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No uni, no child, no duty or oncall ….. bloody hell, wasn’t quite sure what to with ourselves!!! So we decided to go wandering 🙂 First stop was a coffee at Lake Cathie, although I came to regret that decision … Continue reading →

Escape escape escape – the voices in my head kept telling me to run away. So I did what any self respecting person would – I listened!!! We wanted to test our some changes we had done to our setup, … Continue reading →

A nice day trip to just get away, with the added bonus of catching up with family for lunch A straight through run from Port Macquarie to Bellbird early led to a relaxing trip thereafter Arriving in Wollombi we spent … Continue reading →

Day 9: Loryn had a uni video conference this morning, so Ellie and I enjoyed a nice lazy morning with a bit of a sleep in 🙂 The 1.5 hour run across to Hay was completed without any concerns, noticing … Continue reading →

Day 5: We had been keeping a close eye on the weather forecast, as there was mentioned that there was a chance of rain. Well rain it did, from 0400h on, which meant a nice and wet packup of the … Continue reading →

So I came up with this plan that I’d go for a little bit of a walk along the coastline. Looking back I have no idea why I decided to do it, but hey it’s done now and I kinda … Continue reading →

I didn’t get to spend a whole lot of time with the family due to the many fires burning across Tasmania during January, however we managed to sneak away for a couple of afternoons across to Meander and Ulverstone for … Continue reading →

I’ve really been missing my 4WD since I relocated to the mainland for work in Easter. Whilst I do have access to a couple of them for work, I haven’t exactly been able to convince the boss that I need … Continue reading →

We did a number of little trip, work tasks etc throughout the year. Rather than muck around making a heap of small posts, I decided to just do a small pictorial on this post.

Again I’ve got a little secret – I was paid to do this trip too!!! 🙂 And whilst I was in a Unimog, I figured I could handle the ‘hardship’ for a day…… lol So what was there to see? … Continue reading →

One of many hidden delights in Tasmania. This place is simply stunning – the scenery is truly spectacular. At times you really feel that you are the only one out there. I can’t talk it up enough – you just … Continue reading →

Most of the photos below are from the coastal track from Lighthouse Beach around to the city with some across the river at North Shore. It’s a good 9.1 km walk/run with some great views – well worth the Sunday … Continue reading →

It was November…………… Not that I was surprised as such. I think our cook from Darwin was half excited / half scared. Thankfully he loved his time in the snow. Little known fact – the summit road was hacked out … Continue reading →

The Kattang N.R is located at Camden Head approximately 20 minutes south of Port Macquarie. Bordered by Gogley’s Lagoon, the Camden Haven Inlet and the Great Easter firebreak it is in the perfect location for some spectacular views. This is … Continue reading →

Coastal area encompassing Harrington, Crowdy Head and the Crowdy Bay N.P. Crowdy Bay N.P is a gravel road entry which can quite often have substantial pot holes – big enough to require a wheel alignment if you hit them too … Continue reading →

I traveled up to Coffs Harbour for the Anzac Day weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed myself, although I must say that I won’t be in a rush to attend the service at that location again.

Concerts, swimming, walking, relaxing, chairlift, coffee – the Gorge is well worth a visit. And even better – it’s not even 5 minutes from the Launceston city centre. I spent a few hours with the youngest 3 not too long … Continue reading →

Again few words, more pictures. I absolutely love spending time in this area during my days off. It has everything from great swimming, coffee, walks, runs, 4WDing, coastal views etc.

The fantastic coastline along the Mid North Coast of NSW attracts most people, and it really doesn’t take much imagination to work out why that is. However stepping to the west of the Pacific Highway can also throw up a … Continue reading →

I traveled over to Armidale 3 times this year for work – July, August & September. Each time it was a quick weekend trip, but I tried to spend a little time looking around. Being part of the cooler months, … Continue reading →

Another year done and dusted. Please enjoy: Here comes another year of cricket, singing, music, netball, footy, athletics, swimming, cross-country etc. Hopefully we’ll get a few trips away in amongst it all!!! Cheers Chris

I was again invited to help teach an off-road 4WD/truck course for the RAAF during late November, a course that has been a lot of fun over time. I won’t rehash how great the East Coast is, because if you’ve … Continue reading →

We held of our planned Friday afternoon departure to late Saturday morning due to the weather – it was snowing down to the 400 metre level which is fairly low for November. Eventually though we realised that it wasn’t really … Continue reading →

So I had a bugger of a week. We lost a very experienced driver in our company due to an accident, another truck driver lost his young daughter when she was hit just after getting off of a bus, and … Continue reading →

Just spent last Sunday at the V8 race at Symmons Plains, Tasmania. We are lucky in that it’s only a very short drive to the track from home. The weather wasn’t all that flash in the morning, but fortunately it … Continue reading →

With a decision to head home made, it was with some reluctance that I packed and pulled out of Perth pretty much at midnight on a Thursday night/Friday morning (EDST to make this story easier, instead of the 4 different … Continue reading →

So by now you have read the title and thought that I was back in VIC or SA – well I’m not. As out WA brethren would already know, there is a quite substantial river here also called the Murray. … Continue reading →

I shamelessly stole this idea from a mate of mine up in Brisbane. He put a post up comprised of pics to show what his 2013 was like. I absolutely loved the idea, so I’m plagiarising him 🙂 Left Tassie … Continue reading →