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Jour 73–74
29 juillet 2024 à 12:25 - 30 juillet 2024
1 nuit
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Australie Cape Keraudren -19.961212, 119.76911519°57’40” S 119°46’9” E
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Finally got the boat in!!
29–30 juil. 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We finally got to camp on the beach at Cape Keraudren and do a spot of fishing. We found a fish-packed reef and caught ourselves a nice feed of mullet, parrot, trevalli and brim. It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon...En savoir plus
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Wow! What an achievement. Well done. Never heard of a parrot fish. Look pretty. Xx [Lesley Betteridge]
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VoyageurThey are pretty!! I felt a bit mean...
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VoyageurThey have really pretty colours round their eyes and in their skin, doesn't show up in photo...
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❤️❤️ [Lesley Betteridge]
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Jour 74
mardi 30 juillet 2024 à 13:34
🌬 31 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Australie Shimmering Well -19.818823, 120.67703219°49’8” S 120°40’37” E
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80 Mile Beach- blinded by the White!
30 juillet 2024, Australie ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
Swim and run stop- glorious!🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️
9 kms of corrugated road to get in...not much fun for Mark!!
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Voyageur beautiful
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Voyageur🤩
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Voyageur Wow!!
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Jour 76–79
1 août 2024 à 09:00 - 4 août 2024
3 nuits
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 50 m
Australie Bones Well -17.746485, 122.27957617°44’47” S 122°16’46” E
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Swept away by Broome( pun intended)
1–4 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
I have always wanted to go to Broome and 'it' did not disappoint. Dazzled by pearls, burnt red rocks, streaky blue skies, snow-white sands and more wine-happy sunsets we fitted in as much as we could...from pearl farms to coastal, wind-in-my-hair drives, live music, sweat-inspiring parkrun, saucy seafood, and white-pearl gin, AND relished every moment of it!!!!
The pearl shells born of the Indian Ocean floor also birthed the town of Broome in the 1800's. The pearls themselves came later. Since then, it has flourished into the vibrant, creative, multi-cultural tourist town it is today. We left today with 'our cups overflowing'.En savoir plus
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VoyageurFantastic, sounds like you’re really enjoying your travels 🌞
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VoyageurHave you done WA?
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VoyageurOnly Broome & a bit of the Kimberley. Special country up there.
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VoyageurDid u do the Bungle Bugles?
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VoyageurCamped there overnight
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VoyageurDid u drive in?
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VoyageurI did one of those Small group 4WD tour things. It was nearly 20yrs ago :).
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Jour 78
samedi 3 août 2024 à 15:44
☀️ 32 °C
Altitude: 213 m
Australie Halls Creek -18.728068, 126.06321618°43’41” S 126°3’48” E
No tours today-Mimbi caves
3 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
😔 Tours and campground run by aboriginals...shame it is not open til Tuesday!!
This part of the Kimberley has been inhabited by Aboriginals for 40,000 years.
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Jour 79–81
4 août 2024 à 14:12 - 6 août 2024
2 nuits
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 293 m
Australie Halls Creek -17.478601, 127.94955217°28’43” S 127°56’58” E
Bungle Bungles- Purnululu N/P
4–6 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
"Purnululu N/P was inscribed upon the World Heritage List of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 2003. Inscription on this List confirms the Outstanding Universal Value of a cultural or natural property which deserves protection for the benefit of all humanity.
This area was inscribed for it's exceptional natural beauty, particularly the extraordinary array of banded, bee-hive shaped cone towers comprising the Bungle Bungle Range. These formations are among the most outstanding in the world and are of great scientific importance."
We chose to self-drive the 50kms into the Park, leaving at 6am from our freecamp and getting back at 7.30pm minus the top of the aerial on the Jimny! It was a big day, but a good one!! So glad we did it!!En savoir plus
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Jour 81
mardi 6 août 2024 à 14:06
⛅ 33 °C
Altitude: 120 m
Australie Wyndham-East Kimberley -15.797364, 128.47666415°47’51” S 128°28’36” E
Cooling Molly Springs
6 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Lunch stop and a swim...an oasis in the hot desert...
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VoyageurLooks wonderful. How do you know if crocs are there or not?? Xx 😁
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VoyageurIt is fresh water, so if any crocs they would be freshies, looked onlinefirst, heaps of people already swimming there including locals!
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VoyageurI love your hat 😍
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VoyageurThanks! I love it too!!
