My Blog - Michael B49

Bradby Trip - Days 88 to 103 16 to 30 September 2009

Michael B49 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:19:00 GMT

15-30 September 2009 Days 89 – 103 – Fraser Island We travelled to Hervey Bay for 2 days R&R at Tina and Glen Jones in Hervey Bay. It was great to sleep in a house and a real bed for two nights. Tina and Glen are great hosts and we enjoyed long dinners with red wine overlooking their ...

Bradby Trip - 4-12 Setember 2009 - Travelling across WA,NT, Qld + Barrier Reef

Michael B49 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:11:00 GMT

4 to 7 September 2009 Days 78 and 81 – Travelling Across WA, NT & Qld --Lake Argyle to east of Daly Waters to Leichhardt Falls (east of Burketown) to Greenvale to Airlie Beach. The past 4 days has seen us traverse this big country of ours from Lake Argyle in the eastern Kimberleys to Airlie ...

Bradby Trip - 30 August to 3 September 2009 Days 73 and 77 – Kununurra to Mambi Island to Lake Argyl

Michael B49 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:19:00 GMT

We arrived into Kununurra around lunch after the drive out of the Bungle Bungles. We set up camp in the Kimberleyland Caravan Park where we secured a camp spot overlooking Lake Kununurra. The weather has continued to be very hot with the temperature up around 40 degrees so we spent the afternoon ...

Bradby Trip 23 to 30 August 2009 Days 66 to 73 Kununurra to El Questro and the Bungle Bungles

Michael B49 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:15:00 GMT

23 and 24 August 2009 Days 66 and 67 – Kununurra. We left Parry’s Lagoon at 8 00 am with the intent of continuing along the Parry’s Creek Road and into Kununarra. Along the way we stopped in at Mambi Island Boat ramp and coamping area to check it out....

Bradby Triop - 21 and 22 August 2009 Days 64 and 65 – (McGowan’s Island to Home Valley to Wyndham to

Michael B49 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:17:00 GMT

We were packed up and said our goodbyes to the new friends we had made by 8 00 am and on the road hoping to make it to Happy Valley by mid afternoon. The trip down off the Mitchell Plateau was great with the road having been graded from about 50 km north of the Mitchell Falls turnoff all the ...

Bradby Trip - 14 to 21 August 2009 Days 57 to 64 – (Kulumburu – McGowan’s Island)

Michael B49 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:54:00 GMT

We arrived at Kulumburu at 11 00 am after taking a 2 hour drive on a road that was in much better condition than we expected as the grader had started on the southern end and was working his way towards Kulumburu....

Bradby Trip - 08 to 13 August 2009 Days 50 to 56

Michael B49 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:46:00 GMT

08 to 13 August 2009 Days 50 to 56 – (Western part of Gibb River Road – Mitchell Falls) We arrived at Windjana Gorge Camping Area just before lunch so after setting up and having lunch we headed off on the gorge walk....

Bradby Trip - 05 to 07 August 2009 Days 45 to 47 Horizontal Falls Derby

Michael B49 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:47:00 GMT

05 to 07 August 2009 Days 45 to 47 – After a leisurely bacon and eggs breakfast we headed off to Derby which is 220 km from Broome on the bitumen to fly out to the Horizontal Falls. It was our anniversary on the 6th so this was a real treat....

Bradby Trip - 28 July to 04 August 2009 Days 39 to 44

Michael B49 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:37:00 GMT

28 and 29 July 2009 Days 39 and 40 – On the way to La Djardarr Point we stopped in at Beagle Bay where we fuelled up ($1.64/litre) and visited the Catholic church which has a mother of pearl encrusted altar. There is also a bakery that sells fresh bread,...

Bradby Trip - 17 to 27 July 2009 Days 27 to 38

Michael B49 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:41:00 GMT

16 to 19 July 2009 Days 27 to 30 – Thursday saw us pack up and today we are heading to Karratha to visit a friend of a friend, he is organising new tyres for the Prado, another set of BFG All Terrains, I’ve been very happy with the current set....