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Back with Friends

Back with Friends

Back with Friends 18 November 2018 Today we decided to take an easy day looking around Broken Hill. So whats to see here in addition to heaps of old mines? I think may favourite place is Bells Milk Bar. It right out of the 70's! 19 November 2018 Today we headed to...

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Back to the East Coast

Back to the East Coast

The Journey Home 2018 8 November 2018 With the Nambung Country Music Muster for 2018 behind us and all cleaned up, it was time to celebrate it and Steve's upcoming birthday. So Gloria put on an old fashioned country roast dinner with crustless lemon meringue pie. An...

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Retracing the 2006 Trip Walkabout

Retracing the 2006 Trip Walkabout

Retracing Walkabout 2006 16 September 2018 The first stop today was Elephant Rocks and Greens Pool. Located 15ms west of Denmark in William Bay, Elephant Rocks is a sheltered beached only a few hundred metres east of Greens Pool. Elephant Rocks got its name from a...

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WA’s South Coast

WA’s South Coast

Exploring WA's South Coast 8 September 2018 Today we finally arrived at Esperance on WAs South Coast. Whilst we were exploring around town we met Jane and Ken Ponchard. They own a SLRV Adventurer and as it is a small family of owners we discovered we both knew of Neil...

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Nullarbor Challenge

Nullarbor Challenge

Nullarbor to Kalgoorlie 1 September 2018 We bid good bye to Kath and Darryl and setoff a little further west. We wanted to take the opportunity to explore a bit more of the Nullarbor Plains, so after reaching the Nullarbor Roadhouse we turned south to the edge of the...

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Westcoast Bound 2018

Westcoast Bound 2018

Road Trip 2018 14 August 2018 Today we headed off, bound for Cervantes for another year. First stop was Brisbane for a couple of days. 16 August 2018 Today we took the expressway to Grafton before turning into one of our favourite camping spots near Ebor. 18 August...

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Mudlo Rocks Rainbow Beach

Mudlo Rocks Rainbow Beach

Every now and then you come across some craziness (or just bad luck) in your travels. The beach at Rainbow Beach can be a high risk road to travel. This VW Amarok was a sad sight as the ocean destroyed the vehicle. Sadly, it is difficult / impossible to recover these...

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Chiang Rai, Phraya, Chiang Mai

Chiang Rai, Phraya, Chiang Mai

7 March 2018 Today we headed off from Pia on our way to Chiang Rai. One of our most favourite things we came across was working elephant camps. These elephants were not being trained to paint pictures or steel someones hat, but working with their Thai owners in...

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On to the Hong Son Loop

On to the Hong Son Loop

1 March 2018 OK We have both had enough of being sick and need to get out of these hotel walls even if for a short drive. We managed to drive to Mae Sariang on the Hong Son Loop. Here we pulled up at the Riverhouse Resort at 11am. We could go no further. The hotel was...

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Steve and Alison Fly Solo Chiang Mia

Steve and Alison Fly Solo Chiang Mia

23 February 2018 First job today is to drop in with Budget and do the paperwork for our hire car. Central Plaza was next on the visit list as it is on the opposite side of the road. There is a huge fish tank in there which is like a glass / perplex water tank. By...

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Udon Ratchathani to Bangkok

Udon Ratchathani to Bangkok

18 February 2018 After a good nights sleep in Ubon Ratchathani we headed off to Luang Pu Cha Pagoda, or as well nicknamed it, the flying saucer temple. It must have been Alison’s day for getting into trouble as she wandered into a keep out area. From here we headed...

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Surin to Udon Ratchathani

Surin to Udon Ratchathani

14 February 2018 First stop today was the service station to pick up some fuel before continuing our adventure. You have to love Thailand, full service service stations. These are usually run by the women. After a quick coffee from Amazon and some goodies from 7-11 it...

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