Almost everywhere you go in Parkes, you'll see an image of Elvis Presley. Even though Elvis never visited Parkes, for almost thirty years they've been holding a festival here. Held each year in January (to co-incide with his birthday), it's become a big thing for the community. "What do you think locals think of it?", … Continue reading Elvis Presley, The Paragon & The Dish
Tag: Travel
Travel is one of my all-time favourite things. From my days as a child, I loved going to visit family in Brisbane. I did my first overseas trip at 17. I love nothing more than catching a plane/train somewhere, and discovering what else the world has to offer.
After the excitement of Saturday's sight-seeing adventure, I took things a little more slowly on Sunday. Though I thought about getting up early and going for a walk, I stayed in bed until about 9.00am. As daylight saving has commenced, I didn't feel too guilty about sleeping in. Oh, and hey, I'm on holiday! After … Continue reading On The Road Again
Late at night, there aren't too many sounds you can hear from the balcony of the apartment where I'm staying in Bourke. There's the occasional car or truck going past. There's the occasional sound of some birds or crickets. Consistently, there's the sound of dogs barking. The other night on the roadside outside Bourke there … Continue reading The Big Sky
There's a two pub stereotype for many small country towns in Australia: there's the "popular pub" that everyone goes to, and there's the "less popular pub" that sometimes struggles to stay open. When I lived at Bourke, NSW in the late 1980s, there were several pubs, and most of them were pretty popular. There was … Continue reading One Pub Town
The road to get to Merlin's Lookout near Hill End, NSW is a windy, dirt road. There were moments driving up when we wondered if it was actually worth it. But when we reached the top, and we were the only ones there able to take in the very awesome 360 view, we realised it … Continue reading The views near Hill End, NSW
"When was the last time you changed a tyre?", I asked Sue as we stood on the roadside of Mitchell Highway between Orange and Wellington. We both concluded it had been a few decades, since either one of us had performed this seemingly everyday task. "Don't tyres change themselves these days?", I added. Thankfully, I … Continue reading Roadside Stop
"I remember visiting Ophir in about the year 2000", I told Sue as we made our way along the road. In modern times, Ophir was the place where gold was first discovered in Australia, and the site of the first gold field. As I recalled, small flecks of gold from Ophir was used in the … Continue reading Ophir, Milthorpe & Orange