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  • Trevor Sharpe
  • Michael Sharpe
  • Julie Sharpe
  • Trevor Sharpe
  • Michael Sharpe
  • Julie Sharpe

Great Western adventure

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    Port Hedland turf club

    Jun 14–16, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Arrived after lunch bit of a dust bowl but will do it for two nights. We went out and shopped in the afternoon and had a good look around Port Headland which is really just a iron or port and terminal.
    Lots and lots of road trains on the trip up from Karijini to Port Headland.
    Day two discovered the Port Headland Emporium where we bought our recovery tracks and lots of other stops great shop in the evening. We went on the kangaroo tour and got some pizza for tea.    Read more

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    Eighty mile beach

    Jun 16–20, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Arrived today and set up camp nice powered site at the G’Day Park. Nothing much out here other than the caravan park.
    Day two and a nice walk on the beach in the morning Julie is no good. She has Come down with bad sinus. Michael and I went fishing in the afternoon. I caught one a nice threadfin salmon.
    Day 3 nice quiet morning walked up the beach again and reset the fishing rig ready for another crack at those threadfins. Michael caught a keeper and all i caught was a tiny 4” job that had to go back    Read more

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    Broome

    Jun 20–26, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Easy drive up the great Northern Highway today to Broome.
    We’re at the Tarangau Caravan Park for six nights then off to Cape Leveque
    Had quite a few parcels delivered to Broome got the thermostat to fix the hot water the gas hot water.
    Big shop here and a good look around.
    Went out on the Contessa C today to see the snub fin dolphins and the sunset on the boat    Read more

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    Lombadina

    Jun 26–30, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 26 °C

    A short two hour drive up from Broome strong headwind for the 1st 3rd of the drive. The Lombadina caravan park is owned and run by the aboriginal community here there are quite a number of aboriginal communities around Cape Leveque. We’re able to have fires here so it’s back to some nice lamb chops on the grill beautiful.
    Day two was a cultural tour with Brian Lee, it was a very comprehensive seven hour relaxed tour looking over the Kooljaman community. We saw the old desert luxury camp ground beautiful Hunter Creek. We went in Michael‘s Isuzu and got bogged, had to use both the winch and the recovery tracks to get out.
    Day three was a trip up to Cygnet Bay Pearl farm where we did a tour of the Pearl farm quite interesting. Another beautiful spot had lunch at the restaurant there some lovely fish and chips and then back for a relaxing afternoon at Lombadina    Read more

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    Willare information bay

    Jun 30–Jul 1, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Came down from Lombadina today to Broome where we shopped and stocked up on all items because we’ll be free camping for about a week.
    Headed out of broom and we camped out tonight at Willare at the back of the information Bay not the best campsite we’ve had however We’ve made it comfortable.Read more

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    Mary pool

    Jul 1–2, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Overnight stop here at the beautiful Mary River dry at the moment but a lovely campsite by the river got the fire going and going to have a lovely barbecue tea

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    Spring creek rest area (Bungle Bungles)

    Jul 2–4, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Pulled up here at Spring Creek rest stop for two nights and we’re going to head into the bungle bungle tomorrow 52 km track and four-wheel-drive. Only they’re saying it’s gonna take two hours to do the 52 km. I think that’s a bit overstated but will report in tomorrow night.
    Go to here and left at 8:30 to head into the bungle bungle 53 km down a pretty ordinary corrugated dirt track but spectacular scenery around the bungle bungle had a few walks into the Dome and Cathedral gorge then went up to echidna and walked to the Osmond Lookout And the echidna Chasm    Read more

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    Wyndham

    Jul 4–6, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Couple of nights here at Wyndham to investigate the short end of the east end of the Gibb Road River Road and have a look at Perry‘s lagoon
    Day two here spent the morning out at Perry‘s lagoon doing a bit of bird watching then into town to the Oasis Cafe for some lunch and then went and had a look at the port and the lookout.
    Credit to Julie for bird photos    Read more

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    Kununurra

    Jul 6–10, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Arrived here and Setup camp do a little bit of shopping and then we had a relaxing afternoon.
    Day two spent exploring around Kununurra we went to the information centre then up to Miramar National Park the Lookout. Out to the Hoochery distillery and had some lunch. Out to Ivanhoe Crossing and drove across the Ivanhoe crossing. Called into the Ivanhoe Road cafe and had a lovely coffee and orange cake. then out to Molly Springs where we had a swim in the pool below the waterfall.Read more

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    Kunnanurra day 3

    July 8, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Spent the day out at El questro today on the Gibb River Road walked to Zebedee Springs which was a bit of a letdown and absolutely packed with people.
    Then went back to Emma Gorge had a bit of lunch there and then walked the Gorge and had a swim in the Pools, which was beautifulRead more

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    Creek campground (Victoria river)

    Jul 10–11, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    3 1/2 hour drive up from Kununurra and we’re camped out at a little spot by some sort of creek. That’s a tributary for the Victoria River. On the walk this morning I saw a lifer. the redback kingfisher sitting on the power lines photographs not very good but a lifer is a lifer.Read more

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    Coomalie Creeks

    Jul 11–12, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

    Good drive up the highway today fuelled up and bought a pie for lunch at Katherine had great fuel economy from Katherine Up to tonight. Stop at Coomalie Creek.

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    Dundee Beach

    Jul 12–16, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Short drive up today from Coomalie Caravan Park.
    Got some supplies along the way from supermarket at Coolalinga.
    Seem to have picked up a cold last night not happy about that but will soldier on.

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    Mataranka homestead

    Jul 14–15, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Lovely swim in the warm springs after a 500 K drive today and into an unpowered site here had dinner at the Restaurant couple of beers and in bed

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    Attack Creek

    Jul 15–16, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Back again at attack Creek just for the night picked up a bit of wood on the way down here today from Mataranka and we’re gonna have a nice fire tonight and maybe some chops on the barbecue

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    Cammoweal billabong

    Jul 16–17, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Bit of a long trip today up from attack Creek to Camooweal Billabong a little bit of trouble with the Sterling on the way massive failure on the spring rear left-hand spring broke had to repair that caused a lot of tyre wear on the front set of tyres so we had to swap the tyres over from side to side But we got going again.Read more

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    Blue Heeler pub (Kynuna)

    Jul 17–18, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Just pulled in at the blue healer pub after a trip through Mount Isa for fuel lunch at Wayside stop and met probably the most courteous truckies for the whole trip.
    Good news is Michael‘s rear spring repair is holding the worry now is the wear on the tireRead more

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    Lara Wetlands

    Jul 18–20, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    two nights here at Lara wetlands just relaxing. Got a beautiful fire going and a couple of nice walks and some bird watching.

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    Charleville

    Jul 20–21, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Good drive up from Lara wetlands today bought a couple of the new grass mats and swapped all the fire wood, fishing rods, and everything because this is our last night with uncle Mike

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    Hillston

    Jul 22–23, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

    Good trip down from May’s Bend on the Darling River today had a beautiful north wind at the back of us which made our fuel economy look great. Drove through a bit of rain and top temperature for the day is only 15° so we’re well and truly back into the southern Winter. We’re on the Lachlan River here just outside Hillston got the fire going and going to have a few chops for tea.Read more

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    Sam and Lori’s

    Jul 23–24, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Quiktrip down from the beautiful Hilston where we camped on the Laughlan River.
    Got a nice coffee at Hillston .
    Had lunch at Jerilderie bakery and got into Sam and Lori‘s about 3 o’clock

    Trip end
    July 26, 2025
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