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Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 2:50 PM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 40 m
Australia Esplanade -31.956114, 115.8568831°57’22” S 115°51’25” E
Perth CBD
June 9, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Dropped straight into the CBD and into the Elizabeth Quay area. Perhaps the rainbow is a sign ..... The camp sites are on the outskirts of the city so headed north to be closer to the bike shops and our way out of town.Read more
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Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 5:00 PM
⛅ 16 °C
Altitude: 43 m
Australia Old Trafford Park -31.814186, 115.822831°48’51” S 115°49’22” E
Kingsway Tourist Park - Madeley
June 9, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Pitching tents for two nights at the Kingsway park. We made it here with a minute to spare before the office closed but lovely people and good rates. We have sites just next to the camp kitchen with all mod cons. Allan’s bike will get a new front tyre tomorrow and Neil will wash clothes and look for a more waterproof bag.Read more
TravelerAwesome stuff. Thats the south side done. Well thats almost the end of civilisation for a while. from here on starts to get remote. well that was 40 years ago, there maybe a little more up to Geraldton.😁😁. good to see your keeping the fluids 🍵 up. hope the coffee is good. ps. John Alison and Beth where at church on Sunday .just a random visit. didn't think they would know anyone. 😂😂😂
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Monday, June 10, 2019 at 2:38 PM
🌧 12 °C
Altitude: 43 m
Australia Old Trafford Park -31.814295, 115.82282331°48’51” S 115°49’22” E
Kingsway - day 2
June 10, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Today is cold wet and windy interspersed with the odd bit of sunshine. We woke to the sound of kookaburras this morning instead of the crows that have been our companions since we crossed the WA border. Allan has had the front tyre replaced so all set to go north and find the sun. I have decided to solve the water ingress issue on my clothes bag with heavy duty garbage bags so we will see how that goes. Washing and drying is done. We may have a Margaret River red with dinner this evening and spend sometime in the heated ‘rec’ room. The video is of the hail falling while we sheltered under the kitchen roof.Read more
TravelerIf U R still in Pert, The Bull Creek RAAF museum has a
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TravelerLancaster and Catalina.
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TravelerNice to see you doing some domestics Al!💕
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 11:52 AM
🌧 16 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Australia Ronsard Reserve -30.497194, 115.0663630°29’50” S 115°3’59” E
Cervantes
June 11, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Coffee, croissants and carrot cake at the Seashells cafe on the seashore.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 4:06 PM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 30 m
Australia Mount Tarcoola -28.802275, 114.63085928°48’8” S 114°37’51” E
Geraldton
June 11, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Made it to warmer climes... still a lot of water around but all good for the farmers. Found Phil and Ros’s house. Lovely dinner with lots of discussion on a wide range of interesting topics. Awoke next morning to steady rain. We should really call this trip the ‘drought assistance tour’. Bit of luxury to be able to get organised and load the bikes in a dry garage though. Phil cooked us a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs and tomatoes - great to start the day.Read more
TravelerForecasts we're getting here suggest Shorts and Thongs for you soon .... But not while you're riding!
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 1:07 PM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 110 m
Australia No. 3 Bore -26.816818, 114.61458126°49’1” S 114°36’52” E
Billabong
June 12, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Interesting trip up from Geraldton. We all decided to go without the wets - just before Northampton it bucketed down and we stopped at a small ‘roadhouse’ to get out of the rain and reconsider. The old guy serving said they had ‘sh*t loads’ of rain over the last 3 days (~100mm). The rain eased off so we continued in the same gear which dried off under cloudy skies up to Billabong. Northampton has some lovely old buildings and looks a nice place to stay. The Billabong Homestead Hotel had a stubby holder so Allan bought one for the collection- have to get them while you can.Read more
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 3:24 PM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Australia Shark Bay -25.57354, 114.15909625°34’25” S 114°9’33” E
Wayside stop
June 12, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
about an hour out of Carnarvon Stretch and discuss tyres and brush away the little flies! There is some sign of it having rained earlier with culverts filled with water along with some in thin sheets in low lying areas. The vegetation here is sparser than the Nullarbor and poorer looking ‘trees’.Read more
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Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 4:50 PM
⛅ 20 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Australia Reynolds Park -24.865583, 113.68183924°51’56” S 113°40’55” E
Carnarvon
June 12, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Arrived in Carnarvon after 4pm and quickly found the Outback Oasis Park and set up tents before it got dark. Cooked up a chicken stir fry for dinner as the camp kitchen is well resourced here. Added another animal warning sign to the list - water birds- pretty strange given it has been really dry up here for ages. The only significant water we saw was in the Murchison river, the others are just sand. It is such a large country- today it really was straight road heading to the horizon with few corners. At the top of each rise you just see more road stretching on before you. We can probably say that we are a third of the way round in a distance sense as we have now covered 5300km. Will add some photos in the morning.Read more
TravelerYou better get used to straight roads....and long ones
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Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 11:17 AM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Australia Carnarvon -23.815121, 114.0095923°48’54” S 114°0’35” E
Minilya
June 13, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Fine day - finally took the thermal layer out of the jacket! Cloudless skies and I somehow caught a cold. The river here is typical of the ones we have crossed... sandy and dry. Lots of floodwaters markers on the road so it can obviously get wet here sometimes. Stopped at the roadhouse for coffee and fuel.Read more
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Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 3:54 PM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 67 m
Australia No. 8 Well -22.543667, 115.49856622°32’37” S 115°29’55” E
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Nanutarra
June 13, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The camp for the night is not quite halfway between Carnarvon and Port Headland. Tomorrow’s run will be about 500km. Nanutarra is on the Ashburton river which at present is a series of water holes. Crossed the Tropic of Capricorn and entered the Pilbara. Termite mounds appeared along the road for many kms but have now disappeared. Sharing the road with many caravans , RV’s and roadtrains.Read more
Traveler Wow.That’s massive🤭
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Traveler Love the pic.
