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Travels during 2006
Our web page commences July 2006 in Brisbane Australia, east coast about half way up or down depending on you point of view. We (Steve and Alison) have worked for many years in our respective professions and in some ways neglected the things in life that are really important to us both. The “rut” of life had caught us and we really needed to shake it loos
We had often talked about how we wanted to see the Northern Territory and the North West Coast of Western Australian, but had never found the way to get there. So instead of doing it all by half measures, we finished up our jobs, packed the vehicle and left home on the 1 August 2006 with no definite return date.
Photography is a passion for both of us, and the opportunity to practice would be easy, so the obvious answer to sharing this passion with family, loved ones and other like minded people is through this web page. So please enjoy and send us your feed back so as to inspire us. The other member of our family we could not bring is Tia our cat, but she is in safe and caring hands with a friend Ellie, in Brisbane.
Our Trip
Our trip plan was simply, north to Cooktown, turn left and follow our nose. We hoped to take in Darwin, Alice Springs, Derby, Broome, Tom Price, Kimberly & Exmouth to name a few areas.
Adventures 2006
Week 24 – 9/1/07 through 15/1/07
Week 24 Woolshed Cave "The Rescue", Elliston, Whyalla Day 162 Tuesday 9 January 2007 Our first stop today was the Woolshed Caves near Elliston and...
Week 23 – 2/1/07 through 8/1/07
Week 23 Norseman, Eucla, Nullarbor, Fowlers Bay, Penong, Ceduna, Smoky Bay, Streaky Bay, High Cliff, Point Westall, Yanerbie Sandhills, Point...
Week 22 – 26/12/06 through 1/1/07
Week 22 Bremer Bay, Wave Rock, Holland Track, Kalgoorlie Day 148 Tuesday 26 December 2006 With a big day of eating all sorts of goodies behind us,...
Week 21 – 19/12/06 through 25/12/06
Week 21 Pemberton, Lost Lake, Diamond Tree, Bicentennial Tree, Windy Harbour, Broke Inlet, Denmark, Giant Tingle Tree, Bartholomew's Meadery, Greens...
Week 20 – 12/12/06 through 18/12/06
Week 20 Dwellingup, Yarloop, Busselton, Dunsborough, Yallingup, Margaret River, Augusta Day 134 Tuesday 12 December 2006 After 2 days of being...
Week 19 – 5/12/06 through 11/12/06
Week 19 Perth, Dwellingup, Mandurah Day 127 Tuesday 5 December 2006 Rest Day today. Now some people may remember in Week 16 we photographed the...
Week 18 – 28/11/06 through 4/12/06
Week 18 Steep Point, Kalbarri, Hutt River Province, Geraldton Wind Farm, Pinnacles, Grey, Lancelin, Perth Day 120 Tuesday 28 November 2006 Last...
Week 17 – 21/11/06 through 27/11/06
Week 17 Kennedy Ranges, Carnarvon, Shark Bay, Denham, Useless Loop Day 113 Tuesday 21 November 2006 Wind wind wind! It has been driving us crazy for...
Week 16 – 14/11/06 through 20/11/06
Week 16 Exmouth, Ningaloo Station, Coral Bay, Carnarvon, Quobba Station Day 106 Tuesday 14 November 2006 We started today out with snorkelling at...
Week 15 – 7/11/06 through 13/11/06
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...
Week 14 – 31/10/06 through 6/11/06
Week 14 Karijini, Millstream, Chichester, Karratha, Pt Samson Day 92 Tuesday 31 October 2006 The Weano Gorge end of Karijini was on the agenda...
Week 13 – 24/10/06 through 30/10/06
Week 13 Newman, Capricorn Roadhouse, Eagle Rock Falls, Mt MeHarry, Tom Price, Pilbara Iron, Mt Shiela, Hamersley Gorge, Wittenoom, Karijini Day 85...
Week 12 – 17/10/06 through 23/10/06
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...
Week 11 – 10/10/06 through 16/10/06
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....
Week 10 – 3/10/06 through 9/10/06
Week 10 Kununurra, Geike Gorge, Tunnel Creek, Windjana, Derby, Broome Tuesday 3rd Last night! Kununurra Caravan Park! Hot! Humid! Paralysed by...
Week 9 – 26/9/06 through 2/10/06
Week 9 Kununurra, Ivanhoe Crossing, Bungle Bungles, El Questro, Gibb River Road Tuesday 26th Last night was an interesting night. We decided to have...
Week 8 – 19/9/06 through 25/9/06
Week 8 Katherine, Gregory NP, Keep River NP, Lake Argyle, Kununurra Monday 18th We left Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge about 10am with week 7 safely...
Week 7 – 12/9/06 through 18/9/06
Week 7 - Kakadu, Adelaide River, Dundee Beach, Mandorah, Katherine Tuesday 12th It was a good night sleep last night as the evenings are getting...
Week 6 – 5/9/06 through 11/9/06
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...
Week 5 – 29/8/06 through 4/9/06
Week 5 - Litchfield, Darwin Tuesday 29th Up early this morning and on to "The Lost City" of Litchfield National Park. Now we try and say something...
Week 4 – 22/8/06 through 28/8/06
Week 4 - Lawn Hill, Nathan River, Roper Bar, Mataranka, Litchfield Tuesday 22nd Today we left Lawn Hill for the Northern Territory. We decided to...
Week 3 – 15/8/06 through 21/8/06
Week 3 - Chillagoe, Kuramba, Normanton, Burketown, Lawn Hill Tuesday 15th Yesterday was a terrific day. We took a guided tour through the Royal Arch...
Week 2 – 8/8/06 through 14/8/06
Week 2 - Cooktown, Mt Mulligan, Emuford, Chillagoe Tuesday 8th We woke this morning after another good night’s sleep. We have a new friend camped...
Week 1 – 1/8/06 through 7/8/06
Week 1 - Brisbane, Bundaberg and Cooktown Tuesday 1st After a late night on Monday - some 2.30am we managed to get off about 10am. After some...
WalkAbout 2006
Our First Major Trip Our web page commences July 2006 in Brisbane Australia, east coast about half way up or down depending on you point of view. We...