Allawa Motor Inn Albury
423 Olive St (cnr Hume St) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
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Sidney Via Canberra
... we had a small pitch and there were queues for the facilities. Amy is getting used to the camping life and she prepared the veg for our stir fry dinner this evening while Rog and I set up the tent. We had a walk around the interesting old town, had a beer in the local pub "Commercial Hotel “ went back for dinner, a round of cards and then bed.
Wednesday.
Our destination today is Canberra, again a very scenic route with ...
First Stop
Even with the GPS we missed a few turns in leaving Sydney. The scenery was fantastic when we entered a stretch of road that was very similar to the California Redwoods. Then it turned to more of what you would think the Australian landscape looks like. We arrived at the hotel and it was nothing like it was portrayed on the internet. We call this a "hee bee gee bee" type of place. You know the kind where you don't want any of your things to touch the floor. You ...
On our way
This is the start of our road trip from NSW to WA.
Day one- on our way!
We left Bowral, NSW, after having to go to Bunnings to get a part to attach the roof rack on! And we headed to Goulburn for lunch at a place near 'Rambo' the big merino. Lunch was a pie and the dogs were welcome to sit with us in their verandah area.
We drove a long way today and ended up at our first stop ...
EXPLORING THE MIGHTY MURRAY RIVER
... It was late morning and we set ourselves up outside the van and enjoyed the sunshine, the peace and the environment.
Barmah National Park boasts the largest River Red Gum forest in the world; these iconic trees reach up to 50 metres and can live to be 500 years old. They require periodic flooding and the recent long drought put many of them at risk- they must be happy now, well and ...
Welcome to Albury!
... us from the airport.
We took in all the sites as we made our way to their house which took around 10 minutes, quite a bit of the area reminded me of the Mississippi housing from the 1880s (think Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn).
The thing that strikes me the most is how individual the houses are, each one so different from the next. I guess when you have the land in a young Country and decide ...


