On the road

Preparing for Christmas, attending Christmas functions at work and spending time with friends and family over the Christmas break didn’t leave much room for blogging. As soon as the computer came out my Mum hit me with questions about her computer, using picasa and organising all her holidays photos which she somehow managed to download in the lowest possible resolution from her camera (if she is able to get 6 x 4 prints done I’ll be surprised) so I gave up even trying to get online.

Anyway, I digress. The first step to our Christmas holiday this year was packing up the car and driving between six and seven hours south to reach the homes of our parents, luckily my husband’s Mum and my parents only live about 30 minutes apart. The road trip is not something I necessarily enjoy, but I’m getting better at it especially if it means an opportunity to see something different. Intermittent road works mean that route has changed slightly since I last drove south, leaving home at 4.30am also resulted in us seeing the sun rise over the hills, slowly burning away all the mist which covered the countryside. Rather than get my DSLR out of the back of the car to take photos along our journey I used my iPhone and when boredom kicked in instagram become my travel friend.

This is our journey in pictures from the sunny Gold Coast in Queensland to the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales.

Dogs at the start of the road trip — At the start of the trip

Sunrise and mist — Rural Australia in the early hours of the morning

Dog's head outside window of car — A dog’s favourite spot in the car

Bundy the dog — Bundy enjoying the warmth of the sun

Bundy and view from car — Mmmm…when do we stop for breakfast Mum?

Dog Maxi napping — Maxi napping, not sure how this is even comfortable

Traffic jam on the highway — 20km traffic jam on the highway heading north but we’re almost at our destination

ride on lawn mower in the country — Our destination in rural New South Wales

themisadventuresofmisaki December 29, 2012 / 11:48 pm

Beautiful photos!

- twoblackdoggies December 30, 2012 / 8:01 am
  
  Thank you 🙂
  
Emily @ Adventures of a Dog Mom December 30, 2012 / 12:23 am

Great photos! Thanks for sharing them!

- twoblackdoggies December 30, 2012 / 8:01 am
  
  Thank you and you’re welcome 🙂
  
restlessjo December 30, 2012 / 8:07 am

Such appealing fellows, your dogs. Happy New Year to you all xxx

- twoblackdoggies December 30, 2012 / 10:09 am
  
  They are extremely lovable and very spoilt 🙂 Happy New Year to you too!
  
Debra Kolkka December 30, 2012 / 8:26 am

I hope you are having a great holiday….gorgeous dog.

- twoblackdoggies December 30, 2012 / 10:10 am
  
  Thank you, we’re having a great time and the dogs just love being out in the country.
  
Debra Kolkka December 30, 2012 / 8:27 am

Make that dogs.

megtraveling December 31, 2012 / 3:43 am

Your dogs are so well-behaved in the car – and they’re both so cute 🙂 I hope you have a Happy New Year!

- twoblackdoggies January 2, 2013 / 7:38 am
  
  Thanks, we got lucky with those two, they sleep most of the time in the car.
  
Fabulous Fur Friends January 1, 2013 / 4:19 pm

Happy New Year to all of you. Great pics, as always – Maxi and Bundy look like they’re having a great time in the car – hope they got some breakfast! Enjoy your rural holiday.