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  • TravelerNoodles and Cats
    Day 326

    Onslow

    September 11, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    ▪️Heute besuchten wir Ellen in Onslow
    ▪️Wir haben ein mega leckeres BBQ am Strand gemacht
    ▪️Am Abend sind wir in den Pub gegangen wo Ellen arbeitet
    ▪️Nach einem Bierchen fuhren wir schließlich zu einem richtig schönen kostenlosen Zeltplatz direkt am Fluss
    ▪️Leider besteht der Boden aus Ameisen, Kakalaken und Spinnen - nicht normal, konnten nur mit Füßen hoch am Tisch sitzen :P    Read more

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  • Australien
    Day 60

    Karratha - Onslow

    January 10, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 37 °C

    Nach dem Frühstück machten wir uns auf die Weiterfahrt. Das Ziel wäre eigentlich Nanutarra, doch als wir ralisierten, dass es da nur ein Roadhouse und sonst nicht wirklich viel hat, entschlossen wir uns nach Onslow zu fahren. Unterwegs kamen wir nochmals durch ein Termitenhügel Areal. Das waren wieder mind. tausend kleinere und grössere Termitenhügel. Es ist erstaunlich, was die kleinen Tiere bauen können. Kurz vor dem Ort gab es einen grossen Salzsee, wo auch Salz abgebaut wird. Unser Campingplatz liegt genau am Strand und so freuten wir uns auf ein Bad im Meer. Leider wurde nichts daraus. Nicht nur die Ebbe machte uns einen Strich durch die Rechnung, am Abend wäre ja dann Flut und das Wasser zurück, nein auch die Haifische, die sich hier tümmeln, erlaubten das Baden nicht. In Onslow gibt es aber ein schönes Freibad und so kamen wir auch zu unserer Abkühlung. Nach dem Nachtessen machten wir zum Tagesabschluss einen Spaziergang über einen Steg über die Sanddünen dem Sonnenuntergang entgegen.Read more

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  • 2021 FROG’N’TOADING
    Day 61–71

    Discovery Park Onslow, WA

    August 8, 2021 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 25 °C

    Onslow is located 1380 km north of Perth via Highway 1. It is located 82 km north west of the North Western Coastal Highway.

    Onslow is a sleepy little town where people go to fish and to have quiet holidays by the sea. Historically it was created as a mixture of pearling, farming and gold mining, but today, in part because it lies on the coast 82 km from the main North West Coastal Road, it is a true Cinderella - a gorgeous coastal retreat where only those who know of its charms tend to divert from the long journey from Perth to Broome. It has become known as 'Cyclone City' as, since its establishment in 1883, it has experienced major cyclones in 1909, 1918, 1926, 1934, 1953, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1995 and 1999. The 1963 cyclone had winds which were measured at 232 km/h. In fact the cyclones have occurred with such regularity that they have had profound effects on the town - it was forced to relocate after the 1926 cyclone and the frequency of cyclones in the 1960s forced the reconstruction of the local jetty to be abandoned.

    Few Australians now realise that the Japanese actually bombed Onslow. They caused no loss of life but the town's very impressive War Memorial, at the end of Second Avenue, is a reminder that in 1943 the town was under attack.

    It is hard to tell exactly what it is - could it be the wreck of a ship? - but just off the coast to the north of the Anzac Memorial is a jagged collection of remnants which is all that is left of a jetty that was built in 1925 and used to be 1.2 km in length. It was badly damaged by cyclones - cyclone damage in 1934, 300 metres removed by a cyclone in 1961, and finally destroyed by the Army in 1982.

    As you enter Onslow it is impossible not to be amazed by the salt lakes and the huge mountains of salt which can be seen from Onslow Road. Onslow is surrounded by 90 square kilometres of salt flats and the Onslow Salt Pty Ltd can produce up to 2.5 million tonnes of sodium chloride in a year. There is a 1.3 km jetty off Sunset Beach and in 2002, its first year of operations, the company shipped 45,000 tonnes of salt to Asia.

