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Swim, Castle, ye olde York
We started the day with a loey drive along the coastline. One of the fellow campers at last nights stay said we should see Bamburgh Castle. Now this massive castle jumps out of the landscape sea side. The former stronghold of the ancient Kingdom of Northumbria, it is an impressive structure to lay your eyes…
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Liverpool, the birth place of the Beatles
A bit like landing in London and not exploring the city, I couldn’t visit England and not come to Liverpool. I do have a family connection here via my Grandpa Langdon who was shipped off to school here from Canada. Secondly, this is where The Beatles experience is at it’s best. Now, I’m not a…
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Fiji Family Trip
When your siblings live far away from one another, time and busy lives makes it challenging to catch up. For us it has been 11 years since we have all been in the same place at the same time. We started a plan 11 months ago to have an adventure together with our parents. We…
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Eurimbula Creek Camping
11km before Agnes Water is a well signed turn to the left into Eurimbula National Park. 15km in from there on a dirt and minimally maintained road you will find a beautiful little piece of coastline at the mouth of Eurimbula Creek. Nestled in behind the dunes are some scattered campsites among some big shady…
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Baffle Creek Hipcamp
Camping at Easter, it is what we do. The challenge is always finding a spot that accommodates our large and loud family. Never mind that between us there are 6 dogs… Hipcamp is the obvious place to look because often these places are more private, allow the doggos and won’t break the bank. This year…
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Tannum Sands
After a family Christmas spent in Emerald we decided to break up the 9hr journey home with a couple nights spent at Tannum Sands. Tannum Sands is just south of Gladstone on the east coast of Queensland. It has all the usual facilities of a coastal town with grocery stores, restaurants and a surf club.…
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Tubing Cowichan River
Our last day in Canada was right in the middle of a heat wave. In all our time around water here we were yet to get in the water for a swim. My cousin Joe had mentioned to me about tubing the Cowachin River and when I asked his sister, Carolyn about it she said…
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Tofino and bears
Tofino is on the west coast of Vancouver Island on a one way in, one way out road. My family often camps there and I have never been. It was on the list for this trip. My cousin Carolyn offered to drive us and it was going to be a long day with a bear…
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Seas, skies and completely spoiled
As a rule, generally, we don’t say no when a fishing trip is offered but when a cousin offers to take you on his commercial fishing boat chasing lingcod there is no hesitation. Yes please, 100 times over even if it meant a 3am start to the day. Mother, brother, Aunty and husband all changed…
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Quads in the mountain
From base camp the extended family have all reached out to see what we are doing and offer suggestions of activities we might do together. My cousin Mel offered to take us quading in the mountains. We have spent 4 days just hanging out with the kids and it has been really nice. A chance…
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