• Alisha Smellie
  • Alisha Smellie

Big Lap

A year exploring Australia in our Caravan Lue lisää
  • Nanny & Grumps Arrive!

    21. syyskuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    We have been counting down the days until Nanny & Grumps arrived in Broome! We surprised them by greeting them on their arrival off the plane - Oli couldn't contain her excitement! Now every plane she sees at the Broome Airport with a Kangaroo Tail she asks if it's N&G plane. And that's a lot of times because the airport is in the middle of town and we go past it a lot of times.Lue lisää

  • Cable Beach Sunset

    25. syyskuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    You can't beat a Western Australian Sunset over the ocean, it's a magical time of the day and so special that we could share the experience with family. We are absolutely loving Grumps & Nanna visiting while we are here in Broome, it's so wonderful to be able to share some of our Aussie adventures with them ❤️Lue lisää

  • Dinner @ Matso's

    26. syyskuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

    When it comes to beer and Broome, the famous Matso's comes to mind. We decided we must check it out during our time in Broome. We tried a few of the famous beers like the Mango 🥭 and Chilli 🌶.

  • Lombardina

    28. syyskuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Located on beautiful Thomas Bay, north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, Lombardina is a small Indigenous community with a beautiful sandy beach to explore and swim.

  • Sea Plane to Horizontal Falls

    29. syyskuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    A late Anniversary gift to each other, we had a childless morning (thanks to Nanna & Grumpy) while we enjoyed low level flying over the amazing islands of the Buccaneer Archipelago before our seaplane landed safely in Talbot Bay. The seaplane was just part of our magical day out to Horizontal Falls. The colours and perspective you see from the air is breathtaking, we saw Cygnet Bay from above and even spotted 2 whales frolicking in the waters far below.Lue lisää

  • Horizontal Falls

    29. syyskuuta 2023, Indian Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Sir David Attenborough calls them “one of the greatest natural wonders of the world” and we can definitely see why – the fast moving, surging waters of the Horizontal Falls are truly remarkable. The massive volume of water squeezing between the narrow cliffs on Talbot Bay cause this natural phenomenon and unbelievable "sideways" falls. Bucket List item definitely checked off 👌Lue lisää

  • Coconut Wells

    30. syyskuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    We chanced an over 9m high tide this morning to experience Coconut Well "filling up" with super salty ocean water. It was a fun stop on the way back down Dampier Peninsula onroute to Broome. The turquoise warm waters were a delight for Olivia to float in.Lue lisää

  • Barn Hill Station

    3.–5. lokak. 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

    We are lucky to be able to stay at Barn Hill Station as its their last week for the season, as the temps warm up, the humidity rises and the rain starts brewing. Olivia loved the playground and the goats, and mum and dad loved sitting in the shade, cool sea breeze on our face planning the next leg of our journey. We had our first real "full day of relaxing", playing, reading researching, cooling off in the rock pools and watching the sun set with another travelling family from Freshwater and a lovely older couple we met as we got on the Horizontal Falls Seaplane.Lue lisää

  • Cape Keraudren

    5. lokakuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    A wonderful camp in the East Pilbara Region. Our camp-site was stunning, with the ocean literally a stones throw away. We spent the afternoon checking out the other sites on tge Cape, drove down to Mosquito Creek (no we didn't stay there) before heading to the beach where we found another beautiful rockpool to relax, cool off in and splash around. Afternoon swims are the perfect time to find one when the tide drops and exposes them!

    The weather was perfect, a cool sea breeze kept the heat at bay so we could sit out and enjoy our view. The little bird boxes were perfect to see birds nesting and we got a visit from a kangaroo too! The stars were out and looking amazing too!
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  • Port Hedland

    6. lokakuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C

    We lobbed into the Turf Club free camp in Port Hedland early and got about seeing a few things and doing our odd jobs before we set off East for a few days. We loved watching the long ore trains roll past, and then watching the huge ore ships load and then head out to sea while Oli played in the park. Today she tackled the big slide all by herself! She was so very chuffed with herself 😍

    Another swim, this time at Pretty Pools (Oli literally dropped off the kids at the pools 🫣🤫😂🙄🫢💩), a nice cool off and some good laughs 😃.
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