Casino to the Gold Coast via Nimbin

6th March, 2019 Various birdsong brought us to our senses this morning. The house in Casino where we have spent the night is on acreage and rural. I sit up and notice the family golden retriever has moved to the rug on Bill's side of the bed through the night. When we retired the night …

From Coffs Harbour to Casino via Grafton

5th March, 2019 After checking out of our Coffs Harbour accommodation, Bill and I headed up the road to Grafton, NSW, taking the inland route that you may be able to see marked in red on the below map. For the benefit of my overseas followers, the yellow line marks the border between New South …

Getting Back in the Saddle

I haven't posted a blog in a long, long while. I have, to use the Australian vernacular, "been flat out like a lizard drinking".December flashed by in a round of parties and get-togethers. As a retiree with theoretically more free time on my hands, they seemed even more frequent and frenetic than when I had …