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Notes from Down Under, Chapter 5
22 Aug

Notes from Down Under, Chapter 5

Australia

Continuing travel notes from southern Australia. First order of business if you plan to camp in OZ is to buy a printed camping manual from “Make Trax” for all campgrounds, fee or free. If you don’t want to drag along […]

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Australia’s Kangaroo Island
15 Jul

Australia’s Kangaroo Island

Australia

Kangaroo Island (KI) was one goal of this trip I managed to fulfill. After R&R at Venus Bay, I headed to Port Elliot (a few miles east of Victor Harbor) showgrounds RV camp. It is close to Cape Jervis and […]

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Revisiting OZ, South Australia
25 Jun

Revisiting OZ, South Australia

Australia

South Australia is widely recognized as the driest state in Australia, which is itself the driest inhabited continent on Earth.  BUT, not in 2026. Lake Eyre, normally dry, was filled to the brim, the first time since 1974. Relentless rain […]

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Revisiting OZ, Chapter 2
14 Jun

Revisiting OZ, Chapter 2

Australia

Melbourne is a huge city, Australia’s second largest after Sydney. I stayed a couple of days which only gave me a quick taste of what Melbourne has to offer. From what I gathered, the city is more traditional than Sydney. […]

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Revisiting OZ
27 May

Revisiting OZ

Australia

I love Australia, fondly referred to as OZ . Although they speak English and have a similar history to the US (except they never ditched the King), everything else is different…plants, birds, animals, geology, topography, etc. Craig and I have […]

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Late winter in the Southwest USA
08 Feb

Late winter in the Southwest USA

Southwest USAx

If you are planning a Southwestern winter get-away camping adventure, I have a few suggestions of places to include. All have practically unlimited dispersed camping options except for Organ Pipe National Monument. We went in mid-March. From our Colorado start, […]

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Slovenia
02 Feb

Slovenia

Yugoslavia 2026

When Tito died in 1980, Slovenian dissatisfaction with the Serb-dominated government deepened. In 1987 Yugoslavia’s new de facto leader, Serbia’s Slobodan Miloševic, resolved to put an end to any talk of independence. Slovenia rebelled and in 1990, it voted to […]

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Opatija: Historic resort town
17 Jan

Opatija: Historic resort town

Yugoslavia 2026

Leaving Zagreb I snapped a couple shots of mundane parts of the city and surrounding area on our way to Opatija.   Located at the very north end of the Adriatic Sea, just south of Trieste, Italy, lies the small […]

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Zagreb, Croatia
10 Jan

Zagreb, Croatia

Yugoslavia 2026

From the bus on our way to Zagreb in the upper north part of Croatia. Zagreb is the capital and largest city in Croatia. Over a million people live in the metropolitan area, a quarter of the population in Croatia. […]

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Sarajevo
02 Jan

Sarajevo

Yugoslavia 2026

Sarajevo’s history…The short version: Ruled at various periods, first by the Roman Empire and with its fall, the area became autonomous until 1463 when the Ottomans took over. When that empire fell, the region was given to Austria/Hungary which angered […]

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