Arno Bay to HOME

25th July. Staying at a Top Tourist Caravan Park at Whyalla which is just a stones throw from the bay, lovely. Went to various lookouts. Also went to see the famous spawning of the cuttlefish, but unfortunately we were a few days late.
27th July. Wilmington Bush Camp, an excellent camp were we relaxed for a couple of days.
29th July. Broken Hill.Big day travelling as there was no nice spots to free camp for the night, so we pushed on to Broken Hill. Saws heaps of emus but nothing else could possibly be the ugliest piece of the trip so far. We visited Iron Knob the birthplace of BHP, lovely old town run by the community. Did the tour of the town by one very very chatty local. Lets just say he really enjoyed his job.
31st July. Went to Silverton home of Mad Max and then on to a 1800's silver mine which was called Dream TimeMine where we went underground, a very informative and excellent tour.
1st August. Drove to the lookouts at Broken Hill, I for one am not impressed with Broken Hill.
2/4th August. White Cliffs Opal town where a lot of the business's plus the motel are underground, a place of real australian characters. Enjoyed our stay there very much.
5th August. Free camp near Nyngan
6th August. Free camp at Sandy Hollow near Warren.
7th August. Free camp at Mendooran
8th August. Lithgow for 2 nights to catch up with Elly and John.
10th August. HOME 21,173 klms safe and sound. Sharyn and Ashleigh had the yard and house shining like a new pin, a wonderful dinner, welcome home signs , nice to be home with family again. Looking forward to catching up with friends and saving for our next trip. Robin back at work with Blue Mountain Buses. So goodbye until our next trip. Robin, Reiny and Dawson.

Ceduna to Arno Bay / Jayco Discovery to Millard Sunseeka

Port Lincoln

New Caravan

Marble Ranges behind us Love the signs

Entrance to The Tub

Of course we drove along this road

Woolshed cave

Beehive in cave

Robin and his surfie mate

Sculptures on the coastline

Too cute

July 11: Well we finished our trip across the Nullarbor it was great, fabulous scenery, we enjoyed every moment of the trip. Dawson has had enough so we will stay put for a couple of days at Ceduna, catch up with washing etc then off to Streaky Bay tomorrow.

July 13: A little drama today, had a blowout on the caravan, lucky no major damage just a shredded tyre with a bit of damage to the van which Robin was able to repair. Loving Streaky Bay, Robin surfing with dolphins, Dawson and I doing our walk along the beach enjoying the peace until my wonderful dog decided to take on a 6ft long fur seal, lucky for us the seal had unfortunately died. We are on our way to Xmas in July at the Community owned Streaky Bay Hotel/Motel, 3 courses for $20.00, Vegetable soup,Bread Rolls, Ham, turkey and loads of vegetable, and then plum pudding, custard, ice cream and cream. Yummo. All the food groups covered and a lovely bottle of wine. Merry Christmas.

July 14: Trouble with car today off to the mechanics, hoping for a good outcome. Yeah no biggy rock caught up somewhere underneath, no drama. Robin surfing me just relaxing.

July 15: Celebrating Xmas tonight with a couple from the park, I am a very happy fat camper. Robin surfing again, me relaxing again,

July 16: Went for a trip out to Point Lambert, watched about 60+ fur seals just lazing about,mothers feeding calves, young males playing, so wonderful to see it all.

July 17: Free camp near Elliston, saw the Woolshed and The Tub caves which are on the coastline, stunning scenery, loving the Eyre Peninsula.

July 18: Travelled to Port Lincoln today, stopped off at Coffin Bay and was able to wash car and caravan, they were absolutely filthy from our adventures lots of dirt roads to get to the ocean and farmlands. We also celebrated John's (Robin's dad) birthday today by buying ourselves a new caravan, a 19ft 2009 Millard Sunseeka, queen bed, large fridge and loads of space. Love it.

July 19: Changing over the caravans today, big job but so worth it.

July 20: Buggered after yesterday so just a day to enjoy the van.

July 21: Arno Bay Caravan Park voted by us as the friendliest park we have stayed in, owners very welcoming and the other caravanners also lovely, they have nearly something on everyday, such as, scone afternoon, sausage sizzles, pancake Sundays, a great park.

July 22 and 23: Just relaxing and going for nice walks along the boardwalk and beach, weather nice.

Our trip is rapidly come to a halt, we will probably be home about the 20th August or a bit before, will have to put Robin back to work and save up for our next adventure. Luckily the bus company want him back. Looking forward to catching up with family and friends. Love to everyone. xxxx

Margaret River to Ceduna

Bunda Cliffs

Rocky the whale

More cliffs

Eucla telegraph station

Brekky, waiting for the bacon and eggs

Salmon gums

Albany

Reflections

More reflections

Light Beach Denmark

Tree top walk

Tingle tree

Well guys lots to tell you,




28th June, The Gloucester tree which is near Pemberton a massive tree which you can climb, I got the the chicken branch, to bloody scary, Robin got about a 1/3 of the way up, to his credit it had been raining and was wet and the steel poles sticking out of the tree are not a fun way to climb up a tree, free camped that night.


29th June, Walpole: Went on the tree top walk today where you actually walk 40metres above the tingle forest, these are magnificent trees which are only found in this pocket in the valley in the world. The tree can live to be 400 years old.


30th June: Sitting in caravan with Dawson while Robin is surfing, he is an IDIOT it is freezing in the van, wind, rain just miserable. Not a total waste of time though, while I am holed up in the caravan young and old surfers stripping down after they come back from surfing, not realising that this old girl is perving on them. Shame it is such a cold day though.


