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Toowoomba reminds me of Hobart … including the weather!
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Toowoomba reminds me of Hobart … including the weather!

Posted on August 30, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

It is raining in Toowoomba tonight, and it is cold too … Not as cold as it is in Hobart right this minute though! That…

I met the Oz equivalent of the Three Stooges, and now I have a hangover!
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I met the Oz equivalent of the Three Stooges, and now I have a hangover!

Posted on August 26, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

Last night I camped at Euromanga with terrific blokes, but more about that later. Firstly I have to tell you about another nasty man who…

I should have ‘sucked it up’ and saved myself 3 days and 1300 kms!
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I should have ‘sucked it up’ and saved myself 3 days and 1300 kms!

Posted on August 23, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

I tried to save the van from a shaky ride, but I have added several days and many kms. I did revisit the Waltzing Matilda…

Been there, done that, never again …
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Been there, done that, never again …

Posted on August 22, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

Never again will I drive to Birdsville … crap road in, crap road out! Last 2 days have been marked by what can only be…

Thank goodness for my feather duster!
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Thank goodness for my feather duster!

Posted on August 20, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

I made it to Birdsville … finally … and never again! It was 288 kms of mostly gravel road, mostly in good condition, but oh…

Move on … nothing to see here!
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Move on … nothing to see here!

Posted on August 18, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

Overnight at Morven … not a lot there, but it does have hot showers at the council camping ground … good value for $5.00 a…

Subjective signs are bunkum, just like Tony Abbott
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Subjective signs are bunkum, just like Tony Abbott

Posted on August 16, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

I have come across many signs that are so subjective that it makes me angry. For example, there was a sign to the ‘Bunyip Hole’…

Thunder and lightening … hope I don’t get washed away!
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Thunder and lightening … hope I don’t get washed away!

Posted on August 12, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

Sitting in Kybong at a free campsite in a huge thunderstorm … raining ‘cats and dogs’, with the real possibility that the nearby lake will…

Whales, whales and more whales
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Whales, whales and more whales

Posted on August 10, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

Have I been having fun. Hervey Bay is a delightful place, with lots to do and see. I have been staying at the Windmill Caravan…

Wow … K’Gari Fraser Island is still beautiful
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Wow … K’Gari Fraser Island is still beautiful

Posted on August 4, 2015April 19, 2018 by Margo O'Farrell

Been quiet on the blog recently because I have been spending some time in Hervey Bay with my son James and his girlfriend Kym et…

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