Compiled for Westprint by Barry Ridding. The Plucky Boy’s Ride The boy from Gippsland Charles James Lenard (Lennie) Gwyther was the eldest of three sons born to Leo Tennyson Gwyther and Clara Amelia Simon[2]. He was a “plucky”[a] young lad, just like his father who was a lieutenant in the Australian Army in the Great […]
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Travel Maps
A few weeks ago Jo asked people to send in pictures of their travel maps with their favourite trips marked with highlighter or texta. The response we received was overwhelming and way too many to publish them all in our weekly newsletter. We have decided to put them all up here for others to see how adventurous some people have […]
Ceduna to Fowlers Bay Travels
Ceduna is an important township situated on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula approx 780 km from Adelaide. It is a busy sea port exporting grain, salt, mineral sand and gypsum. Aquaculture is also a major industry with pacific oyster growing a key activity, along with deep sea and tuna fishing also being important. Ceduna is […]
Our Trip North from Cobar…….or greetings from the “outer Barcoo”
Tuesday – Today we set off north with an easy drive to Cobar (380km). The day did not get off to a good start with our fridge/freezer of 10 yrs. old malfunctioning – wanting to keep freezing and I guess the thermostat has gone. I am now using a dual battery system and the gauge […]
Clancy of the Overflow
A FLIGHT OVER THE “OVERFLOW” On Thursday (10th November 2016) we did a flight, Griffith to Lake Ballyrogan ( Brewster) east of Hillston and followed the Willandra Creek out towards Ivanhoe. From there we tracked south to Booligal and back to Griffith. The Mirrool Creek did reach the Lachlan but has pretty well run out […]