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Jour 82–84
7 août 2024 à 12:04 - 9 août 2024
2 nuits
☀️ 31 °C
Altitude: 133 m
Australie Lake Argyle -16.12022, 128.7396916°7’13” S 128°44’23” E
Kununurra- only 63 years young...
7–9 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Same age as Mark!!!! Great little town. We loved it!! We camped at Hidden Valley, at the base of The Little Bungles- great park!
We visited Lake Argyle Dam, the Argyle Homestead and The Zebra Rock Showroom. Zebra Rock is particular to this region and very beautiful. We bought a few mementoes of area and gifts for those back home. We also were given some Boab seeds and a plant by the owner. Boab trees are like weeds up here. They are everywhere and they come in soooooo many shapes and sizes and groupings...we love them !❤🌳
We will cross the border today into NT...farewell WA. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time within your borders and can't wait to come back to see all the parts we missed this visit... and some more!!!! Cheers 🥂En savoir plus
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Jour 83
jeudi 8 août 2024 à 11:59
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 57 m
Australie Victoria-Daly -15.737438, 130.50790415°44’15” S 130°30’28” E
Timber Creek
8 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Coffee/ lunch stop at Timber Creek Roadhouse. Further down the road there is a tribute to the Durack family( see last post- Argyle Homestead). A pioneering family originally from Ireland, who owned lots of land around Oz...they were known for working with, the Aboriginals!!!!
Today is our longest driving day to date, left at 8am and will get into Manbulloo Station at 4.50pm, 520kms and nearly 7 hours driving, including time difference of 1.5 hrs between WA and NT. Thankyou Driver Mark.( I read to him to keep him going)🙂.En savoir plus
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Jour 83–85
8 août 2024 à 16:59 - 10 août 2024
2 nuits
☀️ 31 °C
Altitude: 101 m
Australie Binjari -14.518354, 132.19843114°31’6” S 132°11’54” E
Parkrun PB in Katherine
8–10 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
26.48mins!! WOOHOO!!!! My goal was to do a P/R PB here and I achieved my goal!! Very happy but feeling tired now (Dad would be proud)!!!!
It was great to visit Katherine again. We spent most of our time at the Hot Springs. Perfect temperature, not too hot and not too cold. We spent 4 hours in the water all up!! Totally divine!!
Stayed at Manbulloo Homestead, which was very peaceful, plenty of room and included a live cattle/bull experience. Totally recommend it!
Ended our time in Katherine, with P/R and brekkie afterwards at the Pop-Up Cafe- beaut spot! Nev and Tracey joined us, and it was sad to farewell them as now we are off to Mt. ISA to see our niece Ella, and then Forrest Beach. Tracey and Nev are of to Darwin, Kakadu and Litchfield.
The whole group has split now, and we are now on our own...En savoir plus
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Everything sounds idyllic except for the park run. Your dad did his best with me joining him in park runs. I did. 2/3 times, but it was a killer for me. I wasn't last tho lol. Colin would be looking down on you and your adventures. You are right he would be proud [Lesley]
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Jour 85
samedi 10 août 2024 à 11:41
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 183 m
Australie Larrimah Railway Station -15.574231, 133.21478315°34’27” S 133°12’53” E
Murder-Down-Under at Larrimah
10 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
A risky snack stop at Larrimah, home of the Netflix documentary, about the suspected murder of Patrick Moriarty in 2017. The body has still not been found!!!!
A very quirky and deserted kinda town... into the pink panther!
No need to go back any time soon....En savoir plus
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VoyageurThis wasn't anywhere near Snow town was it?? Xx
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VoyageurNo, in Northern Territory nr Karherine...
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VoyageurGot ya!
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Jour 85–86
10 août 2024 à 18:29 - 11 août 2024
1 nuit
🌙 25 °C
Altitude: 311 m
Australie No 18 Bore -18.451517, 133.85965118°27’5” S 133°51’35” E
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Sam's Find
10–11 août 2024, Australie ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
This overnight stop between Katherine and Camooweal was actually called "Sam's Find", but Mark found it!! No reception at all. Absolutely, lovely bush stop...so quiet!
Another big, driving day again today...En savoir plus
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Voyageur Unbelievable journey. Don't get lost now lol. Xx
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Jour 86–88
11 août 2024 à 17:44 - 13 août 2024
2 nuits
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 230 m
Australie Camooweal -19.928227, 138.11619°55’42” S 138°6’58” E
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Beautiful Camooweal Billabong
11–13 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After our mammoth 2 days of driving, we decided to camp 'beside a billabong, under the shade of a coolibah tree', for 2 nights. We rested, we walked, we talked to the birds, we watched movies, and we sang ' Waltzing Matilda'...
