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The Surprising Neretva River in Bosnia

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Before crossing the border from Croatia into Bosnia on our 10 Weeks in Europe 2015, we stopped for supplies in Metković. We’d driven our rental vehicle south from Split along the Croatian coastline to Ploče where we left the coast and headed toward Metković. It was an surprising landscape of water, land, crops and more …

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Townsville to Gold Coast by Caravan and WikiCamps Australia

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We arrived home from holidays and instead of moping around for weeks afterward like I usually do, I was quite excited. As you may have guessed there were travel related reasons for this behavious. We took delivery of a brand new caravan just before we went overseas and there it was, all tucked up in …

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Europe Tour Itinerary for people Travelling Europe on a Budget

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We have arrived back in Australia after ten weeks travelling Europe on a budget. Our camera cards and now that the dust has settled a little on the kaleidoscope of experiences in my mind, it’s time to share our Europe Tour Itinerary for people travelling Europe on a budget. I have linked to relevant posts …

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Alligator Creek Townsville Reflections

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About Townsville? Alligator Creek Townsville reflections is the first post under the banner of About Townsville which replaced our Tuesday in Townsville segment. Read other Townsville HERE. Best Time to Visit Townsville and Alligator Creek In summer (November to April) the weather can be stinking hot here in Townsville, especially if there has been a cyclone …

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Tuesday in Townsville Taylors Beach Road Trip and Mini Break

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Just 137km north of Townsville on the banks of Victoria Creek the small community of Taylors Beach is perfect for a boating mini-break.  Home to the week-ender, holiday and retirees’ homes, community life revolves around fishing and crabbing. On a day such as the one in the photo below, the still waters of the creek blend …

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Sumela Monastery and the last day of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip Day 8

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I had been putting off writing about the last day of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip. It could have been that our week in Lucinda had reminded me that North Queensland was a travel destination in it’s own right, prompting a flurry of Lucinda Posts with more to come 🙂 but the real reason was I did …

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Trout for Lunch at Camlihemsin

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  We chose to visit Camlihemsin an authentic workaday town instead of Ayder, the famous hiking destination further up the valley.  If we had not already viewed Kackar Mountain scenery or had more time we definitely would have visited Ayder and more of the Firtina Valley. I love this photo of our Camlihemsin Reception Committee …

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Artvin to Macka Day 7 of an Eastern Turkey Road Trip

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Before leaving Artvin we stood in the breakfast room of the Mersivan Otel looking across to the mountains and down to the now tamed Coruh River.  This was the same river we had followed through Ispir and Yusufeli at the start of our Eastern Turkey Road Trip and here we stood on Day 7 with Yusufeli …

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