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Showing posts with label Project 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project 2014. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 November 2015

Reunited we fossick at Inverell - and I don't have to dig!

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With Rocky fully repaired and ready for action, we were keen to return to Armidale and get camping. It was time to also get fossickin...
Thursday, 29 October 2015

Delights of Mackay

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With the best part of a week in Mackay, our main focus was catching up with my brother and his beautiful family. With one young man proudly...
Friday, 16 October 2015

In borrowed wheels, the road trip continues north...

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With Rocky booked in to be towed to the Dealer, and plans already made for Mackay, I knew I had to continue to make ground north.  I might a...
Tuesday, 6 October 2015

An ominous start - I should have been a mechanic!

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Whilst the family was enjoying a couple of weeks on the Sunshine Coast with their grandparents, I had been doing a couple of odd jobs at ho...
Thursday, 13 August 2015

Where to next?

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It is amazing how quickly life has returned to normal since our amazing adventure in 2014.  It has been wonderful to reconnect with frien...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Gibb River Road Part II - West Kimberley - Mornington and Manning Gorge

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We had been taking every alternative route and diversion off the Gibb River Road that is possible so far, drinking precious fuel.  Our next...

Gibb River Road Part I - West Kimberley - Derby to Bell Gorge

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And so at last, after a fleeting resupply visit at Broome it was time to point the bonnet east and start our journey into the mighty Kimber...
Friday, 21 March 2014

Nullarbor - and the path less travelled

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The Eyre Highway and its crossing of the Nullarbor Plain would have to be one of Australia’s most famous roads.  And with good reason.  It ...
Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Wilpena Pound and Rawnsley Park

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We left Arkaroola after taking our leave from Doug and Marg, knowing that we would be back.  Our heading was south, but we first returned t...
Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Great Ocean Road Victoria

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With temperatures set to soar again in Victoria, we decided to head for somewhere where the air was cooler - and of course this meant a run ...
Monday, 27 January 2014

Freycinet Peninsula and the Bay of Fires

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After picking up our delicious bread from the Ross Bakery, we made good time to the coast, and before we knew it we had set up camp at Coles...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Tasman Peninsula - Port Arthur and the cute Tassie Devils

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We left Bruny Island well rested and relaxed after our lazy rest day - with Port Arthur in our sights.  We meandered north, through Hobart...
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Thursday, 16 January 2014

Cradle Mountain

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The boys woke the following morning still buzzing after our bogging in the way to Montezuma Falls.  I was relieved no serious harm was done ...
Saturday, 11 January 2014

The End of the Road - Cockle Creek

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From Snug we meandered south, via Cygnet.  We resupplied at some roadside stalls and had the pleasure of tasting some of the best cherries ...
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Monday, 30 December 2013

Tassie West Coast - Stony Cape to Arthur River

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We left the beautiful Tamar Valley and headed west.  With no schedule to keep, and no real agenda, we enjoyed a leisurely drive generally in...
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Wednesday, 25 December 2013

On the road at last. Home to Melbourne

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We aimed to get away at 8am precisely and would you believe it we actually made it away on time!  And then at 8.07am just before we turne...
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

One sleep to go - Setting off for our lap around the block tomorrow

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It is hard to believe that tomorrow is our departure date.  This moment has been years in the making, and I am a little excited, and mostly ...
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Sunday, 8 December 2013

11 Days Out From A Year On The Road...

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We are officially 11 days out from our year on the road... and the nerves are starting to show as we try to get everything ready to go.  In...
Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Kanangra Walls - Boy's Weekend Escape - Close to Sydney

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Sometimes it takes a woman to get a bunch of blokes together for a weeekend away.  My wonderful wife had succeeded where we had failed and m...
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Thursday, 25 July 2013

Big Red Run - Day 8 - Birdsville to Maree...er no make that Quilpie

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We rose early to capture the sunrise on Big Red to overcast and foreboding skies.  And after a leisurely pack up, we headed back into Birdsv...