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Wednesday, September 30, 2020Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 6 – Barrington Tops to Merriwa

A late start to the day. We’re not in any hurry. Given we’ve got full water tanks and we can top up when we empty the dunny in Scone, we all have a shower, such a luxury in a place like this. So it’s after 10:30 when we pull out. The road continues to be pretty rough and the potholes just seem to get bigger. Eventually we’re on the road downhill, and it’s steep! I’ve got awful flashbacks of a cross between French Pass in NZ in the motor home and the Mt Selwyn decent from last year. I take most of the steeper sections in 1^st gear and with the van brakes on 8. Fortunately we don’t come across too many cars. We finally hit the tar, phew! From here it’s a pretty easy run into Scone. I must admit the fuel economy coming out was heaps better than the run in.

Sunday, July 5, 2020Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 4, Narrabri to Yarrie Lake

A late start (after a middle of the night wake up from Caitlin). So we’re not out till just after 10am. Fortunately we only need to go about 30odd km today. We navigate the great backroads and pull in to Lake Yarrie, this perfectly round lake. It’s about 800m or so in diameter, and only about 6’ (2mtr) deep. We get a powered site right on the lake for only $25, bargain! But better than the price is the location. A beautiful day, and while only in the teens, there was little wind and it’s amazing in the sun.

Monday, January 21, 2019Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 131 – Cobar to Ballimore

We have a late getaway, Cobar looks a little busier now on a Monday morning.

Through Nyngan, and of course we stop at the Big Bogan. Unbelievably, Nyngan does not appear to have a bakery. It would have been a good early lunch stop, we check google maps and there is one in the next town of Trangie, 90km further east, an early lunch just became a late one.

Monday, December 31, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 110 – Esperance – New Year’s Eve

We take a loop out west of Esperance, via Pink Lake, only this one isn’t pink any more (the 2018 brochure still shows it as pink, but the sign says it hasn’t been pink in years, Mmmmm)

Sunday, December 30, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 109 – Ravensthorpe to Esperance

Were up earlyish, I’m surprised the road noise hasn’t been worse, but it was OK. We walk across the road to the BP road house, to our surprise the place is packed, there must be 20 people, so there goes a morning coffee.

Thursday, December 20, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 99 – Busselton –

We’re up early, pretty much with the sun. We leave the van behind and get over to the jetty about 30min early. At least we get a close parking spot. The kids have a ball again in the fantastic playground.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 98 – Bunbury to Busselton

Slow start, we’ve not got far to go. In fact we don’t know how far we’ve got. We know we have about 5 days to get to Albany, but what path we’ll take getting there, what we will see is still uncertain.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 91 – Seven Mile Beach (Geraldton) to Sandy Cape

What a place to wake up in. We are helped in the wake up with a couple of guys launching their fishing boat, but that was OK.

Monday, December 10, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 89 – Denham to Lucky Bay

A windy night, when we wake we find the young couple in the tent next to us are having trouble. Their tent has these rubbish pegs, I’ve seen paperclips with more metal in them. That and the fact they are trying to hammer it into near rock. Speaking of hammer, they’re doing this with a saucepan, I’d lent them a hammer last night. In all the wind the tent is having trouble staying put. If we would have been staying I would have lent them some heavy duty pegs

Wednesday, September 26, 2018Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Day 14 – Townsville to Forrest Beach

26/9/2018

Somehow the morning got away from us. We are up by 7:30, but we’ve decided to spend three nights getting to Cairns, then stay 4 nights in the Big 4 van park in Cairns. So we figure we need to get some supplies for the next three days. So even though the shops are in the next block it took ages to get there.