A few facts about Maitland Around 80,000 people live in the Maitland City Council area. The town was established in 1820 and is about 170 km north of Sydney via the M1 Motorway and the New England Highway. It’s in the middle of the “Hunter Valley”. Maitland is around 2 hours drive from the centre … Continue reading Maitland – Snapshots of NSW
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Broken Hill Road Trip Part 2
This is the second post about my road trip to Broken Hill and covers part of the trek back east. For much of the time as we drove through the Aussie Outback, I had the song by James Blundell and James Reyne looping through my head. "way out west where the rain don't fall, working … Continue reading Broken Hill Road Trip Part 2