Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
As we left Broome and started our long journey down the Western Australian coast, the idea of a short stop at 80 Mile Beach for a spot of fishing and chilling sounded appealing. We booked into an unpowered site for the night, with the intention of moving to a powered site if one became available…
We took time out on our recent trip from Kununurra to Australia’s west coast in Broome to check out some free camps and to just kick back a little. This blog showcases two great free camps … Froth Dingo Boab Point, and Lake Ellendale – both in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. How’s the serenity?! Froth…
With our days in the Northern Territory drawing to a close, we headed back down the Stuart Highway again towards Katherine, this time to join the Victoria Highway to venture west towards Western Australia. This section of the trip, from Daly River in the NT to Kununurra in WA, is just under 800 kms, but…
As the title implies, we headed out to Daly River in the hope of landing a barramundi or two, given the region’s fame for big barra. Now, Daly River is not a big place. There’s a pub, a police station, a petrol station, and a general store (which wasn’t even open when we called by…
What can we say about Coober Pedy? Um, kinda different? Chock full of interesting characters? Frontier land? A good place to take the time to clean all the dust out of the van and find a hardware store so we could make some minor repairs to the van? Firstly, Coober Pedy is not a pretty…