St. George
Travel Blogs from St. George, Australia
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Billy tea in the high country
... old Land Rover and we jump on the back for tea in the high country. Just past the paddocks we spot a big brownsnake (Australia's most venomous, I believe) about 10 metres from the Land Rover, then continue up faint lines in the increasingly steep hill. As ...
toowooba
The girls from the ranch had invited us to stay with them and their mum in Toowooba, a little town just west of Brisbane. So we were picked up by their Dad Bill and he kindly dropped us off there. Jenny (their Mum) was lovely. She really made us feel ...
Day 304-306 Nindigully Pub & Dirranbandi
... to the Nindigully Hotel and when we arrived we decided to un-hitch the van, secure it but not set it up fully, but drive into St. George to have a look. Just out of St. George is a winery called Riversand, QLD’s most western winery. It is the second ...
Awesome Historic Pub - Free Camp!
... the river and walked over to check out the pub. Such and old historical pub on the Moonie River 44km from St George, 2 hours from Goondiwindi. Great memorabilia inside with heaps of Acubra hats, old photos and old historical articles – great ...
Day 34 - St George
... . (as they all do). Jan is getting a bit 'museumed out' but Greg is still keen (at this stage anyway). After booking in at St George we went for a walk around town. They had a cycle way along the river which made for a nice walk. The midgies were a ...
Felt truly Australian
... a good walk was in order so we set off to the main shopping strip which was an easy walk down the road from our caravan park. St George is another country town where the land is fairly flat, in fact we haven’t seen a decent hill for yonks that is ...
Nindigully Pub
... they fill with water which they then use to 'flood' the cotton. We then went out to Nindigully Pub about 44kms SE of St George, where there is free camping at the waterhole. There is absolutely nothing here, just the pub which was established in 1864 ...
Is there a christmas this year??
Xmas Eve Checked into the Islander Hotel which seemed quite nice. It was a hotel and backpackers in one and we got to use the hotel facilities including sauna, pool, spa etc. Got our room with 2 bunk beds, fridge, TV, balcony but NO air con. We were ...
The final leg
... visible from deck and at 2:30 we were being guided by a pilot through the narrow channel in the reef that surrounds Bermuda and into St George on the northern most island. The ocean changed, as we neared the island, from a deep blue to a bright turquoise ...
Handover and maintenance
... me after that display. I got out onto the road, though, and it was mine. I started with a circuit of the back roads beyond St George, to get used to it before trying anywhere with traffic and after a couple runs around the end of the island I was feeling ...
Out to sea again
May 8th - We cast off bright and early the next morning. This was actually extremely unusual because the new voyage crew had only arrived the previous evening and had not yet done any of their seamanship or safety training, but two cruise liners were ...
St George
St George is a rural town 500 kms inland of Brisbane, situated on the Balonne River in southern Queensland . The district has a population of 3,800 people. Beautiful gardens, streetscapes and river walkways feature ...
CHARLEVILLE TO NINDIGULLY PUB
... too long, but took a few photos............... Then on to Nindigully 2.5 hrs away - it was hard work................. We stoppd at St George for a minute - groceries and bait then straight onto Nindagully Pub We set up camp for our first ever free ...
What A Feast!!!
... having a busy night}. In the morning the boys checked out the First Fleet display next to the park and yes there was some George's {ship’s crew not convicts surprisingly}. Suzanne and I packed the van up and we were back on the road at about 8.30 ...
Grenada - The Spice Island
Arrived here at 8am. The weather is hot and sunny. Have looked around the town a bit - round the Spice Market mainly. Having a great time here. Hopefully off to the beach later for my first dip in the Caribbean sea.... Will try ...
We cross the Qld border and arrive in Toowoomba
... at the border. After checking out the general store and the pub we had done Hebel and headed onto Dirranbandi for lunch and then St George. Here we visited the Emu Egg museum and listened to the artist give his spiel!! We phoned Raelene and Brett to let ...
St George stoppover
... intervals along the way so I tried a few of them out. Felt the need for exercise after driving the long straight road from Dalby. St George is known as the "Inland Fishing Capital of Qld" and apparently a lot of Yellow-Belly and Murray cod can be caught ...
Grenada - St Lucia
... . Gera naujiena, kad akies beveik neskauda. Pelieku cia savo batus ir maike. Batai jau buvo seni, apiplyse, o maike subraiziau St Vinventpo bruzgynuose Gulineju iki 11:00 ir vaziuoju i aerouosta tiesiai. Iki skrydzio dar 2 val. Bare uzsisakau arbatos, ...
Grenada Mt St Catherine 840 m
... uztenka. Nuo kalno vaziuoju tiesiai i aeruosta ir cancelinu Trinidado bilietus kad veliau pagundos nebutu. Imu bilieta rytdienai atgal i St Lucia iskur poryt turiu skrydi i Londona... Viesbutyje einu i SPA )vienas kambariukas..) ir uzsisakau sau ...
Lovely spot on the Balonne River
... something or other in town. Great coffee too. The plan today was to head as far out west as we could, so off to St George. Stopped for lunch at Lake Broadwater National Park, south of Dalby. Will remember this spot for camping as it was beautiful. The ...
To Be A Bermudian
I got to spend 5 days with KK in Bermuda. We shopped, ate out, went diving, swam in a cave, and made a few trips to Hamilton for the best Pad Thai of my life! Hurricane Wilma didn't allow me to get a fabulous tan, but the wind kept our jogging and ...
Test Cruise
Gladstone and I have wanted to go to Alaska, and we thought wouldn't it be great to cruise there. We have both been on boats through out our lives, but never on a cruise. We thought a 5 day cruise would be a good test cruise, just to make sure we liked ...
Grenada
A very, very hot day in Grenada (high 80's / high 20's). When it showers, it feels very warm and almost dries instantly to your skin (very refreshing). We did some brief shopping today (Spice Islands). Ready to head sail to Bonaire ...
Prickly things.
I might as well 'fess up, as Gary will tell the story anyway. He is standing in front of the LEAST prickly living thing in the area. No, funny enough, it's not me, and that’s because I have just received a speeding ticket. We found out at the ...
Day 2
... , bumpy bitumen roads, the shock at the amount of water sucking cotton growing irrigation systems etc. Right through to the Caravan Park in St George which was such a shocker that we drove out of it only to find there was no alternative, so back we came. ...
Nindigully to St George
... the holidays were officially over.............so that was a hard slog. We gave up on he idea of school and fishing and headed into St George - there we booked into the caravan park, it was right beside the Bolonne River - no fish in there either. ...
Grenada - land of the pissed Antipodean
... Indians, one fat South African, and myself were standing on the bow drinking rum and talking cricket. Once I got into St George, I fully comprehended just how different the Caribbean experience was about to become. Aussies everywhere, Kiwis everywhere. I ...
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