Week 16 Exmouth, Ningaloo Station, Coral Bay, Carnarvon, Quobba Station Day 106 Tuesday 14 November 2006 We started today out with snorkelling at Turquoise Bay before we decided to head a little further south along the coast. We could see a sail from a distance at...
Week 15 Cossack, Karratha, Dampier, 40 Mile Beach, Exmouth Day 99 Tuesday 7 November 2006 We waved goodbye to John and Margot as they headed to Dampier. About 11am we also headed off towards Dampier ourselves, with our first stop being Honeymoon Cove. This is one...
Week 14 Karijini, Millstream, Chichester, Karratha, Pt Samson Day 92 Tuesday 31 October 2006 The Weano Gorge end of Karijini was on the agenda today. After we dried ourselves out from the previous nights soaking, we made our way back into the park. The road had coped...
Week 13 Newman, Capricorn Roadhouse, Eagle Rock Falls, Mt MeHarry, Tom Price, Pilbara Iron, Mt Shiela, Hamersley Gorge, Wittenoom, Karijini Day 85 Tuesday 24 October 2006 Photos taken to date: Nikon 5,343 and the Canon 4,742 (plus panoramas 537 made from the Canon's...
Week 12 Sandfire, 80 Mile Beach, De Grey River, Port Headland, Kitty Gap, Coppin Gorge, Marble Bar, Carawine Gorge Day 78 Tuesday 17 October 2006 The drive between Broome and 80 mile beach lacks any major scenery. The scrub that lines the road is no taller than 2-3m...
Week 11 Broome, James Price Point, One Arm Point, Middle Lagoon, Beagle Bay, Barn Hill Day 71 Tuesday 10 October 2006 Rest day called again today. Even though we have a very exposed campsite, the gentle sea breeze throughout the day has meant temperatures have remain...
Week 10 Kununurra, Geike Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Windjana, Derby, Broome Tuesday 3rd Last night! Kununurra Caravan Park! Hot! Humid! Paralysed by tiredness! No energy to roll over! No Breeze! And we are sleeping with a frog! Alison refused to try and metamorph the frog...
Week 9 Kununurra, Ivanhoe Crossing, Bungle Bungles, El Questro, Gibb River Road Tuesday 26th Last night was an interesting night. We decided to have the cracks in our inner guard on the vehicle welded so we chose to stay in Kununurra and prepare the vehicle to assist...
Week 8 Katherine, Gregory NP, Keep River NP, Lake Argyle, Kununurra Monday 18th We left Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge about 10am with week 7 safely posted to our web site. Then we spent some time answering emails and reflecting on how week 7 had been a huge week and that...
Week 7 - Kakadu, Adelaide River, Dundee Beach, Mandorah, Katherine Tuesday 12th It was a good night sleep last night as the evenings are getting cooler again. This morning we ventured to the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre Art Display near the Yellow Waters area...
Week 6 - Darwin, Mary River, Kakadu Tuesday 5th OK decision made, we are out of Darwin today. A couple of errands first, eg sending back to Brisbane 22KG of items including clothes. Bus Freight was the solution! The next task was on to the shopping centre to stock up...