One of my joys is travel. As a Sagittarius, I have always been on the move. I drove all over the countryside as a young adult and travelled overseas with nothing more than my backpack and a few pairs of jeans, t-shirts and jumpers. After marriage and babies, I travelled widely across Australia with my career and now that my children have grown, I love to travel again.
My husband Eric is able to join me in my current capers…vlogging for my platforms and social media, collecting history and a spot of ghost hunting when I can, or simply catching up with the sights and sounds, and the locals, in far off towns and villages. I especially love heading coastward, to the sea and its rolling green hinterland.
Last Christmas we embarked on the QEII to Tasmania and, I am pleased to say, we are doing the same trip this Christmas…only this time it is to attend a writer’s festival aboard the QEII. I can’t wait, learning and travelling…two of my favourite things.
Most recently we journeyed to the home of Australian motor racing, Bathurst NSW, and from there, wound our way through the rugged central western ranges to the goldrush towns of Sofala and Hill End. What a trip. I recorded them for you and here are the two videos: the first lapping the infamous motor racing circuit of Mt Panorama with Eric expertly narrating (he used to travel to the races as part of the pit crew for an old motorcycle racing buddy). In the second video, we head to Sofala and Hill End to meet the locals, enjoy a panoramic drive and try out hand at gold panning. I finish off at the old gold rush cemetery where tales abound of the dangers of working the gold mines. Hill End was once the fastest growing town in NSW due to the richness of the gold discoveries. Today, it’s a shell of itself with a pub and the remnants of civilisation.
Part 3 of our journey is to the Blue Mountains of NSW and the iconic and haunted Hydro Majestic. You can stay tuned for that video where I meet up with the ghost of a young boy who likes to swing from the chandeliers. In the meantime, please enjoy our Bathurst, Sofala and Hill End vlogs.