the Day One: Maitland Regional Gallery. I always visit when driving through. Nights 1&2: Lake Liddell Recreation Area, a wonderfully peaceful place on the edge of a big lake. I intended one night and stayed two, will go back. Missed: Muswellbrook Regional Gallery. Also see Upper Hunter Galleries. Scone Art Gallery. A gem of a surprise, free, hidden behind Scone Visitor Information, had Rembrandt etchings. Missed: Tamworth Regional Gallery. Night 3: Wooldridge Recreation and Fossicking Reserve. I didn't hire a gold pan and take my chance, but it was a lovely spot to stay for free in the bush. Armidale Art Gallery. Excellent place. Night 4: Glen Rest Tourist Park. A useful and friendly spot beside the highway. Night 5: Blue Topaz Caravan Park, near Stanthorpe, Qld. Another useful and friendly spot beside the highway. Night 6: Ipswich Showgrounds. Convenient, but extremely small sites rather like a parking lot! Nights 7-9: I left Bertha out in the cold for three nights and stayed in a nice apartment hotel near the Gabba. I visited friends John one day, and on the second Queensland Art Gallery and the Gallery of Modern Art. Night 10: I slept in the street outside a different friend John's place in Windsor . Night 11: at Robert's place in Wynnum. Nights 12-14: Pine Ridge (Retirement) Caravan Village, Runaway Bay. I went here because all the oceanside holiday parks were booked out. But nicer and cheaper. Great place! A 20-minute drive to Surfers Paradise. Friday night: Welcome dinner at a surf club, and Luka's birthday. Saturday: Millie's dancing competition. Sunday: I took a rest day at Pine Ridge. Monday: I went to watch Millie's group dance in the street, and then drove off. Night 15: Reflections Ferry Reserve, Brunswick Heads. A bit close to the highway (but an advantage if travelling) and the unpowered sites have the best position, right on the riverbank. Visited friend Anne for morning tea. Night 16: at friends Russ and Jeannette's place on Goodwood Island. Night 17: Nambucca River Tourist Park. I shredded a type just before reaching Nambucca. I had hardly drawn breath when one man stopped to help me, and straight away a truck drive stopped to help him. What nice people! I stopped in Macksville the next morning and purchased two new tyres. Night 18: Morisset Showgrounds. They said they were full although there appeared to be heaps of space, so I stopped just outside the entrance beside their dump point.
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AuthorIn mid 2018 I started recording each night I sleep in Bertha: sometimes just for myself, sometimes to share with friends and other travellers. Archives
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