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  • Julie Sharpe

Great Western adventure

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    May 2, 2025
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    Robe

    May 4–5, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 19 °C

    Set off from Port fairy this morning for a short 3 1/2 hour drive to robe.
    Had a nice pasta for lunch at Mount Gambier.
    Last hour of the trip up the southern port highway was very rough and when was blowing a gale all the way from Port fairy.
    Had a great meal at the Caledonian hotel and some very nice beers the particular favourite was the Loophole Cape Ale    Read more

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    Lower Light Pub

    May 5, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    Went for a walk this morning out to the obelisk at robe back for breakfast packed up travelling day today.
    Cup of coffee and some betadine throat gargle then headed off.
    Decided to stop at the lower light pub where they have free camping if you buy a beer and a meal which we did $12 Parma and five dollar pints.Read more

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    Whyalla

    May 6–10, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Short trip up from our overnight stay at lower light free camp at the pub had a beautiful chicken schnitzel for tea at the pub and a$5 pint.
    Arrived at Whyalla and set up for a couple of days then overnight I’ve got the bloody CovidRead more

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    Coffin Bay

    May 10–12, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Pulled into Coffin Bay and a beautiful little campsite here in the National Park called Yangie. Unfortunately Julie‘s tested positive for Covid although it’s a week one so hopefully she doesn’t get it too bad lovely fire tonight and cook some beautiful lamb chops on the fire.
    First beer for me tonight after the dreaded Covid .
    Day two we drove into Coffin Bay got some wine and beer. Few supplies from the IGA. A nice coffee and had a good look around.
    Michael, I went fishing off the beach at Gunyah Beach Michael caught three beautiful Salmon and we’re having them for dinner tonight with another lovely fire and we’re off to maybe Ceduna tomorrow. Great four-wheel driving through the sand dunes and then down onto the beach to catch those fish.    Read more

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    Ceduna

    May 12–14, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Four hour drive up from Coffin Bay to Ceduna. Uneventful trip the wind has dropped off a bit so I was able to keep in top gear good for the fuel economy. We stopped and got some beautiful red gum firewood logs. we are here for two nights bit of shopping tomorrow couple little jobs to do on the van bit of clothes washing and then off across the Nullarbor. Another beautiful foreshore Caravan Park.
    Day 2 was fuel up, shopping, and a fish off the jetty round at Denial Bay…..caught a whopper see photo    Read more

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    Baxter roadside stop

    May 15–16, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Fair drive today about 5hrs. Crossed into Western Australia where they took all our veggies and our firewood I didn’t mind the veggies but I was crying over the firewood. Lunch was at Mandurah which is where we stopped overnight when we came on the Bash to Geraldton. Replenish the firewood on the way here for you not sure what we’re gonna have on tea tonight but it will be cooked on the fire and I’m just about to go on the crack out first canRead more

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    Esperence

    May 16–18, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Big drive today from the Baxxter roadside stop through Norseman and down to Esperance.
    Here at the RAC caravan park in Esperance for two nights we’re just settling down with a couple of Friday night beers and we’ll cook a bit of tea and then washing shopping tomorrow and maybe a bit of fishing somewhereRead more

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    Bremer Bay

    May 18–20, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    4 hour drive up from Esperance today. Chops and salad on the fire for tea tonight.
    Day two had a bit of a look around at the beaches and decided that short beach was gonna be the one that we would fish off in the afternoon. We called into the boat shop where they actually fish for Western Australian Pilchard package them up on the send them off we got some fresh ones from them 10 bucks for about a kilo and a bucket of ice. Great value . Didn’t help us catch any fish though I hooked up on what I thought was a skip Jack a couple of times but couldn’t land. It started to rain and the wind got cold so we went back got the fire going and had some tea. Also found the Bremer Bay brewery had a couple of schooners. Well they weren’t really schooners though 370 mL so they’re a bit less than a schooner and the beer wasn’t as good as the beer that we make.Read more

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    Peaceful Bay

    May 20–21, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Drove up from Bremer Bay today stopped at Denmark for lunch at the bakery and in the afternoon went to the Valley of Giants walk among the large red and yellow tingle eucalyptus. Huge trees with a 40 m high walkway through them. Tonight is in the peaceful bay caravan park, fish and chips for tea, got the fire going and just having one lazy beer before tea.Read more

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    Bussellton

    May 21–24, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Drove up from peaceful Bay today.
    Setup camp for three nights here in Busselton where we’re going to drive down to the south West corner to Cape Lewin and have a look at Margaret River and all that has to offer more on this late
    Day 2 Busselton we headed off down to Margaret River first stop the cape raptor centre and saw the boobook owl the Barn owl the barking owl and lots of other owls, and raptors limit black kite wedge tail eagle Brahmins kite. Great show of the birds in flight and very interesting talk.
    Back to Margret river for some lunch then Brown hill wines for tasting, and Julie bought some rose and Sauvignon blanc fourth stop cheeky monkey brewery/DeLoitte winery, had a couple of beers and wines then last stop Ngilgi caves … big day.    Read more

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    Busselton day 3

    May 23, 2025 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

    Bit of shopping today and then out to the under sea observatory at the end of the 1.8 km jetty. Lunch at the shelter brewery which was very nice and the beer was good too. Then back to camp for the last night where michael had the new screen up and we watched the footy watch the bombers smack the Tigers.Read more

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    Lancelin

    May 24–25, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    A four hour drive up from Busselton today bit slow around Perth plenty of traffic but otherwise tail wind and good economy.
    Had a walk down on the beach the seaweed has that very strong sulphonate smell still a bit cool but getting warmerRead more

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    Sandy Cape

    May 25, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Short drive up from Lancelin today to Sandy Cape which is a bit of a bush camp out in the Jurien Bay National Park so we’ve got the fire going again tonight and lamb chops, beautiful… maybe a red to go with it. Michael and I tried fishing again off the beach but no luck.Read more

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    Kalbarri

    May 26–27, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Four hour drive up from Sandy cape arrived at Murchison station stay it was full and too expensive so went to the Anchorage caravan park. Had tea at the Finlay brewery great brew and a good feed.

