Month: May 2018

I’m not sure if the frog that jumped out of the washing machine after it had finished its cycle was originally green, or had turned to grey because it had been very well-washed!! Or whether the funny little noise during the night came from the little gecko who ran across my bedroom wall earlier in …

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Left 80 Mile Beach this morning about 8am as I wanted to reach Broome in time to say hello to my daughter in law as she was going to Darwin for a week’s business management course. What is it they say about the best laid plans of mice and men … I guess when I …

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I was originally going to spend a night at the Pardoo Roadhouse but decided to drive to 80 Mile Beach as it’s a good half way point between Port Hedland and Broome. And as you can see, there wasn’t much to commend the actual roadhouse except as a fuel and food stop for the truckies! …

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Gosh nearly four weeks since I left Melbourne. I decided to drive out to the coast from Karratha for a look – it was a dead-end road and there were a few people fishing from the beach and seemingly endless  white sand and sea stretching way into the distance. Was interested to have a look …

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I left Onslow this morning about 9 and drove to the Fortescue Roadhouse where I had a coffee.  I was quite hungry but the sandwiches in the cabinet were enormous, and I didn’t feel like pies or sausage rolls so opted to wait until I reached Karratha before I had some lunch. These roadhouses are …

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        My first stop from Coral Bay was at the Nanutarra Roadhouse, a favourite stopping off point for the road trains.  Saw a goanna there, just checking everything out but I wasn’t game to get too close because I remember how they can suddenly rush at you.   That memory comes from time …

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Days are going so quickly now I can hardly keep track of them.  And the weather is definitely warming up the further north I go. Left Carnarvon about 9 this morning and actually drove into the town which was a lot nicer than I had been led to believe (someone told me that there wasn’t …

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Have had a very ‘cultural’ day today, calling in at all the tourist attractions I bypassed (deliberately) on the way up to Denham. Packed up and left Denham about 8 this morning and my first stop was the Ocean Park Aquarium in Shark Bay, which didn’t open till 9.00am (I arrived there at 8.30). It …

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Again I marvel at this amazing country, the sheer vastness of it and the endless length of road bound by red earth each side of the bitumen. I wished I had brought my thermos flask of hot water with me today as I had mistakenly thought I might find a café en route from Kalbarri …

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Had a lovely day today.  Left Port Denison about 8am and headed for Geraldton only 45 minutes away.  What a beautiful place.  Of course, the sun was shining which helped, although when I left Port Denison it was drizzling with rain.           Attended a 10.30am free tour of the HMAS Sydney …

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