Apollo Bay
10/11/2011 to 11/11/2011
Day number 111
Beaut apollo bay on the great ocean road. Did the 12 apostles and other various touristy stuff along the way.
119
Trip completed!
23/07/2011 to 18/11/2011
23/07/2011 to 18/11/2011
Please feel free to browse through our blog entries below. These contain stories and photos from our adventures in a caravan around Australia. We update these every week, so check back soon for more!
Peterborough/Great Ocean Road
9/11/2011 to 10/11/2011
Day number 110
Drive was good. Storms were better. Great scenery.
Adelaide/Coonalpyn
8/11/2011 to 9/11/2011
Day number 109
Drove through Adelaide (wow! traffic!) and onto Coonalpyn
Nullarbor/Ceduna
4/11/2011 to 6/11/2011
Day number 105 and 106
Great cliffs - Nullarbor is interesting. Not as windy or barren from the main highway as we thought though.
Norseman/Balladonia
3/11/2011 to 4/11/2011
Day number 104
Got to Norseman and decided to head east rather than north.
Albany
1/11/2011 to 2/11/2011
Day number 102
From Denmark to Albany - hunted down some gizmos for the van, coffee with family then on our way Esperance. Big day!
Pemberton/Denmark
30/10/2011 to 1/11/2011
Day number 100 and 101
Drove through Pemberton for the tree climb and a ride on the rickety tram - then onto lovely Denmark
Margret River
29/10/2011 to 30/10/2011
Day number 99
From Perth to Margret River - stopping at various places along the way. No pics sorry!
Perth
25/10/2011 to 29/10/2011
Day number 95, 96, 97 and 98
Stayed in Perth at Coogee Beach and caught up with some friends/family.
Kalbarri to Gabbadah
24/10/2011 to 25/10/2011
Day number 94
Free stop to a free stop. Huge day! Our first night time drive (and in the rain).
Monkey Mia to Kalbarri
23/10/2011 to 24/10/2011
Day number 93
Stopped into the stromatolites on the way out of Monkey Mia then headed north to a free river stop.
Carnarvon Blowholes
20/10/2011 to 21/10/2011
Day number 90
Drive from Carnarvon to the blowholes then back south to a free stop.
Carnarvon WA
19/10/2011 to 20/10/2011
Day number 89
Overnight stop in Carnarvon - stayed at the Big 4 after doing some shopping.
Coral Bay
16/10/2011 to 19/10/2011
Day number 86, 87 and 88
Coral Bay (busy!) school holidays are over but still packed to the brim.
Exmouth
09/10/2011 to 16/10/2011
Day number 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85
Nice scenery, cold, windy, lots of animals.
Karratha, Dampier, Port Samson, Miaree Pool
08/10/2011 to 09/10/2011
Day number 78
Just passing through some towns today
80 Mile Beach
06/10/2011 to 07/10/2011
Day number 76
One night stop over at a caravan park on the beach.
Broome
29/09/2011 to 06/10/2011
Day number 69 to 75
Yes the ocean! Loved Broome our favourite place on the trip!
Kimberley Entrance Caravan Park - Derby WA
27/09/2011 to 29/09/2011
Day number 67 and 68
Kimberley Entrance caravan park in Derby was great. The other one was tiny, this one is huge.
Kununurra Hidden Valley & Bungle Bungles
22/09/2011 to 26/09/2011
Day number 62, 63, 64 and 65
Stayed at Hidden Valley caravan park - great little possy. Good walk up into the mini bungle bungles. Drove out with the tent to El Questro on the gibb river road for one night.
Kununurra - The Kimberley Grande
21/09/2011 to 22/09/2011
Day number 61
Luxury break at Kimberley Grande
Pine Creek - Katherine - Kununurra
19/09/2011 to 21/09/2011
Day number 59 and 60
Drove through from Pine Creek to Kununurra
Darwin - Free Spirit
10/09/2011 to 17/09/2011
Day number 50 to 56
Drove from Jabiru through to Darwin - stayed at Free Spirit our near Palmerston.
Kakadu - Jabiru
06/09/2011 to 10/09/2011
Day number 46, 47, 48 and 49
Stayed in Jabiru. Only two caravan parks to choose from. Stay at the resort on the way in :) TODO
Kakadu - Yellow Water
04/09/2011 to 06/09/2011
Day number 44 and 45
Yellow Water resort / caravan park. Plus the cruise. Nice place!
Kakadu - Gunlom Falls
03/09/2011 to 04/09/2011
Day number 43
Drove half way in on the dirt road to Gunlom falls and dropped the van off. Continued onto the falls in the 4x4 and spent the afternoon there.
