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Camo, Drea and our dog Banksi. Traveling Australia in our 1966 GMC 4x4 pickup truck &
1975 viscount supreme

15/08/2026

Camped alongside the river at Narandra.

09/08/2026

Canberra things photo dump. (long overdue catch up!)

1. 1953 FJ Holden sedan at the National Museum. Holdens were Australia's very own car brand that was a part of General Motors. Affectionately nicknamed the 'baby chev' of Australia.

2. Also at the museumn this rare complete preserved (aside from it's pelt) wet specimen of a Thylacine aka the Tasmanian Tiger. This now extinct 'marsupial wolf' once roamed all Australia as an apex predator until the arrival of the dingo but a population remained on the island state of Tasmania until white colonists hunted it into extinction. The last known thylacine died in captivity in 1936.

3. Thylacine paw specimen. Note the 5 toes which is common on marsupial forelegs.

4. Silver Princess Eucalyptus in flower growing in Canberra.

5. Some parrots at the showgrounds where we were camping. Some kind of grass parrot/red rumped parrot type species? They were everywhere!

6. Lots of rainy days in Canberra but we did see this lovely rainbow.

7. Photo of the map at Mulligans flat. Thought it would be a chill walk. Nice couple in the car park told us they saw a quoll near the 'quoll gate' so went that way. Turns out the place is HUGE so the sun set before we got there. May have seen a quoll though but it was dark so I can't be sure 🤣

10/07/2026

While we were in Canberra we came across this street art when we nipped into Braddon to grab a burger. We were camped all the way out at the Epic showgrounds and were very amused to discover the campgrounds overlook the burnout pit and stands where Summernats is held. Which explained all the random tyre marks throughout the showgrounds.

02/07/2026

Belanglo State Forest surprised us, in a good way. 🖤

Yellow-tailed black cockatoos with that haunting, wailing call I can't get enough of. Crimson rosellas hanging out in gangs. Mushrooms everywhere (didn't eat any, still learning). Plenty of evidence of wombats, just didn't spot any.

And then we got parked in. Classic.

Fun fact: yellow-tails are the longest cockatoo species, only pipped on bulk by the palm cockatoo

22/06/2026

It was a magical experience to be in the presence of so many yellow-tailed black cockatoos at Belanglo Forest. We'd never seen so many in one place. The air was filled with their cries and the click of beaks gnawing on pinecones, punctuated by the odd loud thump whenever a cone dropped 100 metres to the ground. Chewed pine cone pieces were strewn everywhere.

With so many cockatoos around, I was hoping to get lucky and find a tail feather or two. Surprisingly, all I found were gang-gang cockatoo feather, we didn't see a single one of those birds the whole time. We did get plenty of flashes of red though, courtesy of the crimson rosellas. I swear we don't see groups of rosellas like this back in Queensland.

15/06/2026

We have a talent for ending up in serial killer hotspots. Last time we stumbled into Snowtown and browsed the antique store next to that bank, completely oblivious. This time we went to Belanglo Forest deliberately, figured the history might keep the crowds away. We were very wrong.

Unbeknownst to us it was peak mushroom season, and by Friday night we'd been completely inundated by Sydneysiders who'd descended on the forest to forage. And look, they were lovely people, but they had absolutely zero concept of camping etiquette. We're talking cars parked so close to the van you could barely squeeze between. Someone pulled up their car right next to our campfire while we were sitting around it. A full mushroom cooking party marquee was setup on the other side. More and more people kept arriving until we were boxed in on every single side, despite there being heaps of room in the campground around us.

Banksi, absolute traitor that she is, just wanted to schmooze everyone, trotting over all cute so they'd pat her, which they did gleefully. So it was hard to stay grumpy, yet. Because there was no escape, even inside the van. The noise, the people, the chaos, I was getting completely overstimulated.

We ducked into town for a bit, and came back to find someone had parked directly in front of the caravan hitch. Where the truck had been. Insane work. That was the final straw.

Thankfully we caught them before they disappeared back into the forest, leaving us trapped inside their car fortress. Cam very politely asked them to move. Their response: "Oh cool, I can take your spot now!" Yeah. Great. All yours mate.

After a quick chat with a ranger who pointed us to a clearing deeper in the forest, we got the hell out. As we rolled away, some nearby caravanners nearby gave us that look, the slow knowing nod of people who watched the whole thing unfold and understood completely.

Some people leave the city and somehow bring it with them. Can't relate. 🤷‍♀️

12/06/2026

Was feeling a bit stared down while driving. Please tell me they are a couple of those fancy horse lamps.

11/06/2026

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is this is actually someone's house above Wentworth falls in the Blue Mountains? I'm a bit jealous.

03/06/2026

Katoomba Falls & Scenic World

Glad that the locals insisted we do scenic world to ride the world's steepest railway down into the valley. Thought it was a bit steep (pun not intended) for a $64pp ticket but being told were pretty well guaranteed to see a lyrebird down the bottom in the rainforest walk helped sweeten the deal. We saw not one but two lyrebirds! And of course finding out there was a cablecar AND skyrail giving views on views on views. So definitely felt worth the cost.

Sadly no view of the three sisters as it was shrouded in cloud, but the tradeoff was the ✨️atmosphere✨️. The mountain mists were stunning.

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