I have always had a great love for Ocean Beach in Denmark. To be honest it’s not the worlds greatest surf break and while it is a beautiful place, it’s no more special than many beaches out there. But it was a place where I had great fun as a kid and hence it has [...]
Living in the city there is much to like about LPG. It turns a fuel hungry beast like my GQ Patrol into a reasonably economical car. But once you hit the road things change especially in the north of WA.
In the city petrol is approximately 2.5 times the price of LPG whereas up here is [...]
Tomorrow we leave Hedland for Broome and I am really looking forward to it.
On our trip last year Broome was one of our favorite spots. The warm weather and stunning Cable Beach were enough to convince us to stay 10 days, the longest time we spent in any one place.
We heard last week that [...]
A few years back Owen Beck was living in Butler and we would catch up regularly for dinner and in the process became good mates.
He has since got married, moved to Cambodia (left the suburbs…) and set up a fantastic eco-resort called Jasmine Valley that both offers accommodation for travellers and employment and hope for [...]
In the last 6 months we have put the camper up exactly 69 times, and we’re pretty damn good at it now! What began as a fumbling laborious process has now become a second nature type of routine, however I won’t miss it when we head home tomorrow. Life as a snail has its limitations!
As [...]
We got Ellie surfing at Twilight Beach.
After the dash from Esperance in the wild winds we finished up at Albany and the Big 4 caravan park right on Middleton Beach.
Pic: Middleton Beach
This is a brilliant location and a great park with heaps of facilities, but it was also the most expensive park we have stayed in over the trip at [...]
After leaving Eucla we headed on thru to Fraser Range Station, a really nice campground just 100km out of Norseman and definitely worth the $25.00 it cost to stay. There are plenty of barren, gravelly camp sites in this stretch, so to find a green and attractive place with good facilities was a bonus. If [...]
Cactus is one of those places that occupies a unique space in Aussie surf legend. Its reputation is as a gnarly, shark infested desert wave where only the hardy or foolish dare to go. I have now done 4 cross country trips, but the previous 3 were either with non-surfers or were done on a [...]
Just a trip update for those who are interested…
After leaving Melbourne we headed south to McCrae – Phil McCredden’s place, where we spent 5 nights. The camper fitted perfectly under Phil’s carport so the occasional bit of rain didn’t bother us and we were able to use the house during the day. We didn’t get [...]