Pine Creek - Pussy Cat Flats
29/08/2011 to 30/08/2011
Day number 38
From Edith Falls backtrack to Katherine then up to Pussy Cat Flats near Pine Creek
Edith Falls
27/08/2011 to 29/08/2011
Day number 36 and 37
Short drive from Katherine to northern Nitmiluk National Park, stayed at Edith Falls camp ground.
Katherine & Nitmiluk National Park
25/08/2011 to 27/08/2011
Day number 34 and 35
Katherine and Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk National Park).Stayed 1 night at river view big 4, another night up in the national park.
Mataranka - Bitter Springs
23/08/2011 to 25/08/2011
Day number 32 and 33
Mataranka. Lovely! Stayed near Bitter Springs. Highly recommended.
Daly Waters
21/08/2011 to 23/08/2011
Day number 30 and 31
Daly Waters. Happy hour and dinner at the famous Pub. Checked out the airport.
Banka Banka to Newcastle Waters
20/08/2011 to 21/08/2011
Day number 29
Late (and windy again!) start at Banka Banka on our way north to Newcastle Waters.
Banka Banka station
19/08/2011 to 20/08/2011
Day number 28
Drove west to 3 ways then north to Banka Banka station today. Great place here. Good water! Friendly people. Hot showers!
Wonarah Bore
18/08/2011 to 19/08/2011
Day number 27
First night in NT. Oh so windy! Cool pictures and video of stars. Great sunset!
Camooweal - Billabong/Creek free stop
17/08/2011 to 18/08/2011
Day number 26
Mt Isa to the free camp at Camooweal.
Mt Isa - Copper Park
15/08/2011 to 17/08/2011
Day number 24 and 25
Copper Park in Mt Isa. Nice park out of town. Lots of permanents but all ok.Finally power and water!
Fountain Springs - free roadside stop
12/08/2011 to 15/08/2011
Day number 21, 22 and 23
Camping out on the side of the road at the free rest stop about 70k's out of Mt Isa.
Gregory Downs - creek side camp
10/08/2011 to 12/08/2011
Day number 19 and 20
Great stopover by the creek. Quite busy though - recommend staying up top (nobody around) and coming down for a swim/picnic during the day.
Lawn Hill - lovely! Adels Grove
08/08/2011 to 10/08/2011
Day number 17 and 18
Staying at the Adels Grove camp ground. Just outside the Lawn Hill national park.
Gregory Downs - free stop
07/08/2011 to 08/08/2011
Day number 16
Gregory Downs free camp. Nice! Great flowing creek nearby - great swim! No reception at all - not even with booster antenna
Cloncurry towards Lawn Hill (free stop at Terry Smith Lookout)
06/08/2011 to 07/08/2011
Day number 15
Left cloncurry then a casual drive 70km north to Terry Smith Lookout. Nice place for a free stopover. Maybe try to get in early down the back to avoid the louder later group arrivals :) Very minimal reception, great with an antenna though.
Cloncurry - Wal's Camp
05/08/2011 to 06/08/2011
Day number 14
Stayed in Cloncurry after our long drive in from Longreach. We were going to stay at one of the free camps either side of Cloncurry but they were a little out of town for our liking. Trying to decided on a Lawn Hill detour.
Barcaldine - Top Tourist Park
01/08/2011 to 03/08/2011
Day number 10 and 11
Two commercial camps and the showgrounds in town ($26/night), one main petrol station, IGA, butcher, baker, 5 pubs and a bottleo. Couple of free spots nearby too. Great stay, 6hr blackout second night.
Duaringa - Our second free stopover
31/07/2011 to 01/08/2011
Day number 9
Free stopover on the A4 on the way inland from Rocky to Emerald. Great spot, lots of others around. Plenty of places to setup.
Eidsvold/Ceratodus - First free overnight
30/07/2011 to 31/07/2011
Day number 8
Left beautiful Sunshine Coast and traveled ~350km to our first free overnight stop at Ceratodus.
Sunshine Coast - Mooloolaba Beach Esplanade Caravan Park
26/07/2011 to 30/07/2011
Day number 4, 5, 6 and 7
Beach front caravan park in the middle of Mooloolaba. Great spot! Book in advance. Check-in at their other park 1km south before going beach front.
The big trip begins - Glass House Mountains
23/07/2011 to 25/07/2011
Day number 1, 2 and 3
The big day has finally come, we're leaving for our around Australia trip! First stop: Glass House Mountains.
Pre-trip planning & test run
05/07/2011
We are now less than 2 weeks from our leave date and the time has come for the all important test run. This was the first time we towed our van and the first big run for our new 4x4. Our chosen destination is the Mt Warning Caravan Park in NSW, we've stayed there before in tents so we are familiar with the area.
Custom built plywood boot storage
01/07/2011
Custom built boot storage out of plywood. More pics coming soon.