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Title: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: Campfire on February 19, 2012, 07:48:37 PM

When traveling away to your favorite camping location the experience isn't always about getting from A to B in the shortest route or the quickest time.

One of the parts of the getting out there on the road isn't the destination but the actual journey it self.

Over the years of traveling / camping around Australia I found myself detouring to local haunts on a regular basis. Sometimes these little detours might be for photo opportunities, nice food, historical reasons, bizare / weird / funny reasons or the simple fact it might be a turn off down a track I haven't explored before.

Examples of favorite detours include:

Light houses along the Eastern Coast. When traveling South down to Vic I love to stop in at Kiama or the famous Berry Donut Stand in the Shoal Haven district South Coast.

I also have my collection of favorite free camping and fishing spots, fossicking locations and farmers who didn't mind a visit and let camp on their property while traveling through.

I find it quite amusing at the amount of oversized tourist themes in various towns which usually start with the words " the big ......" I've seen the big mozzie, big prawn, big guitar, big Dutch clogs, big prawn, big chair, big cow, big banana, big pineapple the list goes on........

Sometimes the journey is more exciting than the location.

Cheers

Campfire
Title: Re: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: 3.8v6lover on February 20, 2012, 07:54:23 PM
Whanever we go north we've always got to stop and get a coffee and a sausage roll at fredo's pie's at frederickton. 
Title: Re: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: gronk on February 20, 2012, 08:44:09 PM
Of all the times we have gone away on trips.....when there is a destination to get to .......we ( I mean me ) don't stop....except for fuel and toilet breaks ( these are the same time if possible )..

My 4 wd is like a frisky colt....just can't hold it back... !!

Maybe thats why, 15 yrs ago we went 1/2 way around Australia in 7 weeks  !!
Title: Re: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: fishfinder on February 21, 2012, 05:08:00 AM
Quote from: gronk on February 20, 2012, 08:44:09 PM
Of all the times we have gone away on trips.....when there is a destination to get to .......we ( I mean me ) don't stop....except for fuel and toilet breaks ( these are the same time if possible )..

My 4 wd is like a frisky colt....just can't hold it back... !!

Maybe thats why, 15 yrs ago we went 1/2 way around Australia in 7 weeks  !!
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Title: Re: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: GU_Thomo on February 21, 2012, 05:34:56 AM
We always stop in at Kiama for a Coffee and/or a meal when heading that way.

Cheers
Parry
Title: Re: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: HEM19X on February 21, 2012, 06:12:09 AM
When heading up the ranges, we stop at the Jacadagery C/van park - the biggest $3 Ice creams in Oz
Title: Re: Favourite stops when on the road touring
Post by: pauljygrant on February 21, 2012, 06:25:54 AM
Any time passing Bordertown, we stop off at the cafe/bakery (can't remember its name, but it has the old police station inside the new building).
paul