We had to go to
Tasmania and meet Clayton's girlfriend's family and decided to make a
holiday of it as well by renting a motor home and site seeing for a 2 week
period.
Take a look at this beautiful
land called Tasmania.
Adelaide to Brisbane Thru The NSW
Outback
25/08/2008
Some beautiful country to be
seen thru outback NSW.
Broken Hill stars several identities in Pro Hart & the town of Silverton of
Mad Max movie fame.
We've setup a slideshow
so have a look at some of the photo's.
Adelaide
has some great tourist destinations and when you get a guided tour from
friends, the experience only gets that much better. We've setup a slideshow
so have a look at some of the photo's.
SA's Port Augusta on the Eyre Peninsula
13/07/2008
The cruiser, rig & BB are
behaving well with an uneventful run from Whyalla into Port Augusta. The
Pitchi Ritchi Railway runs out of Quorn up in the Flinders Ranges so Mike
& BB are looking forward to stepping back in time.
SA's Whyalla to Wallaroo on the Yorke Peninsula 07/07/2006
The famous HMAS Whyalla antisubmarine & minesweeper was built at the Whyalla BHP shipyards in 1941 and returned to its birth place in 1988 and now takes place landlocked at the Maritime Museum as the centres show piece.
Have a look at some of the photo's.
SA's Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula
01/07/2008
Well Mike & BB have finally headed off on 'THE BIG ONE'. Scares Mike to think we are now 3 weeks into the trip and things are just running like a dream. We are finding it difficult to handle the winter months in the southern part of our continent but will continue to brave it for as long as possible. Some of the parks we have stayed at in the Eyre Peninsula have absolute beach front and these places are just spectacular.
Fortesque Falls - Karajini National Park Tom Price - Western Australia's Pilbara Region
Tom Price - Western Australia 13/01/2007
Mandurah to Tom Price and return covering 5000Km in 2 weeks with an aditional weeks stay with our granddaughters was always going to be a reasonable ask for both man and machine. Pleased to say the cruiser, caravan and novices Mike & BB passed with flying colours, but not without incident. Although only minor, the first item to self destruct was the digital camera, the second item had a little more impact, a broken air conditioner in the caravan. Bugger! and that was the second night into the journey.
Being adventurous our itinerary was to take the coastal route one way and return via the inland route. This allowing us to pick up and stay with friends Murray & Glenys Fraser in Geraldton, then onto Carnarvon, Coral Bay and friends Dave Tuke & Colleen in Onslow (check out Dave's big yella boat) and then to our delight the granddaughters and family in Tom Price. The return however was drastically modified, you guessed it, we returned via the much cooler coastal routes by the sea. Tom Price and inland communities at this time of the year experience days of 45 degrees Celsius heat and with no air conditioning! I don't think so.
Mike's also shattered with not having had his camera but we've managed with the help of friends to assist with this segment of our travels and provide some pictorial record.
Bunbury - Western Australia's South West 17/11/2006
This trip was for a long awaited "can't wait to test things out" trip and specifically tailored to a newly purchased Annex. Catching up with friends for a Xmas drink was also top of the list and that was certainly one of the highlights of the trip. Thanks to Peter & Julie McKay and Paul & Sharon Warner for such a lovely evening.
BB and I are very much novices so when we booked the Koombana Bay Caravan Park and the receptionist stated that yes, you can put up your annex 'but not on the grass' I guess that didn't mean very much at the time. Bugger, that will teach me for not being more thorough, if you can't put it on the grass, where in the hell can you put it. Suffice to say no annex testing, but we had a great time and learnt heaps more about the van, not least, more about caravan park owners. BB's adding more of her touch to the interior every trip to the stage where its more of a home than our home.
Busselton Jetty - Western Australia's South West Region
Busselton - Western Australia's South West 07/07/2006
The long awaited shakedown trip is finally here. BB and I have been stocking the caravan over the last 3 months so we at least have the bare necessities for the inaugural trip. We're venturing from our home in Mandurah to the South West town of Bussleton which is only some 200Km away for the practise run. The idea is to get an idea of the fuel consumption figures for the vehicle and just get a feel for the caravan and accessaries. Nothing spectacular to report other than magnificent fuel consumption figures for the vehicle caravan combination. The bonus being that all fittings, accessories and additions to the caravan worked a charm. Well maybe not the first time!
Have a look at our new home 3/04/2006
Well we can't believe it, we finally have the bloody vehicle and caravan. We have pained over this for a couple of years as to the correct vehicle for tow ability and fuel consumption. BB had her requirements for the van and I did the rest. The result we believe to be an outstanding combination from Toyota and the latest design from a well respected caravan manufacturer, Coromal Caravans.
Please have a look around.
Toyota Land Cruiser LC100 Turbo Diesel & Coromal Princeton Model 651 Caravan
