Destination: Australia

Photos: Day 8

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Photos: Day 7

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Photos: Day 6

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Photos: Day 5

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Photos: Day 4

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Go West! Broome Broome Broome!!!

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By rosibud | Views [3942]

We left Townsville on a sunny day in mid April.  We were so excited to finally be on our way to a brand new destination.  We'd been talking about Broome for so long it seemed like it was never going to happen.... Read more >

Tags: around australia, broome, nomads, nova caravans, the kimberley, travel, western australia

Fraser Coast

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By p-j | Views [484]

Well where to start, Fraser was amazing.   We had an unbelievable time.   Driving a huge 4x4 across open beaches and in through the rough forest terrain was so much fun, despite a few touch and go moments when I seriously thought that we were going ... Read more >

Tags: 4x4 driving, beaches, camping, dingoes, early mornings, fraser island, goon, lakes, nights sky, ship wrecks

Photos: Fraser Coast

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Photos: More Fraser Coast

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Moreton Bay

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By p-j | Views [510]

Point Lookout Shark Feeding Frenzy:   Next stop, North Straddie.   Luckily we didn’t listen to the weather forecast which predicted rain and storms all weekend.   The weather was glorious.   According to Lonely Planet North Stradbroke Island ... Read more >

Tags: bait fish, beaches, north straddie island, sharks

Photos: Moreton Bay

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Down the Gold Coast

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By p-j | Views [524]

Scouts Honour:   First weekend away since landing in Brisbane almost a month ago so we’re extremely excited!!!   After three trips up and down in the lift to load up our little Hyundai Getz rental car with all our camp gear, we’re good to go.... Read more >

Tags: glow worms, main beach, springbrook national park, surfers paradise, waterfalls

Photos: Down the Gold Coast

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By p-j | Photo Gallery

Day 8

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By hvc | Views [198]

Today we had a lazy start to the day. Doing bits of washing and then having breakfast. We then all headed to Uluru. The rock climb was closed so we did the base walk which is aboout 9.3 Kms. it started off quite interesting then after half way it got ... Read more >

Day 6

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 | By hvc | Views [222]

This morning was washing morning and sorting out the problems we encountered the previous day. Al bought 5 new tyres as the ones installed on his truck turned out to be the in correct ones. Too small apparently. I managed to find some old retired glazier ... Read more >