    Between March and October, on an average of three times a month, the remarkably beautiful natural phenomenon named "Staircase to the Moon" occurs. The phenomenon is created when a full moon shines on the exposed mudflats at very low tide. The result is an illusion which looks like stairs reaching to the moon. It can be observed at Onslow, Dampier, Point Samson, Hearson Cove, Cossack, Port Hedland and Broome.    Read more

  • TravelerAustralie 2020
    Day 131

    Wildcamping 2. Nacht

    July 10, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Usem nüt seit er so ich muen EV. go schaffe. Ich han denkt ich han mich verhört 😂 abe nei, er het das voll ernst gmeint. Mir sind im Juhe use gsi und sini Firma het gfröget ob er ih 2 Täg det (de Ort isch 4h entfernt vo eus, abr ih die entgegegsetzti Richtig wo mir eigentli müend für de Heiwäg) chönt für 3 Täg go schaffe. Ich han denkt wenn ich standby han isch das müehsam abr bi ihm isch das immer so 😱✌🙈 Welcome to Australia, spezifisch Lüüt wo ih Mine schaffed 😅

    Da sie ihn nöd 100% hend chöne zuesäge ob er ez muen go schaffe odr nöd hemer müesse de Tag ih de Gegend verbringe und sind drum an Küsteort Onslow gfahre.
    Han es pfüsi gmacht währedem er wiedrmal 30km uf sonere shit Strass gfahre isch - zum schlafe sehr ahgnehm, het schön gschaucklet 😋😂 de Strass het eus zude Altstadt gfüehrt --> FAIL 🙈 1. hets 1000igi vo Flüge gha wo um eim umedüsset sind und sogar ufd Lippe ghocket sind - Mistficher 😬 und 2tens isch die Altstadt echt nüt speziells gsi 🙈 mano man...für nüt und nomale nüt und brutal heiss isches au gsi.

    Immerhin hets am Endi vom Tag gheisse, dass er doch nöd go schaffe muen und so simer den Richtig Exmouth gfahre und hend eh witeri Nacht Wildcampiert 😍⛺🇦🇺 dasmal simer die einzige uf den Campingplatz gsi 😊 Hend es Lagerfüür gmacht und d'Marshmellow hend au nöd gfehlt 😍 De unglaublichi Sternehimmel isch so ihdrücklich gsi! ✨ einigi Sternschnuppe und am 11i z'Abig isch den endli de Mond am Himmel ersichtlich gsi 😊
    S'zmorge am andere Morge hani as Bett serviert becho inkl. Kaffi ☕🍞😍    Read more

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  • TravelerWestern Australia
    Day 41–42

    Onslow- Cyclone City

    November 3, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 35 °C

    Cyclone City!

    Onslow is a sleepy little town where people go to fish and to have quiet holidays by the sea. Historically it was created as a mixture of pearling, farming and gold mining, but today, in part because it lies on the coast 82 km from the main North West Coastal Road, it is a true Cinderella - a gorgeous coastal retreat where only those who know of its charms tend to divert from the long journey from Perth to Broome. It has become known as 'Cyclone City' as, since its establishment in 1883, it has experienced major cyclones in 1909, 1918, 1926, 1934, 1953, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1995 and 1999. The 1963 cyclone had winds which were measured at 232 km/h. In fact the cyclones have occurred with such regularity that they have had profound effects on the town - it was forced to relocate after the 1926 cyclone and the frequency of cyclones in the 1960s forced the reconstruction of the local jetty to be abandoned.

    Paparazzi Pack
    Gillie and Marc’s Paparazzi Dogs are the world’s most notorious photographers. The four bronze Dogmen have sniffed out the rich and famous in Melbourne’s Federation Square, Woolloomooloo Wharf in Sydney, the Jing’an Sculpture Park in Shanghai, outside Raffles City Shops in Singpore, and New York’s Brooklyn and Greenwich Village. The sculptures have gone from being an art experiment about photographing celebrities to sought-after celebrities in their own right. When Gillie and Marc first launched the series, within days the life-sized dogs went viral with millions of visitors coming to see them. People from all over the world, along with celebrities such as Snoop Dog, were eager to pose with the Pap Dogs, quickly giving them a celebrity status. Trey Ratcliff, considered to be one of the world’s best contemporary photographers, also came and was followed by 500 professional photographers to take a photo of him Gillie and Marc had intentionally created the interactive piece to expose the pack mentality of the media and how we hunt celebrities to get their photo. “Trey is a celebrity in his own right,” explained Marc. “So it’s amazing that we finally have a photograph of life imitating art. It summed up everything the sculpture was intended to say.”

