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Vivid Sydney 2015 – Pretty Lights Everywhere!

Vivid Sydney 2015 – Pretty Lights Everywhere!

Day 90 – 1 June 2015 - Day 94 – 5 June 2015 Every year Sydney puts on the Vivid Festival. This involves lots of coloured lights and local landmarks, unique every year. My favourite shows are still centred about Circular Quay, featuring the Sydney Opera House and...

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All 4 Adventure

All 4 Adventure

Day 82 - 24 May 2015 Today we drove to Perth having had a great time at Elachbutting Rock. We will certainly try and return there again. Our first stop of the morning was Bonnie Rock. This rock has a huge water tank beside it, which is still in use by the locals...

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Elachbutting Rock – Funny name but great place!

Elachbutting Rock – Funny name but great place!

Day 80 - 22 May 2015 to Day 81 - 23 May 2015 Elachbutting is thought to mean “large thing standing”. Elachbutting Rock is truly a large granite monolith rising out of the wheat fields in the surrounding plains. This rock is one of the best kept secrets of the West...

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Pigeon Rocks

Pigeon Rocks

Day 77 - 19 May 2015 to Day 78 - 20 May 2015 Camped near an old water tank in the shadow of Pigeon Rocks to shelter a little from the winds. Today, I have decided to do some exploring between the rain squalls. I climbed to the top of the Pigeon Rocks to where someone...

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The Terraces Western Australia – Stunning

The Terraces Western Australia – Stunning

Day 74 - 16 May 2015 Was a cold morning as we packed up on the top of the mountain we had camped on last night. Whilst saying good bye to one of the locals we had got to know, it was suggested we stop next at “The Terraces”, 40 kms north of Leonora. So that’s where we...

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Ant Bore to Gwalia – A True Ghost Town

Ant Bore to Gwalia – A True Ghost Town

Day 70 - 12 May 2015 Today we left our bush camp and moved further north. First stop for the day was Niagara Falls, then Kookynie, followed by Malcom and Gwalia. Niagara Dam is near Niagara Falls and a large Grey Nomad camping area. There were buses and vans...

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What is Super Pit?

What is Super Pit?

Day 66 – 8 May 2015 Today we went into Kalgoorlie to restock the fridge, cupboard, fuel (150l at $129.9) and water. Also time to find a good cup of coffee which was located in Burt Street Boulder. 10/10! What trip to Kalgoorlie would be complete without "Super Pit"?...

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Newman Rock

Newman Rock

Day 64 – 6 May 2015 Rest day at Newman Rockhole – we took a few hours to walk along the creek to the dry lake. In many places the lake had a crust only a few mm thick with black mud below. Day 65 – 7 May 2015 OK this one I had to Google before I knew what we had seen....

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Old Coach Road Eucla

Old Coach Road Eucla

Day 61 – 3 May 2015 Eucla – Rest Day and a little dash of fuel to get us across the Nullarbor. (Fuel 60l at $1.66). I walked up to the old Weather Station which the government has just sold and is being prepared for private living. The old office observation deck...

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Eucla – Stormy and Overcast

Eucla – Stormy and Overcast

Day 60 – 2 May 2015 First stop today was coffee in the café in Eucla before we headed down to the old telegraph station and jetty. It turned out to be a very social day today as well, with Bob and Lesley, 2 travellers we met at Koonalda Station, also being at the...

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Koonalda Station and Woolshed

Koonalda Station and Woolshed

Koonalda Station is located 18km north of the Eyre Highway, but be careful as the access road is a dry weather road only. Out here it doesn’t take much to turn the red soil to a slippery slush. Originlly Koonalda Station was a sheep station, which existed in its dry...

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Nullarbor – The Treeless Plain

Nullarbor – The Treeless Plain

Day 58 – 30 April 2015 Woke this morning to an 11 degree coolness, which the Webasto soon took care of. Looking out the window at breakfast 2 pods of dolphins made their way eastward along the beach. Today we decided to walk west down the coast and too our surprise we...

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