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12 Oct 2015

Junee Licorice & Chocolate Factory

posted in: New South Wales |

A flashback from April! We spent a couple of nights in Junee to visit the Junee Licorice & Chocolate Factory and the Junee Roundhouse Museum. It seemed like all the other travellers only spent one night. They’d arrive midday and visit both of these places that afternoon, then they were off in the morning. The ease of travelling without kids! Visiting both attractions the same day would have been too much for us, especially with a toddler. We chose to … Read More

10 Oct 2015

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station

posted in: Northern Territory |

When you are in Tennant Creek you can visit the information centre for a key to tour the old telegraph station north of town. Our caravan park also had a key, so we borrowed it for a look. You can tour the station without a key but you won’t be able to get into all the buildings. So much history here, I’m so glad we stopped in during our stay. The history behind the telegraph line is fascinating. They built … Read More

10 Oct 2015

The Pebbles Near Tennant Creek

posted in: Northern Territory |

We spent several nights in Tennant Creek, we needed to catch up on laundry and just stay put for a couple of days. While we were there we visited the Pebbles, the aboriginal name is Kunjarra. There’s about six kilometres of unsealed road on the way there. Look how red the dirt is! There’s a path winding through the Pebbles, and due to the sacredness of the site you are supposed to stay on the trail and not climb the … Read More

10 Oct 2015

Welcome to the Northern Territory!

posted in: Life in a Caravan, Northern Territory |

Since leaving the coast we’ve had many long drives with not much in between. That means road trains are more common, and some of them are huge! The terrain has been unchanging for the most part. Flat, very flat. On our last night in Queensland was spent in Cloncurry. We had intended to go to the John Flynn museum but heard it was expensive, so we decided to save it for a Royal Flying Doctor Service museum later in our … Read More