1st July: Albany. Have fallen in love with Albany. a beautiful town, scenery, beaches, farming land, wineries it has a fantastic country feel to it. Pity it is a cold 14c but we have been blessed with great weather until now.


3rd July: Esperance. On our list of must come back too, would be gorgeous if it was spring with the wildflowers and warmer weather.


5th July: The first day of trek across the Nullarbor, so excited. Weather crappy


6th July: Free camp 25ks west of Balladonia. Nice rest area, great fire morning and night. Spag. Bol jaffles for breakfast. Robin se the "Dish" up so we could watch the State of Origin. Bloody Qld won again, yes Penny and Cain you are winners. Had Happy Hour with Peter and Jenny from St. Ives and Jason and Michelle from Campbelltown, nice night even if we didnt win the footy.


7th July:Moonera Tank 43k east of Cocklebiddy, (free camp) Brian and Andrew from Geelong invited us to join there camp fire (thank god) they were travelling in a big truck/motor home, which they had a quad bike on the back and well as a chainsaw,. Great Company. Loving the Nullarbor, still no camels, dingoes etc. Dawson has had enough of travelling he is driving us to drink.


8th July: Scenic Lookout 42k peg which is 42ks east of Border Village as luck would have it. Two couples already camped with fire roaring (lucky us again) they were from Qld and were on there way to Kalgoorlie to find gold, she showed us a couple of her nuggets (gold that is) which she said was worth 2 grand. Before we left the campsite we ventured down to the edge of Australia and Robin stirring me up as usual, said look a whale, when I lean over the cliff face, 90 m below I see a rock, he starts laughing, I start abusing him and then this big rock starts to move, last laugh on me. We walked along the cliff face watching this whale and her calf, omg life is good.


9th July: Nullarbor Roadhouse, Tonight luxury, tv, phone, power, hot water, our batteries ran out last night, may have to invest in a generator. The highlight of my trip so far today, went to the Head of the Bight and saw up to 40 whales and 5 calves, just off the boardwalk, absolutely incredible. As I was entering this in my journal, a brandy in hand, yummy pate and cheeses, suny streaming down on us I cannot believe how lucky we are.


11th July: Ceduna Finished our trip across the Nullarbor, it was great, we enjoyed every aspect of the trip, Dawson had enough, so a couple of days to catch up on washing, cleaning van etc. Love to All.

Dongarra to Margaret River

My boys

Dawson cold

Do you think it is working

Busselton Jetty

Wood carving

Freemantle

Freemantle

Batavia

Pinnacles Desert

12th June: Enjoyed our stay at Dongarra, lovely park with ocean views. Lots of boardwalks to walk and enjoy the scenery. A young couple with there two children camped beside us, Mia aged 3 and very chatty and her older brother Jak who was 12, nice kids they are travelling for 3 months in a small camper, so glad we have a caravan.

19th June: Kingsway Tourist Park (Suburb of Perth) possibly the worst park we have stayed in this trip, very run down, but all the tourists are very nice, met a young couple travelling in a big bus with there 3 year old daughter Olivia, too cute was this little girl, cant wait for grandchildren of our own. We both enjoyed Perth which is very pretty and modern and also Freemantle where we did all the touristy things, loved the old buildings and museums especially the Museums with the Batavia history. absolutely amazing.

21st June: Robins birthday, I splashed out and took him to a Free Camp for the night, where I gathered the firewood, lit the fire, made the nibbles and organised the drinks. He said not to worry about a present so I took him at his word and didn't buy a present or a card, I felt very guilty, yes I am a slack wife. Unfortunately we witnessed an accident between a car and motorbike, we were parked beside the ride when the motorbike turned into the car. The lady driving the car was in shock, and Robin stayed with the poor biker who was in the middle of the road until the navy paramedics and the ambulance and police arrived. I was very proud of Robin who kept the poor man still who was in an incredible amount of pain. We dont know the outcome, hopefully he survived, they had him listed as critical when he left.

22nd June: Arrived at Busselton where we went for a drive to check out the Margaret River wineries and surf,( lucky for some not lucky for others)no surf but you guessed it lots of wine and cheeses and olives yummo. Busselton has the longest jetty in the southern hemisphere 1.8kms long in face with an aquarium at the end, I was going to go out but the aquarium was closed due to the bad weather we were experiencing. travelled on to Margaret River beautiful green rolling hills, cattle, sheep and horses and vineyards all the way down. Tourist heaven for galleries etc.

26th June: Still no surf, may stay another day or two and see if things improve. Love to all

Kalbarri to Dongara/Port Dension

nic nac shop Northhampton

Morning tea Horricks Beach

Pink Lake Port Gregory the photo does not do the lake justice, very pink in real life.

Geraldton coastline

South Beach Port Denison

Leaning tree Greenough

Sunset with Bronwyn

Sorry this is late, getting slack what can I say. Following the West Coast south, weather has been ordinary to say the least, we have been lucky so far with the weather so just have to grin and bear it. Not a lot to report, got new back tyres on the Territory at Geralton and Robin got the knee board repaired. We actually stayed at a Caravan Park out of Geralton at Greenough, no surf, no fish, we then moved onto Dongara Seaspray Caravan Park where we will stay until the Saturday, nice park with en suite, swimming pool, spa, to cold to enjoy these luxuries though.