Welcome to the home of the travelling Hinchliffes. Terry and Christine live to travel, anywhere, any time.
Here are our latest posts.
- Qld, Matilda Way Winton to Blackall 2026
20 July, South of Mt Garnet – It was almost sad to leave the little caravan park at Mt Carbine. The manager was so friendly and helpful in storing our van and keeping food cold for us. We were on the road by 9am and headed south, officially the start of the long slow trip… Read more: Qld, Matilda Way Winton to Blackall 2026 - Northern Queensland and Cape York 2026
30 June- July 2, Townsville – With a need for a few replacement caravan parts, we drove from Charters Towers to Townsville. We played the watching game with the fuel levels, having decided that we had enough fuel to get there, but forgetting that the sub-tank only had 20 litres in it. When we realised,… Read more: Northern Queensland and Cape York 2026 - South West and Central Queensland 2026
15,16 June – St George – Overnight in Boomi, the number of trucks passing by increased ten fold. From the odd one, we suddenly had a near continual stream of livestock trucks, road trains loaded with baled cotton, general freighters and grain carrying B-doubles. The noise didn’t worry us, but we were concerned that they… Read more: South West and Central Queensland 2026 - North West NSW 2026
7 June – Wongarbon – We drove north around 180kms today and stopped at a little town called Wongarbon, just shy of Dubbo. Technically, we have left the Central West and are now in the North West Region of NSW. Dubbo is a big sprawling place and we have spent some time there before so… Read more: North West NSW 2026 - Central West NSW 2026
30 May to 1 June – Cowra – We planned a 200km drive east to the town of Cowra, leaving the Riverina and entering the Western NSW District. Google Maps offered three routes, and we took the shortest, but I doubt it was the best. The road surface varied from bad to terrible, mobile connection… Read more: Central West NSW 2026 - The Riverina 2026
18 May – Our flight from Christchurch went very well, with incredibly clear weather as we flew over the Alps. Mt Cook, Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier were all clearly visible, making up for the lack of visibility due to rain when we drove down the west coast. We seldom fly Jet Star but… Read more: The Riverina 2026 - South Island NZ 2026
4 May – Another early start to get somewhere to sit around and wait for some form of transport to commence. It seems like that is a big part of travel. This time it was the Cook Strait Ferry to take us from Wellington to Picton in the South Island. The ferry is a vehicular… Read more: South Island NZ 2026 - North Island NZ – Rotorua to Wellington 2026
25 April – A wonderful day’s drive today, from Pukekohe to Rotorua. We had planned to avoid Hamilton, to avoid driving over country that we would traverse on our way back to Auckland. We got tired of the motorway driving and decided to take an exit to have a break and change drivers. The town… Read more: North Island NZ – Rotorua to Wellington 2026 - NZ – Auckland and the Northlands 2026
20 April – Our flight to New Zealand was a good one. We hadn’t actually realised when we booked through Virgin that we were on an Air New Zealand flight. We were also surprised when we were allocated exit row seats with lots of leg room and even more surprised when we had full service… Read more: NZ – Auckland and the Northlands 2026 - SA to Melbourne 2026
Through SA to Geelong April 8 – We left Penong after a two day stay, the second day being almost total rain throughout. The locals are loving it; we are over it. Our route took us through Ceduna and the quarantine inspection. We had done all the right things, par-boiling veges, leaving fruit at the… Read more: SA to Melbourne 2026
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