Category Archives: 2012

I’ll let the pictures tell the story, but in short I had a very enjoyable 2 weeks doing what I love most. And doing it in Tassie with the fantastic scenery is just icing on the cake!!! Edit – the … Continue reading →

The moons aligned and Michelle and I both had a day together. We’ve had a rough trot of late losing our little puppy a few days ago so it was a good opportunity to get the family out of the … Continue reading →

I got an invitation from Ian (GU4500 – Overlander forum) to join him just south of Osterley to get some firewood. As he was spending a few night down there with his family it was to be a day run … Continue reading →

The weather report was for snow down to 400 metres. When we said goodbye to the kids (they were going to school), the hills were all covered so the itch got a tad too big for me. If you contemplate … Continue reading →

A late decision was made to do a run up the hill this morning, with no other plan but to drive in that direction. I made my way across to Meander where I picked up the father in law, and … Continue reading →

I was getting bored again and Mitch had to help her sister out, so I decided to pack the kids up and go for a wander. I tried to stick to areas we haven’t been before, but inevitably we travelled … Continue reading →

Well I lasted 4 days before I headed up the hill. Was a Sunday morning and the itch got too much for me. In short I took the father in-law and the 2 eldest up with me, and we took … Continue reading →

Well the day of the big trip came around quicker than expected as per normal – you always plan at a date then there’s the 20 million jobs left at the last minute 🙂 We departed Townsville and headed south. … Continue reading →

We had a choice of destinations for this years ANZAC Day commemorations and decided that Winton would be a good location – far enough away to be worth the trip. We departed the day before and arrived at approximately midday, … Continue reading →

We managed to slip away just before lunch today. In short we needed a break from home and the short plan was to just head north and have some lunch. In the past we’ve been able to visit some great … Continue reading →

Well I had the opportunity to go with work out to Chillagoe for a few days. We were doing a heavy rigid truck course with trailer and this was to be the final week basically. Having not visited the place … Continue reading →

We were lucky to be invited to join the Far North Queensland (FNQ) members of MySwag (www.myswag.org) on a trip to Cowley Beach. For those that aren’t aware, MySwag is a forum dedicated to camper trailers which has invaluable information … Continue reading →

With work pretty much upon me for another year, I wanted to get out for a day trip to just enjoy ourselves for a few hours. I had worked out that a run up west of Innisfail (far north QLD) … Continue reading →