Awaydays Blog Post 21: On the Road Again

We're overnighting in Coonabarabran after leaving Pittsworth. 531 km in 6 hours of driving.

Food for truckers (and others)

We're sharing the road. This photo was taken in the same place as the last photo in this blog post, but heading in the opposite direction.

The Kaputar ranges from a distance - and on the move.

Awaydays Blog Post 20: This Wheel's on Fire

Completely fortuitous. The first sound you can hear is thousands of frogs.

Awaydays Blog Post 19: Sky's on Fire

This week we have had some pretty impressive clouds and sunsets, but no weather. That'll probably change as soon as I attempt a 1000km drive.

Awaydays Blog Post 18: Acting with Reserve

In the 1970s Susan's father started campaigning to have a parcel of undeveloped land on his farm listed as a nature reserve. Yesterday we took him to see what it has become.

John did the cross country wheelchair pushing, Roz drove the Taxi, Susan and Kathy were dutiful daughters, and I did the sweating.

Awaydays Blog Post 17: Deafened by Frogs

Whilst visiting Susan's father we're staying in a motel on the edge of town near the highway. Next to the motel is a catchment pond for rainwater. It's full of frogs to the extent that after dark you can't hear yourself think. So far we've seen 4 species and heard 3 more.

Here are two of them:

Spotted Marsh Frog

Peron's Tree Frog (Emerald Spotted Frog) 

Awaydays Blog Post 16: Filthy Clouds

We arrived in Pittsworth this evening, and the sky was looking filthy. In the end we got some rain, but others got a whole lot more.