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 [353]
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 [351]
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 [349]
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 [1225]
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 [610]
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 [354]
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 [374]
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 >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2014 | Views [444]
Day 80 12 th July 2014 Saturday. Kevin left at 8am to drive to Pt Hedland 15km to walk along the seafront. He was gone for a good 3 hours and I thought he might have got lost. Meanwhile dad and I tried to install the new gas struts under the bed but ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2014 | Views [425]
Day 79 11 th July 2014 Friday. All packed and ready to leave by 8.15am. Headed back along the dusty red road to the main highway and turned south. We are dreading going south as it means the cold weather is getting closer. We could see smoke up ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2014 | Views [384]
Day 78 10 th July 2014 Thursday. Did load of washing. After breakie decided to go for a walk and collect some more shells as fillers. I headed off at 9.00am on the north beach. The tide was just off high tide and there were fishermen along the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2014 | Views [412]
Day 77 9 th July 2014 Wednesday Kevin went walking at 6.00am as he wanted to be the first on the beach to get the big shells. He went on the north beach but the tides were now higher and he only got small numbers. Met Geoff and Alice ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 10 Jul 2014 | Views [384]
Day 76 8 th July 2014 Tuesday Today is a 2 tide day (dodge tide). Kevin went walking in the morning while I did a load of washing. Kevin found a fair amount of medium sized shells. After lunch we all headed off to the market and I bought some ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 8 Jul 2014 | Views [398]
Day 75 7 th July 2014 Monday. Kevin headed off walking and shell searching. He made the statement he was going to go as far as he could. I meanwhile did a load of washing, got our lamb slow cooker meal ready and went for a walk with mum along ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 8 Jul 2014 | Views [414]
Day 74 6 th July 2014 Sunday. Put a load of washing on and then decided to go for a walk along the beach to see if I could find any big shells. Left at 7.30am and wondered down the northern beach. The tide was out and so I walked along near the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 8 Jul 2014 | Views [415]
Day 73 5 th July 2014 Saturday. I headed down to office at 8am and found out I had been gazumped as there were 7 people in front of me. I had to sit there for over an hour until I was allocated a powered site. We relocated and set up.... Read more >
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