Category: Destination
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Book Now. Bendigo
Whilst passing through Bendigo we were lucky enough to score a parking spot for Ripley right outside one of my favourite second-hand book shops Book Now has been open since 1984 and claims a selection of over 50,000 used books. It also perfectly captures that special vibe that I seek in book shops (a little…
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Ned Kelly.
We are in Beechworth today. In the midst of ‘Kelly Country’. Perhaps no other Australian narrative has been as polarising or emotive than the life of this iconic bushranger. Not really knowing more than a bare sketchy outline of the Kelly story I visited the Ned Kelly museum and found it so compelling that I…
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Milawa: finger licking and phone swiping.
Last night we camped in the carpark of an RV friendly winery (Brown Brothers) in Milawa. Location: Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard239 Milawa-Bobinawarrah Rd, Milawa VIC. Map. It was a large flat open area that had been specifically set up for campervans & caravans. We shared it with about 7 or 8 other rigs and there…
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Laundry on the road. Literally.
New Zealand seems to be way ahead of Australia with respect to providing services and facilities for travellers (and locals) on the road. Take my dirty underpants for example. Please. We came across this 24 hr mobile laundry (pic above) on our last trip at the small NZ town of Lumsden. Usually, when travelling in…
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