The Intolerant Traveller

Playing in the Sand – D’Encastreaux National Park

We knew when we left home it was roughly 3500km to Albany but really we had no idea just how far it was! So given we were all the way over here, the lure of the Margaret River region proved too great and we rearranged our plans and headed further west. We spent a couple…

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Hanging With Friends in Albany

The pack up at Cocklebiddy has to rate as the worst ever of all our travels! Overnight the winds picked up to gale-force. Cocklebiddy consists of a petrol station, a roadhouse and a large, flat, open, red-dust-coating parking lot. Let me tell you an outside kitchen and trying to pack up canvas do not go…

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Eyre Bird Observatory & Twilight Cove

After pulling up and spending the night at the roadhouse at Cocklebiddy, we packed up the boot of the Prado with our overnight stuff and headed off for our next detour off the bitumen. The Eyre Bird Observatory is located around 50km from Cocklebiddy and has been set up by Bird Life Australia to collect…

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Making our way to the Border

We left Port Augusta making our way across the top of the Eyre Peninsula towards Ceduna. As we headed west, even though we were on the black-top, it felt like coming home to see the rich red dirt of the Aussie outback. The red landscape is broken up by the silvery green-blue of the scraggly…

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And we are off… again!

A little over 12 months since we arrived home from our last amazing adventure and we are back on the road again. Sadly not for as long as last time but we definitely aren’t complaining about 7 weeks of exploring the Nullarbor and the beaches along the south coast of Australia. As you can see…

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Heading West

We have made it to Darwin! Yes I realise I am a long way behind in my blog posts but aside from being really busy doing stuff, I haven’t had phone coverage for internet or power to charge my laptop. But I will catch you up on the highlights in more detail in posts to…

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Free Camping

Since heading into the outback along Queensland’s Savannah Way we have discovered the joys of free camping. Technically free camping refers to a lack of facilities, ie no showers, water, power and sometimes no toilets rather than no cost although many are free of charge or only ask for a small donation. Many are located…

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Exploring the Atherton Tablelands

Heading back into the lush, green rainforest and much cooler temperatures, we based ourselves in the town of Atherton to explore the Tablelands. We stayed at a fantastic Big4 caravan park, one of the best we’ve stayed in. Atherton itself is fairly small (although not in comparison to some of the outback towns) but there…

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Chillagoe

After leaving Cairns we had our first foray into the outback as we headed off along the Wheelbarrow Way to Chillagoe. We also hit our first patches of proper gravel roads with some minor corrugations. Terry did us proud though and we made it through with suspension still intact. Thankfully all the eggs were still in…

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Cairns & a Visit From Granny & Pa

Cairns is a lovely city with a definite holiday feel. It is quite the tourist destination with many Aussie and international visitors. The Esplanade is well set up to cater for them too. With a beautiful man made lagoon safe for swimming in that we made great use of, many cafes and restaurants and nightmarkets…