Category: Travel

BREWERY AND BUS HOPPING ON THE SUNNY COAST

12 November, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 2 categories

Every year for the last few years, we have an amazing friend who organises a bus tour. We’ve been to wineries, distilleries and breweries. This year, it was a mystery tour, and we didn’t know the locations until the bus turned up at them. Which made it even harder to

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SPIRITED DELIGHTS: A WEEKEND OF FAMILY, FUN AND RUM

19 August, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 2 categories

Last weekend we had family visiting from Canberra. Last time they were here, we showed them the sights of Maryborough and Hervey Bay. This time we headed to Bundaberg QLD. Bundaberg offers a unique blend of experiences from tasting exquisite spirits and ciders to exploring iconic distilleries and scenic coastal

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FREEDOM, FIRE AND FANCY FOOD

2 July, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 3 categories

This weekend, we headed to the Sunshine Coast. Our son is off to the ADF, and we are attending his farewell ceremony on Monday. We’ve been renovating and working non-stop so thought this would be a great opportunity to get away with Besty and Milton. Camp site Our first stop

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RELISHING THE TASTES AND DELIGHTS OF THE FRASER COAST

4 June, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 2 categories

This weekend we stayed in our own town and attended the annual Relish Food and Wine Festival. Anyone that knows us, knows that Wine and Food are 2 of our favourite things so this day is something we attend most years. The festival is held in the Portside Precinct and

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WE WENT DAM CRAZY

16 April, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 3 categories

We headed west of Childers this weekend with some friends and spent 2 nights at Dam Crazy. This little gem is 625 acres of peaceful bliss. With only a limited number of campsites, we had plenty of space to ourselves. The 400 megalitre dam was absolutely gorgeous. We swam, we

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TO BRISBANE WE GO

19 February, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 2 categories

This weekend was all about Betsy and Milton and family. We hit the road on Friday afternoon. After a flat battery in the work car held us up a bit. We headed to Elimbah to stay at my brother’s house; well, to camp out on his front lawn! Saturday was

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INTRODUCING THE TRAVELLING FAMILY

28 January, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 2 categories

We’d like you to meet our travelling family! Betsy Betsy is our BT50. Brett was the one that had more of an idea of what car we needed for towing and did plenty of research. We narrowed it down to an Isuzu DMax, a BT50 or a Ford Ranger and

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BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR

22 January, 2023 Kirsty Patterson 3 categories

To start our Prep Year before our Gap Year, we took Milton out to Riley’s Run so we could wake up on the 1st of January and start 2023 in our van. As beautiful as you think Riley’s Run is, it is at a friend’s property, so unfortunately, you won’t

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