ABOUT OUR SITE

Welcome to the Bailey caravan owner’s Tagalong22 website and Touring Wombats travel blog about an intrepid 17 Bailey Caravan owners in Australia who set out in August 2022 on a 26 day journey from Mudjimba on the Sunshine Coast in QLD; travelling over 1,200kms through Queensland, catching the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers and ending up in Stanthorpe QLD in September 2022.

Our trip actually begins in Melbourne where we head north on our Pre-Tagalong22 trip with another Bailey caravan on 15th July 20222 heading north of Melbourne up the Kidman Way to Longreach & Winton then through to the start of the annual Tagalong in Mudjimba, on the Sunshine Coast QLD. This part took us 44 days.

We then headed off for another 26 days with our Bailey group from Mudjimba to Stanthorpe. Following this Merrisa & Neil headed homeward from Stanthorpe to Melbourne, down the east coast of Oz over another 19 days, making 89 days (3 months) the total number of days travelled.

This website is a sub domain (mini website) of the Touring Wombats set of travel blogs run by Neil & Merrisa Alexander.

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Tagalong25

This is still in the planning stage (website being built) to begin in February 2025. We start in Echuca and then on to Ballarat, St. Leonards, Apollo Bay, Port Fairy, Mt Gambier, Naracoorte and finish in Halls Gap – 9 locations of 28 days.
The link is https://tagalong25.touringwombats.com


Tagalong24

This was the annual “Tagalong” we organised with our group of Bailey Caravan friends though New South Wales in April-May 2024. Starting in Canberra (for ANZAC Day) we then travelled to to Camden, Blackheath, Bathurst, Parkes, Dubbo, Coonamble & finishes in Lightning Ridge on Sunday 9th May 2024 (27 nights – click for route map).

We only had 12 to 13 caravan’s in our group, which made it a lot easier to manage. After the Tagalong we travelled northward with a few of our Bailey travel buddies before heading back solo to home along the east coast.
The link is https://tagalong24.touringwombats.com


Bailey Tagalong23

This trip happened in September 2023 in South Australia, beginning in Renmark then travelling to Leasingham, Melrose & Whyalla. It was then onto the Eyre Peninsula staying in Port Lincoln, Coffin Bay, Elliston and finishing up in Streaky Bay (travelled 3,219kms over 27 nights).

After the Tagalong 4 Bailey vans travelled west across the Nullabor to Western Australia, travelling for another (travelled 8,179kms over 56 nights)
The link is https://tagalong23.touringwombats.com


Up the East Coast of OZ to Far North Queensland

Leaving our Melbourne home on June 20 2020. Once the Covid19 restrictions began to lift we packed up and shot off on our next adventure. Heading along the east coast of New South Wales and into Queensland on 17th July. We were extremely lucky with our timing as the Queensland border was re-closed 3 weeks after we crossed it – phew & woohoooo!!!
The link is https://ec20.touringwombats.com


Up the middle of OZ & turn left

Our 6 month caravan adventure of Australia from March 2018 to November 2018, travelling from Melbourne to Adelaide then up the middle via Alice Springs to Darwin, then to Broome WA, down the west coast of Australia and back across the Nullarbor to Home in Melbourne. Traveling over 25,000 kms through this amazing country, meeting heaps of friendly folk and enjoying a lifetime of experiences.
The link is https://halflap.touringwombats.com


Bailey Tagalong21

Leaving our Melbourne home on April 20 2021. We joined yet another Bailey Caravan Tagalong – 28 days through NSW – the Hunter Valley, Waterfall Way and mid NSW coast with 20 other Bailey vans. At the conclusion we slipped into Southern Queensland for major repairs to our caravan ad a bit of R&R, returning home 129 days later.
The link is https://tagalong21.touringwombats.com


Bailey Tagalong20

This trip was with a group of 16 other Bailey caravans for 3 weeks in March 2020. Similar to the Tagalong19 trip we did in 2019; but this time we started in Broken Hill NSW and traveled through outback South Australia ending up in Port Fairy (Victoria). It began on 12 March 2020, but was heavily impacted by the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic to the point where it wasn’t completed as originally planned.
The link is https://tagalong20.touringwombats.com


Bailey Tagalong19 – Rivers, Mountains & Seaside

In this blog we travel through the Victorian high country with 18 other Bailey caravans for 2 weeks in March 2019. We then continue on with friends Neil & Sharon for 3 weeks to Queensland spending the last 2 weeks travelling solo down the east coast of Australia back home to Melbourne.
The link is https://tagalong19.touringwombats.com