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April 2022 - May 2024

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- Apr 23, 2022
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitude: 758 m
- Australia Queensland Tablelands Barrine Lake Barrine -17.267662, 145.63424717°16’4” S 145°38’3” E
Day 1
Home
April 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
We locked up our storage container, said our goodbyes and set off to explore our beautiful country.
Lovely photo...tears for Skyler and for how much we'll miss you guys.😪 [Nanna Simpsonxx]
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- Apr 24, 2022
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 299 m
- Australia Queensland Etheridge Georgetown -18.293076, 143.54740918°17’35” S 143°32’51” E
Day 2
George town
April 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Our first stop was George Town. We got there after a 4 hour drive and settle in. We found a really cool basketball court that had a gym upstairs and a tennis court. Every day we would ride our skateboards in the basket ball court and listen to music. We also went to a museum that had cool rocks and gems. Every morning the whole family would go to the gym above the basket ball court and fit in a bit of fitness.Read more
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- May 15, 2022
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 115 m
- Australia Northern Territory Katherine -14.461873, 132.26666314°27’43” S 132°15’60” E
Day 23
Katherine
May 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We spent a week in Katherine to begin with and one of the first things we did was go to RAAF base Tindal to go swimming and to check out our old home. When I went to the swimming pool, it had changed a lot. There where these new change rooms that were all done up really nicely and had modern looking showers and toilets.
Also where we stayed, we went fishing every day down at the Katherine river. I never seemed to catch anything but I found about $70 worth of lures.
Finally, one of my favourite parts was the Katherine gorge cruise - it was stunning! There where so many cool rocks and cliffs.Read more
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- May 22, 2022
- ☀️ 33 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Australia Northern Territory Darwin Buffalo Creek Lee Point -12.341069, 130.89289912°20’28” S 130°53’34” E
Day 30
Darwin
May 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
It’s been a great experience being in Darwin. The first day we went to see this really cool Darwin plaza and saw a bunch of cool shops. On Saturday we went to the Fanny Bay Gaol, it felt really creepy and weird walking into cells where killers and other criminals had possibly lived. On Sunday, we had the chance to walk through the old World War II oil tunnels. It’s a must see place! Then after that we went to the wave pool and I had a lot of fun sitting on a tube, bouncing on the waves and trying to kick Jack off his tube. On Monday we went to the Darwin Museum which was all about the bombing of Darwin. At the start of it, Jack and I were in tears laughing from Mal, who had a huge scare from the air that swooshed under his legs during a simulated bomb attack. I also had the chance to sit in the pilots seat in an RFDS jet. It was awesome! Not many people can say they have been in the cockpit of a jet!Read more
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- May 27, 2022
- ⛅ 31 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- Australia Northern Territory Litchfield Berry Springs Lake Deane -12.742428, 131.00910912°44’33” S 131°0’33” E
Day 35
Berry springs
May 27, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We left Darwin city on Friday and stayed at Berry Springs. I think Jack is now officially addicted to fishing. He was so desperate to go fishing out at the estuary down the road. Typical Jack, he only uses a hook and sinker and will never give any of our new lures a go. At least he doesn’t loose any of our good tackle. On Saturday, we went to the park’s restaurant for tapas, they really make some mouth watering dishes! After that in the afternoon we went fishing and Jack successfully caught a nice size bream and river cod. I think he has a fear of handling fish. On Sunday, we went for another fish and it was pretty crazy. On my first cast with a popper lure, a fish blew up on it. I love the top water action! Later on I caught a bream and then we saw a stingray and a shark. On Monday, I went fishing again and caught myself a 35cm Barra. I love the fight those Barra put on. After that we went gold prospecting and had no success. It wasn’t a fun time because it was just way too hot! On Tuesday, we went to the wildlife park. It was amazing! My favourite part was the aquarium. I loved looking at all the different species of fish and how they interact with each other.Read more
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- Jun 10, 2022, 6:17pm
- 🌙 23 °C
