Month: April 2018

I love to hear families having fun together, playing with their children and having a great holiday … but not when it’s into the wee hours! And that, unfortunately, is something that can happen quite unexpectedly – in this case a last-minute booking of two families into the YHA. I wasn’t the only person at …

Continue reading “Walpole to Augusta, WA’s most south-westerly town”

I find I am constantly modifying the way I’m travelling.  After lugging bags, food and esky up a flight of stairs to accommodation, it gets rather tedious, not to mention heavy.  Time to de-clutter I think! Last night I spent a lot of time booking accommodation for the next few days of my trip and …

Continue reading “Facing old Fears”

Anzac Day has a special meaning here in Albany Western Australia, because  on November 1, 1914, 30,000 young Australians and New Zealanders departed from here for Egypt and the battlefields of the Great War. They had never heard of Gallipoli or the Somme and it is tragic to think they had no idea where they …

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I stopped on the side of the highway to Esperance mid morning and made myself a cup of coffee (good old thermos) as there was a distinct lack of cafes on this part of the trip.  The scenery however, was rather breathtaking.  Quite suddenly one encounters over the crest of a hill, a salt lake …

Continue reading “Norseman to Esperance”

Oh dear … I made a big blunder when leaving Cocklebiddy and ended up driving half way back to Madura! What happened? Well, I misread the sign coming out of the roadhouse, and unfortunately didn’t ‘click’ until I was half way to Madura.  I know, I know – the sun was on the wrong side …

Continue reading “Cocklebiddy to Norseman”

  I left the Nullarbor Roadhouse about 8.00 in the morning – and there was already some warmth in the desert sun – to drive to Cocklebiddy. Got to the WA border where they are very strict about checking the vehicles for bringing in unwanted products that could introduce or spread disease.  Saw the guy …

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This was a really interesting trip.  Left Ceduna about 8.30am and for the first time, went off road 32k to Fowler’s Jetty, a pretty little coastal town where I had an excellent cappuccino! The gravel road wasn’t too bad and Bluebird traversed it very well.  I didn’t see any other vehicles going in my direction …

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Lots more traffic on the road but good news – the weather is warming up!  Quite a long drive up to Port Pirie which is fairly small, but quite pretty – though signs of hardship evident in some business closures. Loved the casual atmosphere – couches outside the pub on the pavement … very laid …

Continue reading “From Bordertown to Port Pirie and Port Augusta”