Day 154: Ellendale to Broome
It was another hot, hot morning and with the orientation of the van door facing east it meant that we were sweltering the moment we awoke. With nowhere to shower or bathe and the toilet being so festy we decided that moving early was our best option. Yet it wasn’t far down the road that [...]
Day 153: Kununurra to Ellendale
Today was supposed to be an early start followed by a day trip into the Bungle Bungles (Purnululu National Park). However, it didn’t start off as planned and it certainly didn’t finish as planned. I had been keeping an eye on one of the car tyres for a few days as it seemed to have [...]
Day 152: Lake Argyle Daytrip
Like the day before, today was best spent in the comfortable confines of an air-conditioned vehicle. So, after lunch we took to the road again and headed east towards the famed Lake Argyle. It’s about a 150km round trip from Kununurra but the scenery is delightful and the lake itself is of mammoth proportions. We [...]
Day 151: Wyndham Daytrip
Today was a planned whirlwind tour of everything north of Kununurra – everything that is, that’s accessible in one day and interesting enough to keep the kids amused for a few solid hours. We had one factor on our side, the boys had been sick overnight – vomiting sick – so it kept them a [...]
Day 150: Saddle Creek to Kununurra
The clouds had rolled away overnight and the sun had returned in all its glory bathing us with its warm rays. We couldn’t pack up too early because we only had an hour’s drive to Kununurra and once we crossed the border we would have to adjust our clocks back an hour and a half. [...]
Day 149: Litchfield NP to Saddle Creek
As much as we would have loved to stay another day we are now also keen to continue moving toward home. The heat, isolation and deprivation of modern comforts (ie TV, a couch to lounge on and a garden to find solace in) are starting to take effect. So, in a whimsy we decided that [...]
Day 148: Florence Falls
We had planned to continue moving on today but with the weather being so fine and the waterholes in such close proximity it felt like a crime to leave early. However we did have to move the van in order to garner some solar power as we had parked it without taking in to consideration [...]
Day 147: Darwin to Litchfield NP
The time had come to leave the “Top-End” so we did it in style by trying to cram as much as we could into the packing up regime. At 8:30, I headed off to the shops to pick up some foam from Clark Rubber (to stop the side mirror belts from flapping against the car [...]
Day 146: Darwin Water Playground
There were no pre-cursing rains for this morning but we had made plans that weren’t going to be bothered even if it did – we were off to the movies to see The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We had been lent some CD’s of the whole CS Lewis collection to listen to in the [...]
Day 145: Darwin Waterfront
This morning was epitomised by a torrential downpour that kept us under cover until lunch time. The dust covered streets were soon turned into small creeks and the mud made a journey to the ablutions seem like an ironman challenge. Yet, as always happens in the wet season, the rain soon stopped and the humidity [...]
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Hailing from Busselton in Western Australia's luscious South West, we're a family of 6 preparing ourselves for the road trip of a lifetime - circling this great country of ours, Australia. Stay tuned as we share our stories from rebuilding the caravan to diving into crystal waters in the Kimberleys.
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Day 154: Ellendale to Broome
It was another hot, hot morning and with the orientation of the van door facing east it meant that we were sweltering the moment we awoke. With nowhere to shower or bathe and the toilet being so festy we decided that moving early was our best option. Yet it wasn’t far down the road that [...]
Day 153: Kununurra to Ellendale
Today was supposed to be an early start followed by a day trip into the Bungle Bungles (Purnululu National Park). However, it didn’t start off as planned and it certainly didn’t finish as planned. I had been keeping an eye on one of the car tyres for a few days as it seemed to have [...]
Day 152: Lake Argyle Daytrip
Like the day before, today was best spent in the comfortable confines of an air-conditioned vehicle. So, after lunch we took to the road again and headed east towards the famed Lake Argyle. It’s about a 150km round trip from Kununurra but the scenery is delightful and the lake itself is of mammoth proportions. We [...]
Day 151: Wyndham Daytrip
Today was a planned whirlwind tour of everything north of Kununurra – everything that is, that’s accessible in one day and interesting enough to keep the kids amused for a few solid hours. We had one factor on our side, the boys had been sick overnight – vomiting sick – so it kept them a [...]
Day 150: Saddle Creek to Kununurra
The clouds had rolled away overnight and the sun had returned in all its glory bathing us with its warm rays. We couldn’t pack up too early because we only had an hour’s drive to Kununurra and once we crossed the border we would have to adjust our clocks back an hour and a half. [...]
Day 149: Litchfield NP to Saddle Creek
As much as we would have loved to stay another day we are now also keen to continue moving toward home. The heat, isolation and deprivation of modern comforts (ie TV, a couch to lounge on and a garden to find solace in) are starting to take effect. So, in a whimsy we decided that [...]
