Posts whilst on the tour
Byron Bay and Ballina
Off to the coast on May 7th and 8th to Byron Bay to see the lighthouse, which is still in operation and allows visitors to climb to the top. While we waited for our tour to start we were lucky enough to see dolphins swimming past, and a couple of them did some...
K’Gargi (Fraser Island) part II
We motored to Lake McKenzie for the next part of our tour. A stunning lake that it is possible to swim in, and is visited by approximately 250,000 people each year. Luckily it was fairly quiet today. Most of the BOC members went swimming in the lake. It didn't look...
K’Gargi (Fraser Island) part I
Wednesday May 1st 2019 saw many folks from the BOCA Rally travel to Fraser Island. The buses left at 06:15, and stopped after an hour and a half to let air out of their tyres so that they could travel safely over the fine sand that Fraser Island is made from. We did...
From Brisbane to Noosa
Sunday April the 28th had us driving the last leg of our journey to join the Bristol Owners' Club of Australia in Noosa. A much shorter journey than previous days, and once again we ventured up into the hills to avoid the motorways and to enjoy the scenery. Chris...
New England Highway to Brisbane
The day began with a great breakfast at seesaw in Armidale. We set off to Brisbane following Geoffrey and Hilary. On the road for over 5 hours driving to get us from Armidale to Brisbane on the quickest route on April 26th. The road was a little busier than...
Thunderbolts Highway
We travelled along the Thunderbolts Highway yesterday to get from Hunter Valley to Armidale. Thunderbolt was the name given to a Bushranger who robbed people for approximately 6 years in this area. They have even put up a bronze statue of...
Beechworth Thursday 18th April
Beechworth, approximately 170 miles north east of Melbourne was the antithesis of Melbourne, quiet and slow moving (apart from the bar across the road from the Hotel that had live music late into the evening). Established during the 1850s Goldrush and built on the...
Melbourne to Beechworth – Wednesday 17th April
Still catching up with blog... If light aircraft are not your thing then skip now! Yet another sunny day, getting out of Melbourne was slow going and oil temperature reached 80. Enroute to Beechworth from Melbourne we dropped in to Lilydale airfield on the edge of...
Melbourne 15th and 16th April
Two days in Melbourne taking in the sights, the sun continued to shine and it was more like summer than autumn. Our Hotel was centrally based on Bourke street with a tram stop just outside. The Queen Victoria Market, the largest open air market in the Southern...
Launceston to Melbourne – Sunday 14th April
Set off at 7am from Launceston to catch the Ferry from Devonport Tasmania to Melbourne. We spent as long queuing to board the ferry as we did driving the 60 miles from Launceston, this certainly tested the cooling system on the Bristol as the ambient temperature was...
Gordon River Cruise – Tasmania
Here are my memories from the cruise we took up the Gordon River. It is really hard to choose only a handful of photos to give you a good impression of the whole day.Setting sail from Strahan with the motors on full to get to Hells Gates. It doesn't look...
Cradle Mountain and Villaret Gardens on Saturday 13th April
Earlish start from Launceston Country Club this morning for the 95 mile drive to Cradle mountain. Our esteemed tour leader was also out early with a Shammie leather drying off the morning dew from 10 DPG. A Japanese tourist managed to back his 4x4 into 10 DPG...
Friday 12th – Driving from Stanley to Launceston
We hugged the northern coast as we made our east from Stanley. Stopped at Table Cape near Wynyard to take in the views around the lighthouse, Table Cape was the home of Fredrick Matthias Alexander who in the 1890's developed the "Alexander Technique", a personal tool...
Sight seeing around Stanley Thursday afternoon 9th April
Took a stroll around Stanley and then climbed up ‘ The Nut’ after lunch. The residents of Stanley take great pride in their town much of the original houses have carefully restored to maintain the character of this fishing port. Stanley, named after british prime...
Easy morning in Stanley – Thursday 11th April
Slow start to the morning, quick trip out to fill with fuel ready for drive to Launcestern tomorrow. 34.5 litres to fill up since last fill up in Strahan 182 miles ago, that’s 24mpg which in view of terrain we covered not to bad at all. Even better that super...