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Nov 10, 2006 - Our second campervan & motorhome rally

Sylvia's Comments Having read our copy of The Wanderer (the magazine of the campervan club) we realised that the Nepean Nomads were holding a social event on 3-6 November at Lake Goldsmith, near Beaufort. As this was close by to where we were travelling we contacted the President, Fred Smith to ask if we could join them. We discovered him to be originally from England, having lived over here for approx 50 years or so. After a chat he said we would be more than welcome to join in the weekend with the group and gave us instructions as to how...

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Backpacking Pensioners

Oct 30, 2006 - Beaufort

So the overriding rules were the same for this campervan as the last - start after dawn and finish before dusk - because that's when the roo's and emu's are resting. And there is one thing you do not want to do while driving - hit a roo. Not that they care about the roo - they are the only country to kill and sometimes eat their national emblem, but they are concerned about the damage to the vehicle. If you've ever had a run in with a deer while you were driving, you know who wins! Thus is was only 150 km before we pulled off into another...

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Jill and Tom's 2007 travels

Sep 3, 2006 - Ballarat - Sovereign Hill

Happy Father's Day (Aussie style) to all you dads. We don't know when Mother's Day happens; Labour Day is in March, according to our travel guide, and doesn't seem to occur in all states We haven't seen any indication of a Thanksgiving. And Halloween hasn't really taken off either. We had some more breathtaking views along the Great Ocean Road, and then headed inland, about 100 km north, into Ballarat. It's time to talk politics just to give you a taste of Australian life. An amusing tidbit we've heard over the past few days on the radio...

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FARMERS DOWN UNDER 2006

Nov 18, 2004 - Ballarat - Soverign Hill 1850's town

Ballarat. An 1850's replica Gold Mining Town. $29 each for day pass but well worth it. The place is run by a not-for-profit organisation - employing some staff but there are many volunteers, dressed in period costume and interacting with visitors. We visited each store and were impressed with the level of detail employed in both the outside and inside of the buildings. The bank, the Inns, the Dressmakers...all very interesting. We also enjoyed watching the Blacksmith melt $57,000 worth of gold into a gold bar...which he almost immediately...

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Wedding bliss