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Tasmania – To Go or Not To Go?

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 05:59:00 GMT

Having to rush across the Nullabor and SA into Melbourne to get new ‘House Batteries’ meant that we were in Melbourne 6 weeks prior our intended sailing date to Tasmania. Now we know we could have gone to the Vic High Country,...

Beautiful SA Cliffs, Rock Formations,Fields of Wheat & New Batteries

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 07:51:00 GMT

On past trips we had missed the coastal stretch from Ceduna to Streaky Bay so we made our way south and pulled into the little township of Haslam. Haslam, a small coastal village, is located about 32 kilometres north of the township of Streaky Bay It was established in 1893 as a deep sea port,...

Balladonia Track and across the Nullabor

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:28:00 GMT

10th-14th October From Esperence we decided to take the ‘long’ short cut up the Balladonia Track. The first leg was from Esperence along Fisheries Road to Condingup. It was then north up Parmango Road through farmland then eventually The Great Western Woodland,...

Thrombolites, muddy tracks,beaches and the Toffee Factory

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:12:00 GMT

3rd October – 9th October 2015 After quite some time in the Perth/Mandurah area, it was time to move on. Our first stop was Lake Clifton to visit some very, very old organisms. The lake is renowned as one of the few places in the world where some of the earliest known life forms,...

Will we find the Wreath Flower?

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 02:21:00 GMT

6th – 21st August 2015 Whilst travelling south our first impressive area was Kalbarri NP – Last visit 2009. We looked down on the mighty Murchison River and the massive gorge it had carved over the years....

Return to Francois Peron National Park

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 06:20:00 GMT

From Steep point we just had to revisit Francois Peron National Park an area of 52,000ha of arid shrub lands, rolling sandplains and clay pans bounded by spectacular coastal scenery. Our memories of red cliffs, white beaches, green vegetation and blue waters were the draw card....

Ningaloo south to Steep Point

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:53:00 GMT

Saturday 18th July Monday 3rd August Our mission now was to enjoy the coast of WA south of Ningaloo, to revisit favourite places and to explore new ones especially Steep Point, the most westerly point on the Australian mainland....

2015 East to West - The Indian Ocean at last

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 02:11:00 GMT

Monday 6th July – 16th July Our final leg to the Indian Ocean commenced ….. From Tom Price we took the loop down to Paraburdoo, another Rio Tinto mining town. We don’t normally stay in caravan parks but this one we could not resist … $25 powered site and FREE washing machines and dryers all ...

Newman to Tom Price

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 23:20:00 GMT

June 17th – June 28th From our hillside campsite we went to the nearby Ophthalmia Dam for breakfast. Camping was not allowed at the dam. A short distance south we arrived at Newman to shop, to visit the Information Centre for a mud map of the area and,...

2015 Blog 4 Our long awaited trip to Rudall River NP

Navigator 1 (NSW) — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:33:00 GMT

June 9th – June 16th After 2 nights at Well 33 with MOG 500 we continued west and they continued north on the Canning. To this point we had travelled 5,542km and now we were finally close to our goal for this trip – Rudall River NP – the most remote NP in Western Australia....