Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
Now that we’ve been home a few days and worked our way through the unpacking and cleaning, we’ve had a chance to sit back and take stock of the ‘big trip’. What were the big expenses? (No prizes for guessing that one … fuel!) And did we really spend that much on … alcohol, bakeries…
How hard can it be to play a Par 72, 18 hole golf course spread over 15 different locations and more than 1,350 kms of desert? Always up for a challenge, John was keen to play the Nullarbor Links golf course as soon as we first heard about it. And so we factored five days…
This next 700km leg of our Western Australian adventure involved a slow meander along WA’s stunning south coast from Hopetoun to Cape Le Grand National Park, and then the long run north to the goldfields’ city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Hopetoun Our first stop was the small coastal hamlet of Hopetoun for some down time in the…
Just as the weather was finally improving, we headed away from the coast for an 850kms inland detour up to Wave Rock, near the small wheatbelt town of Hyden, and then back down to the coast again. Of course, we took the longer scenic route via Katanning, Wagin, Narrogin, Kulin, and then back to the…
We stumbled upon this precious gem of a town quite by accident. After driving in to the town where we’d planned to stay and finding it closed for the weekend (and its free camp soul-destroying and desolate), we hastily consulted the trusty oracle Wikicamps for an alternative along our route. And that’s how we found…