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Submarine in a rural park? You would hardly expect to find a submarine submerged in a rural Australian Park. Yet in the southern New South Wales town of Holbrook, the HMAS Otway has become the town’s biggest tourist attraction. During the late 1980’s many towns on the highway between Sydney and Melbourne were bypassed to…
The Dog on the Tuckerbox – Gundagai “And the dog sat on the tuckerbox, nine miles from Gundagai”, according to a popular Australian folk song. Well, actually the tourist attraction at Snake Gully is a little over 4 miles or 7 kilometres from Gundagai. Then Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons unveiled the bronze cast statue in…
Braidwood- a little piece of rural history The heritage listed town of Braidwood, in the NSW Southern Tablelands is a regular stop whenever we travel to Canberra or further west. Heritage Georgian buildings line the wide streetscape. From bushrangers to movie stars, the graceful old buildings have many stories to tell of Australia’s colonial heritage….
There’s nothing as quintessentially Australian than an Aussie pub. The recreated Ettamogah Pub at Table Top successfully encapsulates the ramshackle bush pubs of Aussie folk-lore. Driving along the Hume Highway from Sydney to Melbourne, it would be easy to miss this quirky Aussie pub just 16 kilometres north of Albury. We certainly enjoyed a stop…
Explore rural Australia with a Sydney to Melbourne inland drive. Melbourne is only an hour and a half flight or a nine hour drive down the Hume Freeway from Sydney. The highway was once little more than an unformed track between the two cities. Drovers and bullocky’s made the often treacherous journey to carry supplies…
Local tips for planning a Sydney to Melbourne road trip. The Sydney to Melbourne flight path is one of the busiest in the world, connecting Australia’s two largest cities in a little over an hour and a half. By road, the Hume Freeway now connects the two cities in a little under nine hours. Yet…
Bypassed towns along the Hume Highway You would probably expect to find a giant sheep or Ned Kelly statue on the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne. But did you know there is also a submarine submerged in a rural Australian park? These are just some of the unique attractions rural towns have devised to…
it is very easy to become complacent about the picturesque paradise in which we live. It is no surprise that so many people choose to holiday in Narooma.
A little glimpse of the uncrowded and unspoilt beaches we enjoy in Dalmeny on the NSW South Coast of Australia
A glorious spring morning on the water off Montague Island Narooma turned into an exciting wildlife spotting expedition. Whales, seals, dolphins and an abundance of bird life came out to make this one of our most memorable fishing trips.