Caliope River
Caliope River Rest Area is located about 25km south west of Gladstone on the Caliope River just off the Bruce Highway. I first stopped here during a Gayndah picking break several years ago and I was impressed by its ambience. It is a fairly popular camp spot but there is usually plenty of space for […]
Gympie
Gympie is a well serviced town on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane handy to Fraser Island, Rainbow Beach and the Mary River Valley. It is the home of the famous ‘Gympie Muster’ Country & Western Music Festival. Gympie was a common stop for me during the Gayndah fruit picking season as it would break […]
Empire Vale
I set out on Thursday 25th June 2020 from my long-term lodgings Empire Vale near Ballina NSW. My post-retirement drive around Australia has been code named ‘The Bus 2020’. My original post-retirement plan was to go to Asia for an extended holiday but Covid-19 forced a change of plan. The immediate plan was to escape […]