- Altitude: 80 m
- Australia Western Australia Wyndham-East Kimberley Kununurra Kellys Knob -15.765237, 128.73945615°45’55” S 128°44’22” E
Day 49
Kununurra
June 10, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Kununurra was such a great experience! We had so much fun here. Jack and I pretty much fished every day at this place called the pump station. We crossed the Ivanhoe Crossing with a mate of ours called Tony, who we met here, and fished in croc infested waters. Mal also had a great time with his 2nd birthday party that we celebrated at the caravan park. He now had so many diggers to play with but his favourite is his original big tonka truck. We caught up with some old friends call Taminga and the Martins. It was real good catching up with them. Taminga’s brother, Anthony lent us his boat and we had the best time boating up and down the Ord river for a couple of weeks. Mal loved playing trucks with Anthony’s son!Read more
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- Jun 23, 2022
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 86 m
- Australia Western Australia Wyndham-East Kimberley Lake Argyle -16.12212, 128.73840316°7’20” S 128°44’18” E
Day 62
Lake Argyle
June 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Lake Argyle has been the best experience yet! I don’t know where to start. Just the most gorgeous place with the most breathtaking views. What made the experience 100 times better was the fact we had our friend Tony there take us out on the lake with his boat. I miss his jokes and happiness already. I got some of the best drone footage there of the dam wall and the mountains. I was just in my element! The only downside to this place was the prices on the food and drinks. They where just so expensive. I felt so connected to this place. Definitely a must see place!Read more
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- Jun 28, 2022
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- Australia Western Australia Wyndham-East Kimberley Kununurra -15.771647, 128.73283415°46’18” S 128°43’58” E
Day 67
Holidays in kununurra
June 28, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
It has been great coming back to Kununurra for the holidays! We stayed at a mates place for 2 weeks right on the upper Ord river. We had a ball with Anthony Martin’s boat. We also went up to Elquestro with Taminga and her family to go and see the gorge. The best part was we were here for the local show! We got heaps of show bags and had a lot of fun on the rides. My favourite ride though would have to be the “super trooper” because it just spun us around real fast and I knew Dad would of been holding on for dear life. It has been also so good having a gym just down the road. Dad and myself were pretty much there everyday and it also gave us a break from Mal. Overall loved spending some time in the Kimberly region and would definitely love to do it all again.Read more
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- Jul 1, 2022
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Indian Ocean -16.777554, 122.6154116°46’39” S 122°36’55” E
Day 70
Pender Bay
July 1, 2022, Indian Ocean ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Pender Bay was a fun getaway from the inland. We where right on the beach with the best view and had nothing to worry about. Every morning both Jack and I would get up and go fishing. We were pretty unlucky when it came to fishing but still gave it a good try. We also met up with some of our our friends that were from Mexico and France and had made some mouthwatering tacos for dinner that we shared with them. We did this on top of a cliff while watching the sunset and sitting around a fire. We would also love watching the whales and dolphins play in the water. They would come up so close to the beach! My only complaint about this place was how many rules they had, like no drones, no beach fires, no music etc... Other than that it was a fun time and I would recommend it.Read more
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- Aug 6, 2022, 9:15am
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Australia Western Australia Broome Bilingurr Cable Beach Reserve -17.931263, 122.20904517°55’53” S 122°12’33” E
Day 106
Broome
August 6, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Broome has been spectacular! Honestly one of the nicest places that I have been to so far. I ticked off camel riding on the beach off my bucket list. It was really awesome riding the camels on the beach during a sunset. Also the fishing was great! I was able to bring home some nice eating bream but what was insane was the tiger sharks and groupers eating the fish as we would reel them in. I hooked onto 1 grouper and a shark while I was there and I can tell you it wasn’t fun. They had left a bruise around my leg from the fish trying to rip the rod out of my hands as I jammed the rod into my leg for better support.Read more
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