If you want to get away from the never ending caravanning crowds and congested parks, there’s really a simple solution. Head a couple hundred kilometres in land. For example, that’s what the Wool Wagon Pathway offers. You won’t necessarily end up like the poor vehicle in the above photo, but it may be just one of many different sites and experiences you’ll have off the road less travelled…. The Wool Wagon Pathway is an outback ...…[read more]
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Unprecedented. Who would have ever thought it would come to this. We were making our way south, waiting at the tee junction to get back onto the great northern highway. We wondered if there had been a sudden evacuation warning further north. Caravan after caravan after caravan streamed past one after another until eventually we could finally join the convoy. Roadhouses were more like a staging ground for the scores of caravans refueling and regrouping ...…[read more]
It has a reputation for destroying tyres and totally wrecking caravans. Such is the 660km long Gibb River Road in northern Western Australia. A road trip not to be undertaken lightly but one high on the bucket list of many seeking a great outback adventure. It’s a trip that encapsulates the real sense of Australia. People overseas will ask, where is the best place in Australia to visit. If you want to feel like home, ...…[read more]
If you were here 360 million years ago you would have been part of history. The makings of the truly unique Bungle Bungles. A world heritage site about three hours south of Kununurra in Western Australia. For the thousands of visitors who now make the slow two hour, four wheel drive trek to the site 55km off the Victoria Highway, you are certainly rewarded. A range of walks amongst magnificent gorges adds to the truly ...…[read more]
[See pictures above… in case they take a while to load?] We were now only 7km’s into our 55km three-day Ord River Canoe adventure. Already the excitement and enthusiasm that had us looking forward to this adventure for so long was now fading. Instead, feelings of anxiety were growing. The problem was, we hadn’t even left yet, let alone set foot in the water. Maka from Go Wild Adventures, was briefing us on our trip. ...…[read more]
Back on the road again…. yaaaay! Our Senior Aussie Gap Year continues. It’s so good to be back in the great Australian outback again. We’ve since just updated our rig to enjoy a little more comfort but still with all the benefit and flexibility of a full four wheel drive. More on our rig later where I’ll show you around this amazing compact go anywhere four wheel drive home on the back of a small ...…[read more]
Most of us aspire to “living the dream”… the big house, fancy car, designer clothes, the corporate jet set lifestyle (as it once was). But one woman decided the dream she was living was not what it was cracked up to be. So, instead she gave it all away, sold the house and moved…. literally. She now lives in an RV motorhome and travels her country from one state to another. A day here, a ...…[read more]
Ever received a gift you didn’t want but you really wanted? That’s what I received from my family this Christmas. It was an experience gift. One of those gifts you do rather than get more stuff. It required some level of skill. Unfortunately a skill I hadn’t used in forty five years. It was a day’s dirt bike riding on a motor bike around the Darwin hinterland. So of course, there was a high level ...…[read more]
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…. Well, not really. The positive side of this pandemic is we have been confined to stay put within our borders. In reality you can hardly say it’s been an imposition. Western Australia is bigger than many several countries combined. The benefit has been, not only have we been fortunate to enjoy a covid free lifestyle, but instead we’ve had to explore what we have in our own backyard. I’m ...…[read more]
I haven’t seen it yet. But I suspect there’s a large government truck, stacked full of stainless steel, doing the rounds of Western Australia. Rumor is, it often operates in conjunction with a helicopter…. The impact on their target locations are spectacular. I’m talking about what I think are some of the state’s best kept tourist secrets. For example, The Gap and Nature’s Bridge near Albany. It used to be just a popular destination. Now ...…[read more]