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Friday, June 14, 2019 at 10:44 AM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 47 m
Australia Bilanoo Hill -21.295511, 116.13800821°17’44” S 116°8’17” E
Fortescue River roadhouse
June 14, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Coffee and fuel.
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Friday, June 14, 2019 at 2:07 PM
🌫 28 °C
Altitude: 44 m
Australia Gorge Well -20.835142, 117.90783220°50’7” S 117°54’28” E
Just past the turn off to Whim Creek
June 14, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌫 28 °C
Very scraggly shrubs with red dirt in between up to Karratha then grass lands with few trees right off into the distance. Grasses 20 to 30cm tall. Some low hills close to the road but also in the distance. Wanted to say that we took the trip on a whim so so wonder we ended up that creek but missed the turn off.Read more
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Friday, June 14, 2019 at 4:52 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Australia Pretty Pool -20.311243, 118.6392920°18’40” S 118°38’21” E
Port Hedland
June 14, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Made it to the Discovery caravan park. More evidence of mining the closer you get to Port Hedland and dirt is ‘ redder’ if that’s a word. PH is much more spread out than I thought it would be and hoping we get a chance to see a bit more of it before we leave for Eighty Mike beach in the morning. Dinner tonight was jacket potatoes with coleslaw and couscous & veg mix and meat patties. Picture is a view over ‘pretty pool’ to the south from the campsite. The pool is certainly not full - someone was saying last night that there hasn’t been a decent ‘recharge event’ for the aquifers since 2006. Anyway the town is here for the Iron Ore.... and trains pulling long long lines of trucks loaded with ore arrive all day and height it seems. The ore is then reloaded onto bulk carrier ships.Read more
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Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 11:56 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 30 m
Australia Cairn Barru-gu-ru -20.054256, 119.82747720°3’15” S 119°49’39” E
Pardoo roadhouse
June 15, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Leaving PH the sign says “Marble Bar / Broome next exit” ......... sounds like we are a long way from home!..... Many of the places are named after the nearest station. Pardoo station turn off as 40kms back from the roadhouse. Fuel for bikes and people.Read more
TravelerYet another great use for recycled tyres.
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Saturday, June 15, 2019
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Australia Wallal Well -19.754761, 120.67453819°45’17” S 120°40’28” E
Eighty Mile Beach
June 15, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Travelling up from PH I was struck by a feeling that the hills beside us were tired from age and worn down from the weight of years. They seemed to be frowning on us. Then there were just piles of rocks laying close to ground level - all that was left of a once much larger hill. It really is an old weathered country. You get to the Eighty Mile beach caravan park through Wallal Downs Station. 10 kms of dirt road off the highway that was challenging for all bike and rider combinations although for different reasons. Pitched camp and then down to the beach with the bikes for a test of our sand riding skills- in my case they were nonexistent. Tide was well out but the sunsets are reputed to be beautiful so I’ll add a picture if I can get one. sunset and sunrise photosRead more
Traveler27°, some of the best country and beach in Australia, enjoy, you've both earnt it. Spent 5 days on the 80 mile beach with Mum & Dad (Peg & Ron), brings back great memories.
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Travelerloving reading your descriptions dad!! :) wish I could share it. sounds amazing xx love you
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Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 9:44 AM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Australia Sandfire -19.76881, 121.09146919°46’8” S 121°5’29” E
Sandfire roadhouse
June 16, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Winds buffeting us this morning on the highway after the enervating dirt track ride out of Eighty Mike beach. Sanfire roadhouse doesn’t look anything from the road but well stocked and comfy inside. The countryside on from here was flat grasslands (30cm), then shrublands (1mtr), then back to scrubby and odd trees.Read more
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Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 11:48 AM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 21 m
Australia Broome -18.985646, 121.70579418°59’8” S 121°42’21” E
Shalamar stn lead in road
June 16, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Fire on the side of the road and also off to the west. Nobody was taking any notice and there was evidence of more land burnt recently on the east side of the road from here to the Shamrock Stn road.
