Destination: Australia

Ruby Plains Homestead July 6-7

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 | By fops | Views [1497] | Comments [2]

After final goodbyes to Sar and family we parted company and headed towards Halls Creek via Ruby Plains Station – the cattle station that Nick works on.   The bad weather from Broome extended south east and eventually caught up with us so by the time ... Read more >

Ride 'em Cowboy!! July 3 - 5

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 | By fops | Views [615] | Comments [1]

We spent our last couple of days in Broome stocking up for the final 2 weeks of our trip and exploring the nearby points of interest as well as indulging in some excellent dinners of Thai one night and visiting Matso’s Brewery for our last night in ... Read more >

The Eve of the War...

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 | By incarna | Views [463] | Comments [1]

So not content with doing a mad trip once, here we go again. The last few months have been fraught with stress and bad organisational skills as this new journey has decided to take on the shape of an overfed grumpy turkey that is trying to bite ... Read more >

Photos: Down Under

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 | By emily_zitcer | Photo Gallery

Photos: Gibb River Road

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 | By fops | Photo Gallery

Broome to the Dampier Peninsula and back again!

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By fops | Views [628] | Comments [2]

We arrived in Broome and finally caught up with our travel companions - car troubles all fixed 2 days later.  We spent a couple of days doing chores as one is compelled to do at a caravan park with all the facilities (ie. wash clothes, sweep tent, buy ... Read more >

Down Under

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By emily_zitcer | Views [959] | Comments [2]

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Cairns white water rafting experience at the Barron River!

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By kurenai | Views [3285]

I’m in Cairns at the moment soaking up the nice weather and being a tourist as this is one of THE places to go touristing in Australia. My dad flew over from LAX to Australia for a mini-two week vacation as congratulatory prize for me graduating ... Read more >

Tags: australia, barron river, cairns, rafting, tour, tourist

On the home Stretch.........

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 | By cmccasker | Views [343]

Just weeks away...... It's amazing how time has flown since I last wrote in this blog, it felt like yesterday that I was exclaiming about our trip being 11 weeks away. Since then we have been through formals and break ups and working working working ... Read more >

Tags: on the home stretch

Photos: Purnululu National Park - (The Bungle Bungle's)

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By callwill | Photo Gallery

Purnululu National Park (The Bungle Bungle’s)

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By callwill | Views [785] | Comments [3]

We almost didn’t make it to the Bungle Bungles – Steve got mildly unwell which meant we needed to stay around Kunanurra for a bit longer.   On top of this the car has developed a big rear “knock”   when going over deep corregations – not ... Read more >

Photos: Kunnanura / Wyndham and surrounds

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By callwill | Photo Gallery

Kunnanura / Wyndham & Surrounds

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By callwill | Views [621]

We did a long haul drive for the remainder of the Gibb River Road with the last 150k being corregated (but nothing like the road to Mitchell Falls).   Dodged roaming bulls, and unfortunately hit a wallaby – our first for the trip, ... Read more >

Sydney, Australia

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 | By david_vanessa | Views [977]

Hi All, Two years  to the day that we departed we touched down in Sydney on the coldest day in 20 years with clothing perfect for the tropics. It was an uncomfortable flight from Bali to Australia with Pacific Blue but at least only 6hrs. How do they ... Read more >

Olivers Update

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 | By fops | Views [621] | Comments [3]

Hi all! We haven't had any internet access again so I am going to give you a quick update now. Today we were camped on a beach and we collected lots of shells and we did lots of swimming.  The water was cystal clear and not too cold.  Yesterday we ... Read more >