Category New South Wales

It’s been a long day of driving, but some brilliant adventures. We’re currently enjoying a pub dinner in the centre of Tumut as we write in our diaries – and turns out it’s Trivia night at the pub, so we’re…

Today started with a bit of a slow morning, because the day was going to be spent just exploring what Cooma had to offer – with only a couple of specific plans in mind. At about 8:30am we started to…

Day 1 of the NSW trip is in the bag, and it was so great to be back on the road! There was a lot of excitement as we got things packed yesterday, and a lot of memories of 3…

Tonight, we’re home! Home for us is on land belonging to the Terrameragal people of the Dharug nation. So grateful for our home, and for the Dharug people for caring for it for tens of thousands of years. We continue…

And there it is: three months to the day since we farewelled Sydney, we’ve just finished up the final day of this holiday. We still do have a few things planned for the drive back home tomorrow though… Today was…

The second last day of adventures for this holiday. Today was another special day for the family, with another birthday adventure – this time it was for Daniel’s 11th birthday (which was back on day 79). After a bit of…

For the final few days of this holiday we’re staying on the lands of the Gumbaynggirr people, in the city we now know as Coffs Harbour. We pay our respects to the Gumbaynggirr people and their elders past, present and…

Today started with a visit to the Killer Whale Museum in Eden. We learnt so much about the history of whaling; but more impressively, the partnership between the orcas (killer whales) and mankind. The orcas would strategically trap blue or…

I had been wanting to start each post by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands that we visit – unfortunately, in the excitement of getting going, I completely forgot to do that in Jindabyne! I’ve gone back and edited…

Life achievement unlocked: we climbed to the highest point in Australia today! There’s only a short drive from Jindabyne into Thredbo, and thankfully at this time of year it isn’t busy at all. We got into Thredbo a bit after…