We’re quite a bit behind on this bloggy thing. Too much has been going on in the last little while. Anyway, somehow we have ended up at Cactus Beach, SA.…
So after a few days of getting our bearings around Port Elliot, SA, it was time to explore the vineyards of McLaren Vale. Being prepared as always, Jayne had a…
With Port Elliot plugged into the GPS we head off from Kingston SE (it’s about 300km). We’d spent some time on planning the route to avoid the ferry at Wellington…
Kingston SE (South East) is home of the Big Lobster! There have been a couple of stops recently that claim to be the lobster pot of South Australia. While a…
Keep the water on the Left means we are currently travelling South. Catching up with some family relatives on the way meant we went via Corrimal in the Illawarra region…
Gawd. It’s been 5 years since we acquired the perfect (for us) travelling circus setup. While we have done a fair bit of travelling during that time (only about 52,000…
Far Out Brussel Sprout! So, it’s nearly the end of the financial year, EOFY, 2022/23. Once upon a time, that held some significance but now it just means half way…
It’s been far too long between my mindless meandering memos. So, in an effort to help us remember where the bloody hell we’ve been, what we’ve done & when we…
Evidently, there is certain stuff we can store in Amander Commander & some other types of stuff we can’t. This presented a bit of an issue for me & required…
It’s been a long wait MAN, but we’re not quite there yet. The guys at SLRV have been very busy trying to fit everything we asked for into our SLRV…
We loved doing the lap of Oz in our VAN, but we are just a bit excited about doing the next few in the MAN. Yes, our MAN truck has…
The time has come to sell our VanExtraordinaire… in preparation for our move to the SLRV Commander. We have had many great experiences in this caravan. Bit of shame to…
Woooosh! Last thing we remembered it was November 2016 & we’d just got back into van land after a couple of months doing “out of van” experiences. I’d just had…
We’rrrrrrrre back! It’s so good to be back in the van on the West Coast after 2 months of other stuff on the East Coast. Good news is, everything seems…
We’ve been off the road for a couple of months now. This leg was our last before we flew back East, at the end of September, for a couple of…
Featured Image: Dolpins Snacks at Monkey Mia We did the Monkey Mia “Dolphin Experience”. In the past, I’ve seen heaps of dolphins while surfing, yet it’s still intriguing to see…
Featured Image: Surf’s Up at Red Bluff! Well, it did get too cold down South so we just had to come back to Red Bluff (via a more than cold…
Rain? On our way to Geraldton it rained on us! This is totally unacceptable as we haven’t been rained on in our caravan travels since, well, almost the other side…
We’re here at Carnarvon WA for a couple of days to have the Landcruiser 80K service done. And, to have a look at the space museum. Carnarvon played a significant…
Featured Image: Checking in at Red Bluff After a false alarm for surf at Warroora (pronounced Warra) Station we changed our plan. It seems that an error in our reading…
Featured Image: Jazz II We’ve been on another boat for a day! It was a perfect warm clear day with light swell, hardly a breeze and hypnotic turquoise blue seas.…
Featured Image: Lighthouse Bommie – First West Coast Surf Did some free camping on the way south to Ningaloo via Exmouth. Some spots are busier than others. This one had…
Featured Image: Saltwater (near Old Bar) Port Hedland to Perth, Perth to Melbourne, Melbourne to Newcastle Jayne went to her board meetings as did I. One highlight was standing…
It’s hard to make some places look good… Coming from someone who loves the beach. More beach. More & more beach. The surf looked a bit dead at cemetery beach.…
Literally stuck up to our knees in mud at one point walking on the beach at low tide. It’s a long way out the back to go for a swim.…
Featured Image: Panorama Cable Beach. School Holidays & all the Broome caravan parks are absolutely packed. So what’s the chance of getting a spot in a caravan park? None &…
Back in the day… More info here Nowadays… Derby Prison Spotted this one the flight over to the Horizontal Falls. Reminds me of a certain boarding school.
Another seaplane trip and off we go to see the Horizontal Falls. You get a real good view of the mudflats of Derby on the way out & back Fly…
Featured Image: Me peering at the pier in Derby From the Australian East Coast to the West coast (Mackay, QLD to Derby, WA, via Darwin, NT) is about 4,500 kms.…
Featured Image: Roadside rest stop with big pile of rocks on the way to Warmun. We stopped at Warmun for a helicopter ride over the Bungle Bungles (means lots of…
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