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About Miss_Pia

Neurotic Health-care Professional who enjoys sleeping, running, reading, introspecting, pole art and exploring new things and sometimes, places!

Part 12: Hervey Bay, QLD

(8nights) Hervey Bay was our first coastal stop after getting deviated through inland Australia due to the very wet weather forecasts along the coast. Sadly, the rain wasn’t over when we got there. T needed the ocean’s saltwater, so we … Continue reading

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Part 11: Brisbane, QLD

We’ve stopped in Brisbane three times during the whole trip (Brisbane-Hervey Bay-Teebar-Brisbane-Townsville). (1night/4nights/3nights) I’ve been to Brisbane Airport a couple of times now for stopovers, but I’ve never been outside until this trip. Again, due to bad weather, instead of … Continue reading

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Part 10: Boomi, NSW

(5 Days) Why were we in Boomi? Still, we were chasing good weather and our fourth artesian bore bath / fifth mineral pool. Boomi (apparently pronounced as ‘Boo-my’, NOT ‘Boo-mee’. We just learned this on our last day of stay … Continue reading

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Part 9: Moree, NSW

(2 days/ 1 Night) We were still in the process of following the sun and mineral pools instead of the ocean. Moree is another town popular for its artesian bath. Unlike in Goodooga though, over there it’s not free to … Continue reading

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Part 8: Goodooga, NSW

(4 Days) Goodooga was only 45mins away from Lightning Ridge., The roads from LR to this place were sealed. We were intending to stay there for a minimum of one week, as Rob and Kate spoke highly of it. Though … Continue reading

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Part 7: Lightning Ridge, NSW

(3 Days) Lightning Ridge is a town with more than 100 years of opal mining history. The town proudly calls itself “The Black Opal Country”. Apparently, Australia is the world’s major producer of opal. They are found around the margins … Continue reading

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Part 6: Warrumbungle National Park, NSW

(8 Days) Been busy….. Anyway, hopefully, I can find more time to continue writing about our -possibly-once-in-a-lifetime-land-travel-around Australia journal. – Warrumbungle National Park is an area of former volcanic activity from millions of years ago. Its rocky spires, domes, and … Continue reading

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Part 5: Coonabarabran, NSW

(7Days) Coonabarabran or Coona, as people call it over there, (so much easier to pronounce) is the “Astronomy Capital of Australia” because of its very clear dark night skies. Though we weren’t really deep into astronomy, we kind of enjoyed … Continue reading

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Part 4: Barmedman, NSW

(3days) One and a half hours away from Junee is another small town called Barmedman. The town is popular for its large, said-to-be therapeutic mineral pool. Since T’s plan of swimming in the ocean every day didn’t happen, we settled … Continue reading

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Part 3: Junee, NSW

(2Days) Plans have changed. Why? T said, “I like swimming in the ocean, not swimming to go and get my groceries.” The weather wasn’t very good along the coast. Some of the places we were intending to go to were … Continue reading

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