The Silos in Portland are officially named "The Foundations". Painted in 2018 by Artist, Guido Van Helten, the portraits are of men and woman that worked at the old cement works and are still living in Portland today. WHERE IS IT? The small township of Portland is located 25 minutes north west of Lithgow in NSW. Click here to open map in Google Maps SILO ART
Just near Coorongooba Campground is the old Glen Davis Shale Oil Works that was in operation from 1940-1952. Guided tours are available on Saturday afternoons. If like us you are there outside of that time you can wander and look from afar... there are a few ruins including the bath house that you can get a closer look at! WHERE IS IT? Click here to open map in Google Maps THE RUINS
You will find APSLEY FALLS a short 20 minutes to the east of Walcha in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in New South Wales. Click on map to open in Google Maps There are a few different walking trails you can take to view the falls and gorge and most are short and suitable for all levels of fitness. There is a nice bush campground at Apsley Falls. At the time we visited it was the Easter school holidays and was full so we were unable to stay. [Read more...]
THE WATERFALL WAY Spectacular scenery, stunning waterfalls and lush rainforest walks make up the 185km stretch of road from Armidale to the coast. The Waterfall Way joins the Pacific Highway just near Urunga, 20km south of Coffs Harbour. As part of a recent 10 day road trip, we made our way along the Waterfall Way and based ourselves at Ebor for a couple of days so we could chase some waterfalls! THE FALLS On this trip, we explored the falls and walks around the Ebor and Dorrigo [Read more...]
ZENITH BEACH - WRECK BEACH - BOX BEACH Tomaree National Park is located in the Port Stephens region and has some beautiful bush and coastal walking trails to explore. This section of Tomaree Coastal Walk is around 6kms return. We started our walk from the Zenith Beach car park in Shoal Bay and made our way to Wreck Beach and then onto Box Beach. Click on map to open in Google Maps The track is graded medium and is generally a well formed gravel track but does have some uphill [Read more...]
