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Stopped for a While - has stories from the odd, the quirky, and just downright funny visitors to The Peaceful Place, on the Fraser Coast. Travellers, by the nature of the name, travel.
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- Sep 16, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Stopped for a While | Blue & Jenny: Breaking In a New Van Before the Big Tassie Trip (opens the original)
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New van, three months in, and already learning the hard way. Blue and Jenny from Rockhampton stop in to swap stories about off-grid mishaps, a flooded campsite from decades back, thieving goannas, and the slow-travel Tassie trip they're counting down to. Pull up a chair.
Stopped for a While | 50,000 Ks, No Schedule and a Wrong-Side Sunrise (opens the original)
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Wayne, Vikki and Astro pull up at the Peaceful Place and share their full-time travelling story. Wayne retired at 59, bought a caravan, and—with Vikki as chief itinerary planner—set off to explore Australia at their own pace. In this episode, we talk about their 50,000 kilometres on the road, the Nullarbor, Kalgoorlie, Fremantle, Margaret River, a memorable run of wild weather, and the strange experience of watching the sun rise on the “wrong” side of the country. It’s a relaxed yarn about retir
Stopped for a While | The Painter Who Traded Retirement for a Ute, a Van and a Dog Named Ned (opens the original)
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Mark swapped 30 years on the railways for a paintbrush, a Jayco, and his big dog Ned. He's not waiting for retirement — he's out chasing sunsets and painting the Aussie bush, red dirt and all. No timeframe, no plan, just the road. This one's got tomcats, lost licences, and the kind of yarns that only happen when you stop for a while.
Stopped for a While | Bryan and Cath “If not now, when Tour” (opens the original)
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Welcome back to Stopped for a While, the podcast about the travelers who roll into the Peaceful Place on the Fraser Coast, just north of Hervey Bay, and the stories they bring with them. This episode, Barry sits down with Bryan and Cath — grey nomads currently living out their "If Not Now, When?" tour after 30+ years in South Australia. They share how they first crossed paths at 15 and 16 in high school, lost touch, and reconnected years later in a Darwin pub. From a 14-foot caravan with two kid
Stopped for a While | Off the Rails Onto Fishing, Cliff's Story (opens the original)
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Episode 18 of Stopped for a While pulls into Serenity Caravan Park on the Fraser Coast, where host Barry sits down with Cliff — a former Queensland Rail linesman whose 32-year career ended after a serious on-the-job back injury. Cliff shares his journey from working the tracks around Brisbane to rebuilding his life on a disability pension, all while staying close to family (helping out at his son-in-law's air conditioning business) and returning to the beaches near Tugun that he's visited since
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