ExplorOz - David & Michelle

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Kimberley Day 90 - Gibb River Road

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Today was exciting. Around 8am we left our trailer at the Silent Grove camp and drove the 10km into <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W55922" href="/places/

Created: 20 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5437

West Coast Day 146 - Kalbarri to Perth

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We arrived at Cervantes around 2.30pm and drove straight to the windsurfing beach "Thirsty Point". There were half a dozen people out on boards so I rigged up my 4.5m2 and ha

Created: 15 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5434

Kimberley Day 82 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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Leaving Katherine heading west along the Victoria Highway to Timber Creek the trip was extremel

Created: 12 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5424

West Coast Day 154 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Dave is a showy sailor and I took some video of him performing duck gybes and tacks. He's trying to help me with my gybes too so we watch the video at nights to see what we're doing right or wrong....

Created: 23 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5419

West Coast Day 151 - Kalbarri to Perth

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We woke this morning to a calm day for the first time since being in Cervantes. Our windsurfing gear is always packed and ready to go before we go to sleep so all we had to d

Created: 20 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5401

West Coast Day 114 - The Hammersley

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The ranger didn't arrive until we had driven off but nabbed Dorothy and Rob. We thought we'd stop in at the <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W312076" href="

Created: 13 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5397

West Coast Day 148 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Excellent wind - sailed all day on 4.5m2 again.

Created: 17 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5382

West Coast Day 113 - The Hammersley

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Because we were able to explore Millstream yesterday we decided to move on to <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="P61723" href="/routes/karijini-national-park"

Created: 12 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5370

Cape York Day 22 - Weipa to Seisa

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Gunshot Day (Michelle & David) The day started with light rain just as we lifted camp. We all knew today was "Gunshot Day" and there was some excitement brewing at the pro

Created: 14 Aug 1998 16:45 Views: 5361

Maralinga here we come

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We're off and so crammed full we had to leave things behind at the last minute. We won't starve though LOL! Heading from Perth to Nullarbor via <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W77

Created: 03 Aug 2013 12:57 Views: 5359

Gulf Country Day 71 - 78 - Borroloola to Darwin

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Darwin has been very humid and temperatures are in the high 30s. We've done our usual spending spree in the big smoke before heading off into the bush and hope we are fully prep

Created: 08 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5349

Kimberley Day 86 - Gibb River Road

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Today we started the Gibb River Road trek. This trek is much talked about for its notoriously bad road conditions however I had phoned the road information freecall number and hear

Created: 16 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5336

Gulf Country Day 67 - Borroloola to Darwin

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Although we were in the perfect location to fish for barramundi it was too hot to get motivated to do anything so serious. As it was,...

Created: 28 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5332

New Life Day 3 - Sydney to Cairns

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We did the Teewah Beach run and found many good spots to stop along the beach and camp (free) nea

Created: 27 Jul 1998 17:19 Views: 5322

Gulf Country Day 60 - Kurumba to Lawn Hill

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Today David and I set off fairly early (9am) for a walk to the Island Stack which is the highest peak in the area. The walk was a steep rock climb and I was amazed that

Created: 21 Sep 1998 00:00 Views: 5319

Cape York Day 17 - Cairns to Weipa

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(Oliver & Tony) Our convoy departed Bathurst Bay at 8.30am after meeting at the garbage tip. After proceeding through a <a class="tt_keyword lb" rel="W571979" href="/p

Created: 09 Aug 1998 15:45 Views: 5302

West Coast Day 150 - Kalbarri to Perth

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David was really hoping for a calm day today. The strong wind is really frustrating him while trying to learn to windsurf. This morning the wind was howling again and we agreed not to sail - to ...

Created: 19 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5291

Stockton Lake

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We recently celebrated our son's birthday, plus the arrival of our brand new 2023 Ultimate GT camper trailer AND the completion of a year-long project to restore/convert our son's bus by going on ...

Created: 04 Nov 2023 18:21 Views: 5281

Cape York Day 28 - Seisa to Cairns

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(Day 17 TLCC Cape York Trip - Thelma and Jeff) It was a cloudy morning as we left Captain Billy’s Landing. Tony’s (Na- Na’s) vehicle was made road worthy but he was apprehensive abou

Created: 20 Aug 1998 17:19 Views: 5265

West Coast Day 140 - Kalbarri to Perth

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With no wind again Geraldton didn't have much to offer us. We were expecting mail from Mum and from Poroday's camera repair sh

Created: 09 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5260

West Coast Day 126 - Ningaloo Reef

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We woke up this morning in our own piece of paradise. We have been commenting on how this is really the first time we've felt "out bush". Camping in

Created: 25 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5242

Day 12 More B.M.R. Roads

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Today the kids begged for the last of the bacon. We have a family fav that works well for a camp breakf

Created: 14 Aug 2013 17:20 Views: 5233

Kimberley Day 83 - Darwin to Kununnurra

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The day started with a hangover although we had only drunk two gin and tonics. We realised that we must increase our water intake and avoid any alcohol in such extreme temperat

Created: 13 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 5231

West Coast Day 152 - Kalbarri to Perth

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The wind picked up so much today that most of us were nearly blown out of the water. We've been the first to arrive each day so that David gets a chance before the wind becomes

Created: 21 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5229

New Life Day 2 - Sydney to Cairns

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We both woke up early – in anticipation of good weather I think. It was not a nice day outside but we prepared toast and coffee, had long hot showers went for a drive around town and headed off....

Created: 26 Jul 1998 17:17 Views: 5219

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