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    Denham

    May 27–31, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Four hour drive up from Kalbarri today pretty easy drive had a bit of wind for the first hundred K which mucks up the fuel economy but other than that good trip arrived here at Denham and here for four nights. Best thing so far is 28° today absolutely beautifully sunny and not a cloud in the sky loving it.
    Went down to the sunset deck at the caravan park and watched a beautiful sunset in a cloudless sky
    Day 2 at Denham we went round to Eagle Bluff had a look at the view there lovely didn’t see any sea life then we went to Skip Jack point out in the François Peron National Park. Long drive up a very soft Sandy track Michael forgot to get the tyres down to 16. We originally only went down to 25psi but that wasn’t enough. We got bogged so we went all the way down to 16 psi pressure and no problems for the rest of the day.
    Day 3 went to the aquarium and had lunch there reasonably good show there although the sharks were not keen on being fed at all and stayed hidden. Drove over to monkey Mia in the afternoon just to check it out in preparation for the next day.
    Day four went over to monkey Mia and did the 2 1/2 hour wildlife cruise where we saw dolphins birds dugong turtles    Read more

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    Gladstone Bay

    May 31–Jun 2, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    It was goodbye Denham this morning and a short two hour drive up to Gladstone Bay. Nice campsite right on the beach stopped on the way to look at Shell Beach where the shells are up to 9 m deep on the beach.Read more

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    Quobba Station

    Jun 2–4, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Short 2 1/2 hour drive up from Gladstone Bay with a stop at Canarvan for a bit of shopping at woollies and some deflators for me from Repco very muddy drive the last 8 km into Quobba station. Rained all away all the equipment very muddy now so hopefully we get a bit of rain when we’re next driving to help wash it off.
    Day 2 still raining this morning but fines up in the afternoon. Last night the wind was huge the van was rocking and thought the awning was gonna get blown off……but no damage to the awning. Just didn’t get much sleep. We went down to the Quobba blow holes that were going okay but weren’t that spectacular and then had a look at point Quobba campground and then went for a walk along the beach and found a better blow hole at the Quobba station beach.
    The road In was very corrugated and rough so we’ve aired down both the car and the caravan tyres to 30 psi. For the drive out.    Read more

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    Coral Bay

    Jun 4–7, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Trip out from Quobba Station was not as wet as going in but still quite rough but we aired down all of our tyres on the van and the car so when we got out we aired them up again and had to use michael’s compressor because mine failed. This did make the ride on the Van a little smoother ….had a lovely coffee at the Quobba blowholes coffee Van and headed off to Coral Bay.
    Day two coral Bay went for a walk this morning and saw a stingray. The one with the blue dots on its head.
    Went round five fingers reef are very rough and corrugated dry sand track in most spectacular snorkelling I’ve seen. A myriad of colourful fish species, turtles, rays and only about 3 to 5 m off the beach. ….will be back there tomorrow
    Day 3 Julie‘s birthday today more snorkelling round at the five fingers reef so dozens and dozens of more fish varieties plenty of loggerhead turtles and swim with the black tipped reef shark we’re having a birthday dinner at Bill‘s bar with pre-dinner drinks at the Van    Read more

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    Exmouth

    Jun 7–10, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Arrived this afternoon after a drive up from Coral Bay only an hour and a half but we stopped because there’s a car wash here and we clean the vans after our episode at Quinn’s Station. We had a bit of a drive around and look at the town and then found the whalebone brewery where we had a couple of beers when our back at the caravan park and gonna have some hamburgers for tea at Michael’s Van.
    Day two was snorkelling over at turquoise Bay in the Cape range National Park snorkelling was okay not as good as coral Bay. Had to call into the whale bone and have a couple of bruise before tea.
    Day three snorkelling at Lakeside this was much better snorkelling than turquoise Bay, however still not as good as Coral Bay.
    Michael may have a different opinion    Read more

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    Karijini free camp

    Jun 11–12, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Drove up from House Creek just an overnight stop there and we’re gonna have an overnight stop here at the Karijini free camp before we go into the overflow camp in the park tomorrow for a bit of gorgeous gorge walkingRead more

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    Karijini day 2

    June 13, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Today started off with fixing the gas hot water had to ring Fab from Swift Hot Water Unit who talked me through how to bypass the 65° thermostat that had failed so now the hot water is working but needs to be turned on and off manually got a new thermostat sent to Broome so hopefully it’ll be there when we get there in a couple of weeks
    Went to Dales Gorge in the morning and did a 6.77 km walk over rocks and up and down the gorge it was a class for walk.
    In the afternoon we went to Joffre gorge and to Knox Gorge    Read more

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