    The Jetty
    It is hard to tell exactly what it is - could it be the wreck of a ship? - but just off the coast to the north of the Anzac Memorial is a jagged collection of remnants which is all that is left of a jetty that was built in 1925 and used to be 1.2 km in length. It was badly damaged by cyclones - cyclone damage in 1934, 300 metres removed by a cyclone in 1961, and finally destroyed by the Army in 1982.    Read more

  • TravelerYear off around Australia
    Day 121

    Oslow Visitor Centre Museum

    October 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    Arh...the Tourist Information place is open today and we've come along at the opening times. So in we go. Nice selection of gifts and souvenirs - which I resist. We do pay $3 each to look in their Museum - great fun with plenty to look at and think about!Read more

  • TravelerYear off around Australia
    Day 121

    Sunset Beach Onslow

    October 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    Have arrived back in Onslow and stop and look at this beach area. Lovely - with really good walkway to go along on. But boy, were the little flys too friendly - yuk! 1st time I've wished I hadn't left my flynet in the caravan!Read more

  • TravelerYear off around Australia
    Day 121

    Old Onslow

    October 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Wow - when we get here, you wonder why this spot would have been selected for a township in the first place. Remote and desolate......came to convenience back at the time of settlement - but things changed over time......Read more

  • TravelerYear off around Australia
    Day 120

    Drive about Onslow

    October 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    Go for a drive about Onslow - start off at the wharf where we get to see a Singapore supply ship leaving. Then head into the main town area, checking out what shops and facilities there is. The Tourist Centre is closed (season finished I think?) so we don't stop here. There's a supermarket combined general store. A couple of fuel depots - so we stop and fuel up. A good aquatic centre, gym and sporting precinct. Can sense the 'mining' dollars here. The town also has alot of major 'works' going on - buildings happening, roads working on, and foreshore renovations. Feel this place could be quite spruced up in the near future. All in all, a nice small town - relying on mining to prosper.
    I've added some photos from our evening walk in this as well.    Read more

  • TravelerYear off around Australia
    Day 120–122

    Discovery Parks Onslow

    October 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Straight through drive from Karratha to this park. Book in just for 1 night initially - have been allocated site No 4 so we go settle in. Roger quick to get out our awning for shade as it's not as windy as previous 2 nights ( when he packed it away, then next stay didn't put it up at all). Time for lunch - yes sandwiches for Rog, open toasties for me. Roger sneaks in a quick dip in the pool here before we head off for a drive to check around Onslow.
    We get back at 3.45pm - now just relax, reading and chatting. The park has a bar and restaurant that caters for the miners that stay here - so happy hour starts at 5.30pm so we go have a drink, can of GN beer for Rog and can of CC for me $20 - we're not sure of happy hour prices! On chatting with staff, most drinks have $3 off from usual charge! We go check out the restaurant/cafeteria - lovely array of food, smorgasbord style, hot, cold, main, desserts, fresh fruit.....very tempting. Miners no charge (part of their work contract) for us it would be $55 a head. We already have tea planned so don't feel the need. Now go back to our van and decide to do an evening walk (Oceans to Outback challenge) before tea. Get back Roger goes has a shower, I'm writing this while Roger now cooking our tea. Which is savoury mince he's serving on cooked potatoes, grated cheese with the leftover salad from last night - very yummy. We follow this with some apple slice for dessert. I wash the dishes, tidy up. Think I'll get ready for bed and see if I can find something to watch on Prime or Paramount + before bedtime.
    Saturday has us getting up around 6.30am - though I go back to bed and read until 7am. We have our breakfasts - Weetbix and toast for Rog, porridge for me. We've decided to stay another night here (quite comfy) and we'll go for a drive early before it gets too hot and check out the Old Oslow town area. We get organised and head off before 8am. We haven't gone too far down the road, when Rog pulls over and checks under the ute bonnet. He had realised the air-conditioner didn't seem to be working - and he's found that the air-conditioner belt has come off. Back we go to our caravan, Roger has packed a spare belt so he's going to have a go at changing it. Turns out the old one is worn and stretched, and thanks to a Google video Roger has no trouble in changing to a new belt. All sorted, off we go again, probably within 30 minutes.
    We get back from our drive about around 2.30pm. We have a light lunch, as we've booked to have our tea here at the caravan park in the Miner's Restaurant. $35 a head, all you can eat smorgasbord style - and you can also order steak, chicken or fish to be cooked to your liking. It's warm again, so we're happy relaxing for the afternoon - reading, and Roger cools off in the pool a couple of times. We head over for our tea just before 6pm. Magnificent feed - easily eat too much as their is so much good food on offer! After this, we're only too keen to go for a beach walk - beautiful evening for it. We get back and have a cuppa - Roger goes for his shower. Now we're relaxing again before bedtime.
    Wake up to another lovely day, sunshine and warm. Roger quick to have his breakfast muesli, I lie in bed and read for abit before getting up and having muesli and banana as well. I decide to go for a swim in the pool before/on my way to have a shower. Once back from my shower I slather in sunscreen (usual ritual) before we leave. Roger has us ready to go - he's been reading his book, while waiting for me. We're underway by 9.30am.    Read more

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