also along for the ride 

Following day we tripped around the Ovens river region and found this spot to stay for the night and I remember I use to swim here with one of my sisters and kids as they lived near by

pioneer-bridges

We parked close to the river and it is also quite close to the road which was very busy so don't think we will stay here again unless desperate lol 

On December 2nd we went to gentle-annie-caravan-and-camping-reserve/ which is a lovely little place right on the King River so cool breezes which is nice as can be bloody hot in summer lol 

Our friends Jill and Greg were also there and they have a permanent type setup but do take their van away on trips elsewhere but a great base place ☺

Having a walk across the bridge looking back at the van park 

King River quiet low but that can change in hours when heavy rain falls

Following day we had lunch out and as you can see maybe Pork is on the menu ☺

This place is Gracebrook winery

Quaint timber building 

Old cart 

Incredible old tree stump 

and here is part of the platter me and Paul shared, oh my but plenty of low carb options here ☺

Um but not low carb here.....had a little bit of bread ☺☺

We then called in at King River Brewing facebook link and sampled a couple of beers ☺♥

There is Jill and Greg ♥♥ we had a fun time hanging out with them

Jilly and I took photos so we could see what we drank lol 

Very tasty indeed 

We then called at another winery and I had a test of doing a panoramic shot ☺

They had an incredible garden here 

looking back to our parked cars and that old barrel 

Inside we bought ourselves a nice red wine or 3 ☺☺ to take with us that is....

We had a great fire that night in an old washing machine drum 

You know I love fires for warmth

Paul in the glow of the fire lol 

Greg relaxing too.....we have promised to see them again and not leave it for so long ♥♥

One of the fun signs we saw on this trip 

Not so keen on this one!!!

We then did a camp at english-s-bridge-vic very simple and quiet just near Bendigo and our plan was to visit Jason (paul's boy) and Jess the next day 

It was quite warm next day so wearing my new slimmer shorts ☺☺

Of course I took a pic of this building as you know my son has this name ♥♥

We had coffee at Jase and Jess but took no photo's and nice little visit time ♥

That night we decided to not to drive straight home but stop at another free camp near Creswick slatey-creek-picnic-area-no-7 another nice quiet spot and I did a bit of hooking and music listening 

The next morning we got the call in regards to Paul's Dad and headed straight back home to fly to NZ

Thank you for the kind messages xoxo