Mark even met a couple of army ex-apprentices to 'chew the fat' with.... topic of conversation: trucks!!!!
Boring 😴!!En savoir plus
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Voyageur You don't need words the tree says it all!
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VoyageurMark took that one!
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Voyageur Glad you're not leaving all the work to Mark lol. Luv the hat!! Xx 🌻🌻
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VoyageurWould I do that?😉
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Jour 88–89
13 août 2024 à 11:48 - 14 août 2024
1 nuit
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 353 m
Australie Mount Isa city centre -20.726232, 139.49116820°43’34” S 139°29’28” E
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Camooweal to Forrest beach...
13–14 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Lots of driving and not many stops, but we are finally in Forrest...got in about 6pm last night. We both had sore bums from all the sitting.
1300kms in all. 1 overnight stop.
Highlight was visiting our niece in Mt. ISA!!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Remember Julia Creek. X
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VoyageurYeah? Did u do the thermal baths at Julia Creek caravan park? They are awesome...
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Voyageur Had an overnighter here. X
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VoyageurReally? You do get round...
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Jour 91
vendredi 16 août 2024 à 14:09
☁️ 25 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Australie Forrest Beach -18.700416, 146.29876618°42’1” S 146°17’56” E
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The Simple Life- 'Block Living'
16 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We've cleared a campsite, we've discovered a path to the beach- it just needs some fine-tuning with a machetti and chainsaw, and have plenty of free firewood for a fire whenever we want it!! 🔥
The only sound is the sound of silence and birds 🐦
Enjoying life at the moment! And getting to know Forrest beach and surrounds...
3 minute walk to beach via our man-made path...
3 minute drive to main beach...for walk or brekkie or shop
8 minute run to main beach and Tavern and shops...
Trip to Townsville and Ingham today... checked out the shopping on offer!En savoir plus
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Voyageur Mark looks skinny without all the hair.
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VoyageurSkinny head?
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Voyageur Sorry to sound so dumb, but surely you've not been travelling with a lawn mower ??? Wonderful job with both hair cuts tho. Luv L+D xx
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VoyageurNo, we paid someone to do the mowing...he had his own mower...
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Jour 93
dimanche 18 août 2024 à 09:09
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Australie Tide Gauge Island -18.52335, 146.31772118°31’24” S 146°19’4” E
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Lucinda and the Boat
18 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Today we took the boat out to Orpheus Island, from Lucinda jetty. Candice( daughter), Nathan(boyfriend), Christian( grandie), Mason(grandie) and Tarrin( German exchange student) came and visited us for the weekend, from Cairns. Great weekend but glad they are gone now!! We are exhausted..😴En savoir plus
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Voyageurawesome. x
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Voyageur There has never been any doubt about that Sam. Mark looks so happy and relaxed. Xx. ❤️
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Voyageur Wonderful photos and look at that water. Magic . Xx
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Wonderful, looks like there was lots of fun. [Narelle]
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Jour 101–113
26 août 2024 à 08:24 - 7 septembre 2024
12 nuits
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Australie Ingham Airport -18.651379, 146.16166318°39’5” S 146°9’42” E
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The Final Leg
26 août–7 sept. 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we sadly leave the Hinchinbrook region for home. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time here and are already looking forward to coming back for Xmas! Apparently the heat is horrendous, but something we need to experience...
A few parting photos from the region...En savoir plus
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Voyageur😔😪😌🙂
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Voyageur Well done Sam. Xx
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Voyageur Makes a lot of sense !!xx
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VoyageurYeah, I liked it!!
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Jour 102
mardi 27 août 2024 à 17:22
☀️ 22 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Australie Maryborough Airport -25.520578, 152.7207425°31’14” S 152°43’15” E
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Home sweet Home 🏡
27 août 2024, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
So good to be home. Home to wide, open spaces and green, green grass...mowed, thanks to Bruce Larner!! We are sooooo grateful!!!! Great to have such lovely neighbours.
Thanks to our followers. Hope u enjoyed the journey as much as we did!!!!
Onwards and upwards...XEn savoir plus
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VoyageurThanks Alan for being our most consistent follower!! Lol. Always looked forward to your 'like'!!!! And comments...
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VoyageurThoroughly enjoyed following your journey, thanks so much for sharing it x
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VoyageurYou are welcome! I loved doing it...with this app, you can pay for a book to be made from the photos...I might look at doing that as well!
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Fin du voyage
27 août 2024