Before leaving for our four month backpacking adventure to SE Asia we went to Perth to catch up with friends and family and celebrate Australia Day. We had our traditional Australia Day […]
A visit to Perth (home)
Quick trip to Kununurra, Western Australia
Gregory National Park is near the WA border, and we needed a caravan park to wash off after the dusty conditions on the Bullita Stock Route. Pining for a taste of our […]
Quick visit to Perth
We have just spent the last week and a half in Perth, flying from Darwin. My trip was already planned and I enjoyed catching up with family and friends. Joe was supposed […]
Our first stop along the Nullarbor – Balladonia, Western Australia
Excited to finally reach civilization and sealed road we arrived at Balladonia which is the first stop along the Nullarbor after Norseman. Balladonia is famous for the 1974 Skylab Crash and even has […]
The drive out of Cape Arid National Park and across Balladonia Road and the UNDIES GATE!
The track out from Mt Ragged and Cape Arid National Park onto Balladonia Road was 60km of grueling corrugations, mud holes and rocky outcrops. To put that into perspective it took us […]
Climbing Mt Ragged, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia
Mt Ragged in Cape Arid National Park is a 585 meter high mountain roughly 40km from the coast. In preparation of the climb Joe crafted me a hiking stick out of a […]
Mt Ragged Camp, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia
Finally arriving at Mt Ragged in Cape Arid National Park after our epic effort to get there from Israelite Bay we set up camp for three nights at the rarely used Mt Ragged campsite. […]
Point Malcolm, Israelite Bay and its ruins, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia
After 3 nights at Seal Creek camp site and fishing around poison creek we set off to the remote Eastern end of Cape Arid National Park towards Point Malcolm and Israelite Bay […]
Poison Creek Beach, YES SALMON!
We had parked up on poison creek beach in Cape Arid National Park and I was busy reading the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy in the Hilux while Joe was […]
Seal Creek Campsite, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia
After a couple of hours driving from Condingup we reached the Seal Creek Campsite that backs onto Poison Creek Beach in Cape Arid National Park. The track is in reasonable condition but […]
Condingup / Alexander Bay, Western Australia
Condingup Heading east from Cape Le Grande still not knowing where we would be spending the Easter long weekend we stopped off at Condingup Tavern for a quick drink. We got chatting […]
Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grande National Park, Western Australia
After we left Esperance we checked out the popular camping spot Lucky Bay in Cape Le Grande National Park for a potential place to stay for Easter. We thought it would be […]
Leaving civilisation for a week or two…
We’re upset not having closure with respect to the Damien debarkle. We tried our best to sort him out during our stay in Esperance but no success. No traps got triggered and […]
Damien update
Joe here, my position on damien was that he was gone. Clearly the voting public agrees with my wise, knowledgable and beautiful wife and believes he is still taking up residence in […]
Bye bye old air mattress, hello new one
All my nagging finally paid off and we ordered a BRAND NEW air mattress which was delivered today. Here is a shot of Joe just before he disposed of the old mattress…
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