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Sunday, June 16, 2019
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Australia Demco Park -17.9715, 122.23293317°58’17” S 122°13’59” E
Broome
June 16, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Ah we have arrived at the heart of the pearl coast. Sunny 30 degrees. Clear blue skies. Pitched tents at a very busy Broome Caravan park under a palm tree in the overflow area. The site is conveniently located within walking distance of Matsos Brewery. Photo of inside my tent - Clancy of the overflow it isn’t but its home. Found Matso’s Brewery and met up with Emily and Nick so all is good.Read more
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Monday, June 17, 2019 at 7:18 AM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Australia Town Beach Reserve -17.970797, 122.23617617°58’15” S 122°14’10” E
Broome 2
June 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A lovely sunny day in Broome. Expecting 31. Lots of early activity at the airport as we heard quite a few planes taking off. Picture of City beach. Tripping around looking at the sights... even washed the bike. Chinatown, Cable beach, Gantheaume point.Read more
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Monday, June 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Australia Demco Park -17.971581, 122.23292517°58’18” S 122°13’59” E
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Broome 2.5
June 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Continuing on here as ran out of photo room. The new essential piece of kit I bought from Bunnings (yes!!! In Broome!) today - a chair. Unfortunately just missed the sunset at Cable beach... well maybe next time... saw the camels leaving.... dinner at Son Ming very retro Chinese’s restaurant along side ”the worlds oldest picture gardens”! The lady running the restaurant said her forebears came here over a hundred years ago.Read more
TravelerGreat chair. Love the socks.
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TravelerI've heard about Goldilocks... but Four Bears?
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TravelerI remember eating there 60 years ago!
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Traveler Fantastic pic
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 11:05 AM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Australia Yelleen Yard Pool -17.726616, 123.65522817°43’36” S 123°39’19” E
Willare Bridge roadhouse
June 18, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Willare bridge, ski lake, Cockatoo creek some decent stretch of water under the bridges. Massive roadworks ~12km on way here, verges at least as wide again as the tarmac.
Willare bridge is last of three which is a large civil engineering solution around raised roadways and flood containment/ redirection levy banks... it must really rain here at some time. More baobab trees in the flood plains and along the roads. A few huge multi trunk ones. Road trains hauling cattle now instead of iron ore. Many trucks as we are now in Kimberly beef country. Passed Kimberly Meat Co. abattoir but also cattle trucks heading past.Read more
TravelerThey measure rain in metres up there
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 3:36 PM
⛅ 32 °C
Altitude: 114 m
Australia Fitzroy Crossing Airport -18.193155, 125.56778718°11’35” S 125°34’4” E
Fitzroy Crossing
June 18, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Second half of the day picked up cloudy skies so hot and humid when we arrived at the Tarunda Caravan Park on the west side of the river. More roadworks after the Derby turn off. Seems WA Roads burn the brush either side of the highway at regular intervals - just to about 50mtrs from the road mostly. Lots of burnt patches along the way. At a roadside stop met some interesting characters on two bikes and a road train ferrying tanker trailers to Broome. They had a ‘brew’ break and went on their way. Allan and I swapped bikes for a while which was interesting. Also interesting was dinner concocted from our stores plus random bits from the local IGA. Picture shows Allan washing up in what is a reasonably appointed kitchen. I will add photos of bridge and river etc. tomorrow. Sunrise at Fitzroy.Read more
TravelerGlad you made it to Fitzroy crossing. ..not your best photo Al!
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TravelerLooks like you are becoming a Northerner, Al
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 9:50 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 304 m
Australia Halls Creek -18.748484, 126.1086518°44’55” S 126°6’31” E
NGumban cliffs
June 19, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Off the plains if only for a look see. Turns out that these cliffs seem to mark the edge of an escarpment and we are now higher off the earlier plain. The road also seems to be continuously rising as we get closer to Halls Creek. Hard road - even the toys loose their tyres.Read more
TravelerThis was our first stop on our trip around Aus. Woke up in the morning to a lake. Had to empty out the water from the floor of the camper before we could pack it up.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 12:32 PM
⛅ 26 °C
Altitude: 412 m
Australia Halls Creek Airport -18.224983, 127.66741918°13’30” S 127°40’3” E
Halls Creek
June 19, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After mostly cloudy skies today arrived in sunshine and blue skies. Riding was a bit cooler without direct sun for a while. HC Caravan park is it for accom here so set up there. If only we were at the pub on Friday ........Read more
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 10:24 AM
☀️ 23 °C
Altitude: 209 m
Australia Warmun -17.016668, 128.21710217°1’0” S 128°13’2” E
Warmun roadhouse - Turkey Creek
June 20, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Just amazing scenery on the twisty road through hills. Passed the Ord river. There must be an Australian name for the plains interspersed with gums pretty much evenly placed and continuing off to the hills. Hills sparsely treed on the sides with trees dotted along the top ridge- rather than just use ‘savannah’ or ‘veldt’ or ‘plain’.Read more
TravelerOne of the best drives in Aust
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TravelerCan you get a picture of twisty roads as I miss them from my days riding in NZ looking forward to seeing you
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