Monthly Archives: July 2011

Thursday 28th July 2011 Karratha to Dampier and return 30km

We had an easy start to the day, did a load of washing and were out of here around 10ish.   We drove over to Dampier, checked out the William Dampier lookout, was a pretty view. Number of Views :4283

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Wednesday 27th July 2011 Onslow turnoff to Karratha 240km

We spent time outside looking at the stars last night, they are beautiful in the outback, the sky was alight with them. Number of Views :3786

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26 July 2011 Coral Bay then on the Onslow turn-off 240km

Happy birthday Pat and welcome to the 2nd quarter century of your life.  🙂 This morning after breakfast we uprooted ourselves and moved the van into a holding parking spot. Number of Views :2664

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24 and 25th July 2011 Carnarvon to Coral Bay 240km

Sunday 24th We left Carnarvon at 7:45am on our way to Coral Bay. The drive was interesting in the amount of traffic heading south, this weekend was the end of school holidays, so a lot of families must have been … Continue reading

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Saturday 23 July 2011 Geraldton to Carnarvon via Hutt River Principality 530km

We got away from Geraldton at about 7:30am, and then thought we had better find out what time The Hutt River Principality opened up for tourists. Sure enough, it didn’t open until 9am and we looked like we would get … Continue reading

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Friday 22nd July 2011 Geraldton and Greenough

We slept much better last night, no delivery men to disturb us!   Got up at 7.30am and left to do the tourist bit of Geraldton around 9.30am, we enjoyed the slower start to the day.  Number of Views :2538

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Thursday 21st July 2011 New Norcia to Geraldton

Thursday 21st July 2011 New Norcia to Geraldton via the Pinnacles 397km We were woken around 2am last night by two delivery trucks dropping provisions off to the roadhouse, they were parked right next to our van, would have been … Continue reading

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20th July 2011 Albany to New Norcia 512km

Thank you Ethan for the wonderful picture you drew for us, it made us smile. Of all mornings to sleep in we had to choose this one. We woke at 7am, about the time we wanted to be out on … Continue reading

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19th July 2011 Albany, Denmark and almost Walpole. (~240km round trip)

 We had a very lazy start to our day today. (That 3rd Port last night  must have done it for me 🙂 ) Number of Views :3639

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18th July 2011 Albany

Thank you everyone for the great birthday wishes, they are all very much appreciated, and yes Craig even your phone call at 7am this morning!! Number of Views :2686

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