27th October – 20th November So, we have about four weeks to kill before we go back to Fremantle to complete our repairs. Normally that wouldn’t be a problem, we’d just pick a destination and go. But the issue with the van is that we have two bent axles, and scrubbed tires. This means, …
11th October– 27th October This was the last leg of our trip to Perth. Yup, we finally made it, and checked ourselves into Fremantle Village on 11th October. We had the usual medical and mechanical check-ups, and were keen to have a look around Perth, but we’ll get to that later. First, we had …
22nd to 25th September This post is going to be short on words, long on photos, and not a bird in sight. My headliners are just a few of Western Australia’s wild flowers. First off, a little about Lake Grace. It’s southeast of Perth and for the most part, is a system of dry …
26th September – 5th October We headed east from Lake Grace, (I know, we’re supposed to be heading west) through Lake King, another salt lake, and slightly more pink than Lake Grace, then south to Ravensthorpe. They have the wildflower show here every year, and though we knew we had missed the show, we …
20th – 22nd September Wave Rock: I think most Australians would have heard of, if not seen the iconic photos of people “surfing” the wave (I know my mam and dad did). 😊 So, we were excited to visit and “surf” the wave ourselves. Let me tell you, it’s not as easy as it …
15th – 20th September Our next stop was McDermid Rock, followed by The Breakaways. We didn’t know what to expect at McDermid Rock, other than a bush camp near a big rock, but we were looking forward to getting away from the wind and the dust and the sand blasting from Lake Ballard. We …
9th – 12th September 2023 I’ll start by saying Lake Ballard must be one of the most visited, remote, tourist sights. We were there for three nights, and there was a constant stream of day trippers and overnight campers, and for good reason. It’s a relatively short drive from Kalgoorlie (207 km) and on …
Peter’s post So, on we travelled on this epic drive and although enjoying the drive, we were looking forward to the western end of the Nullarbor. Norseman was looming but it would take us another two days to get there. Overall, we think we did pretty well, taking nine days to cross from Ceduna. …
The Treeless Plain Is the Nullarbor a Treeless Plain? In a word…Nope. However, it is a very, very…very long road. Starting at Ceduna in SA and finishing at Norseman in WA. The road across the Nullarbor Plain (the Eyre Hwy) stretches for 1,201 kilometres. Just to put this in context, and for friends and …
Our four days in Ceduna were spent running around. The hospital, shopping, washing, car and van washing and the local pub. The food was so good there, we ate at the pub twice. Ceduna seemed quite nice, (they let us buy alcohol so that was a bonus). We stayed at the Shelly Beach caravan …
