Category Archives: 2008

We’ve travelled in a full [zig zaggy] circle, staying at Coalseam Nature Reserve again, where we had our first river crossing, more than seven weeks ago. The Irwin River was way down and the deep river crossing was now a … Continue reading →

After listening to a discussion on the radio, about orchids, we headed to Canna, where we went to the “general store”, (now a Landmark centre), – closed – but excellent maps and information left out by the door [out of … Continue reading →

We’d thought we’d seen it all to date, but now that are in “wildflower country”, we know what that means. Advice from Geraldton was to visit the Mullewa Visitor Centre, where we received fantastic advice on where to find the … Continue reading →

Before we left Gladstone, Russ realized that the plug connecting the electrics from the car to the van had broken and he painstakingly had to connect the seven connectors to the car, first of all, working out where each one … Continue reading →

Beautiful patches of wildflowers all the way through this treeless coast and after talking to some locals at Exmouth, who loved Gladstone, but were unable to get in, because the road was closed after 16 inches of rain, so we … Continue reading →

Cold, windy WA forced Russ to erect a shelter, just so we could make a cuppa. what a difference!! Late morning we packed a lunch and headed11kms south to the lagoon, only to discover another camping area. the location was … Continue reading →

Headed north again, but not far only 80kms – thought we’d give another station a go on the coast. A much nicer drive in, with lovely wild flowers and a wider road. 11 kms from Quobba we saw the famous … Continue reading →

We come to towns to stock up etc. etc. which is what we have done over the last couple of days – with a bonus of good competition bowls on every day, at the back of our site.  We can … Continue reading →

Today we drove out to Rocky Pool, another permanent waterhole of the Gascoyne River – seen on our inland trips. There were many people camped out there, although there isn’t a toilet or anything. Quite a lot of day visitors … Continue reading →