Trip: NT / WA Caravan Escape
There are [162] stories from my trip: NT / WA Caravan Escape
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2014 | Views [356]
Day 100 2 nd August 2014 Saturday. Mum and I headed to the town market in the morning. Kevin went off walking and said he was going to walk into town and back. We then drove around looking at the Fascine, Carnarvons central waterway and some of ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 2 Aug 2014 | Views [379]
Day 99 1 st August 2014 Friday. Kevin headed off walking while I did the domestic things. Washing, cleaning the floor and putting the slow cooker on for tea. Rang Nicole at Crusader in Melbourne to see what arrangements have been made for the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 2 Aug 2014 | Views [458]
Day 98 31 st July 2014 Thursday. Kevin went off for a long walk early while I did a load of washing. Then decided to try and sent the emails again to Cameron Caravans re warranty issues. It became very frustrating as the emails kept bouncing back.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2014 | Views [392]
Day 97 30 th July 2014 Wednesday. Packed and left by 8.15am and headed to Carnarvon. Stopped at a rest area at 9.30am for a cuppa and crossed the Tropic of Capricorn on the way. Arrived at Wintersun Caravan Park by 11.30. Set up and did a load ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2014 | Views [1661]
Day 96 29 th July 2014 Tuesday. Decided to call Camec re my broken door lock. They gave me a big run around and I had to ring Crusader in Melbourne. Stella helped me out but I had to make many calls to finally get it organised to have the replacement ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 29 Jul 2014 | Views [384]
Day 95 28 th July 2014 Monday. Kevin headed off for a walk and I got up and found that the bumper battery was screaming as it was down in charge to 10%. Hooked it up to the Anderson plug on van and ran the 4WD for a while. Dad decided that he ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 29 Jul 2014 | Views [379]
Day 94 27 th July 2014 Sunday. Headed off by 8.15am and went into Exmouth to the Visitor Centre to fill up the water tanks. There was a market being held on the oval so we went and had a look around. Bought some fresh veggies and fruit. Arrived ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2014 | Views [391]
Day 93 26 th July 2014 Saturday. Headed into Exmouth to pick up our photo CD of the Whale Shark tour. When we got back at 10.15am we were unable to open the lock on the caravan. Ended up ringing RAC, then RAA and finally a chap came and tried ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2014 | Views [382]
Day 92 25 th July 2014 Friday. Up and waiting for pick up at 7.45am to join our tour group, 3 Islands Whale Shark Dive for our Swim with the Whale Sharks. We went to Tantabiddi Boat Ramp and boarded our boat – Draw Card. We headed off Mangrove ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2014 | Views [352]
Day 91 24 th July 2014 Thursday. Very slow moving this morning as back still quite sore. We left the park about 10.30 and headed into Cape Range National Park. Stopped at Tantabiddi Boat Ramp which is where everyone launches their boat within ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2014 | Views [350]
Day 90 23 rd July 2014 Wednesday. It was so cold overnight I got up and turned the gas heater on at about 5am. Packed and on the road by 7.45am. Only had 220km to travel today. Winds were more favourable and so got quite good mileage. We passed ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2014 | Views [348]
Day 89 22 nd July 2014 Tuesday. Packed and away by 9.00am headed south. Strong head winds and so fuel economy not good. Stopped for morning tea and then continued onto Nanutarra Roadhouse for fuel and lunch. Cost $1.969 so only put in 40lt. It ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Jul 2014 | Views [1224]
Day 88 20 th July 2014 Sunday. Kevin went off early for a long walk and I did 2 loads of washing in the parks machines. Cleaned my sneakers as they are covered in red dust from the mine visit. When Kevin got back he said he was heading to the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Jul 2014 | Views [432]
Day 87 19 th July 2014 Saturday. Packed and headed back to Dampier Caravan Park. Caravan Park is very small and does not have water to the van. They will allow us to fill up our tanks when we leave. Only 3 Showers and toilets for each gender. ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 21 Jul 2014 | Views [609]
Day 86 18 th July 2014 Friday. Rained overnight. Packed and ready to leave at 8.00am. Stopped at the Visitor Centre in Roebourne to look at the Goal Museum. Was very interesting looking at the history of the early settlers and aboriginals. Grabbed ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 18 Jul 2014 | Views [353]
Day 85 17 th July 2014 Thursday. Packed and ready to leave by 9.00am. Headed to Visitor Centre to join our tour of Tom Price Mine. We were issued with hard hat and goggles with strict instructions to wear whenever off the bus. We also had to wear ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2014 | Views [373]
Day 84 16 th July 2014 Wednesday. Heater worked last night so was a much more pleasant night as it was again frigid. Packed and on the road by 8.00am to Tom Price. Caravan Park is a nice big park with grassed areas and concrete pads. Did a load ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2014 | Views [408]
Day 83 15 th July 2014 Tuesday. Boy oh boy was it cold last night. I got up twice to but on extra layers and was still numb. Kevin begged me to turn the heater on but the heater is not working due to a crushed inlet pipe.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2014 | Views [380]
Day 82 14 th July 2014 Monday. Left by 7.00am as we had packed all the outside away last night. Travelled along Karijini Drive to Karijini National Park. Along the way we passed a lot of mine entrance points and saw lots of trucks carrying ore ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 17 Jul 2014 | Views [389]
Day 81 13 th July 2014 Sunday. Kevin headed off to Pt Hedland to walk again while I did some washing, got a slow cooker going for tea and updated the blog. Once Kevin got back I went to the Woolies Shopping complex for a few more supplies. After ... Read more >
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