Young will be our last week of golf. It known as the Cherry Capital of Australia and every year hosts the National Cherry Festival. The town is named after Sir John Young who was the governor of New South Wales from 1861 to 1867. On the way we pass through Goulbourn, home of The Big Marino. And stop at a town called Wombat -see the statue photo.

From the Hunter Valley it is a short hop down to Sydney and a stop in one of our favourite parks – the Lane Cove National Park. Whilst there, we solve a few technical issues at the Apple Store, have a lovely dinner with friends, Rory and Sheila and the family and play the Long Reef Golf Club.

One of our objectives for this trip is to play some of the Greg Norman Golf Courses that we have reciprocal playing rights with. The first one is The Vintage in the Hunter Valley. On the way we came close to quite a large bush fire but managed to get through safely.

We check in to North Haven Caravan Park for the week. We were here at the same park this time last year for the same golf tournament. We meet up with many of the friends we met last year. The golf wasn’t really anything to write home about but Bob managed a nearest the pin prize and we both came runners up in the Friday 4BBB competition. Day off this Saturday for cleaning and packing. The Vintage Golf Course in the Hunter Valley next stop.

Phil celebrated his xxxth birthday on Halloween and we had a great last night dinner at the camp kitchen.

The local wildlife was quite friendly in the Caravan Park.

We have 3 days to get to Camden Haven for the week of golf at Kew Country Club. So we head inland and south via the New England and Oxley Highways with 3 overnight stops at free camps at Toowoomba, Guyra and Apsley Falls. Apsley Falls is on our favourites list since we stayed there last year. As a matter of interest take a look at the 2 photos of the different water flows from the 2 years.

Cania Gorge is a national park in Queensland, 373 km northwest of Brisbane. The nearest town is Monto. Three Moon Creek is the name of the waterway that runs along the length of the gorge. The park’s most dominant features are the 70 m sandstone cliffs. Aboriginal rock art on the cliff walls is an indication of indigenous settlement of at least 19,000 year

There are many walking tracks to enjoy including Dripping Rock, The Overhang, Bloodwood Cave, Giant’s Chair Lookout, with views across the gorge, and Fern Tree Pool, a permanent waterhole. Another walk leads to a former gold mine.

We spend an enjoyable week with friends, Alan and Anne, from Pelican Waters. Alan brought his dinghy so most days were spent on the water catching Australian Bass, Yellowbelly and Redclaw Yabbies.

We leave after a week well stocked with fish and yabbies.

It is time to hit the road again.

First stop will be Cania Gorge in central Queensland for a spot of fresh water fishing with good friends from home. Then down to central New South Wales for a week of golf at Kew / Camden Haven – this is the same event we were at last year. A second week of golf follows at Young for their annual Cherry Festival.

Our home golf course is one that was designed by Greg Norman and this gives us some playing rights at other Greg Norman designed golf courses. We will play 2 in NSW – The Vintage in the Hunter Valley and Stonecutters Ridge in Sydney.

Our final destination will be the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. This is a perennial favourite for the Squid, Blue Swimmer Crabs, King George Whiting and Razor Fish.

Whilst in SA we will play another 2 Greg Norman courses – the Grange and the Copper Club.

We hope to be back home just before Christmas.