Pooncarie

Blog #7 – Pooncarie – Days 33 to 38 of 180 Pooncarie, which today is a tiny town on the Darling River, was known in the late 19th century as ‘The Port’. At the time it was a vital staging place for the river steamers which began plying the Darling River in 1858 en route for Menindee and Wilcannia. Today there is little more than…

Mungo NP

Mungo NP – Days 30 to 32 of 180 Although sad to leave Bottle Bend it was off to a new adventure to see the sights at Mungo NP.  I had read so much about this place before we arrived there but nothing had prepared us for the road in.  The first 20 klm from Buronga to Mungo had lulled me into a false…

Farewell to Bottle Bend

Bottle Bend – Days 19 to 29 of 180 – the wait is over Not planned for but we have extended our stay at Bottle Bend as we have struggled to get booked into the places we want to travel too.  No biggie as this place is quite pleasant with not much happening.  Gives me more days to sit and plan our trip much…

Bottle Bend

Blog #4 The Hiatus – Days 10 to 18 After leaving Lake Crosbie we had a need to sort out the solar issues that Greg was experiencing as we had serious concerns that his new 200ah Lithium battery would fail if we could not get power into it.  Drove into Ouyen and started ringing auto electricians within a 100 klm radius but had no…

Lake Crosbie (Pink Lake)

              We left Lake Boga and its very noisy caravan park with a change in plans due to the weather in NSW.  Mungo NP was closed until the roads dried out so I decided to take Greg & I across to Lake Crosbie in the Murray-Sunset NP in the NW of Victoria.               This is a lovely part of Victoria which is accessible by…

Home To Lake Boga

Lake Boga – Days 1 to 4 of 180 Well, we are finally under way.  Unfortunately, it was raining but that couldn’t dampen our enthusiasm to be finally started.  The trip today was 360 klms with rain showers all the way.  One benefit was that it was a cool day for driving so no stress on the vehicles.  My average fuel consumption was 16.5…

The Journey Begins……..

My cousin Greg & I have been working on the trip planning for nearly two years now. Originally I was going to do the journey solo when I purchased my Drifta Offroad Trailer (DOT358). Sadly these are no longer manufactured but the Drifta business is still going strong. I personally believe they were the best built camper trailer in Australia and this one was…