Day 83 – GOD DAM WIND
A lot of broken sleep last night. Once we went to bed it was Ok but the wind got up to gale force during the night and just after midnight we got up and removed the fly off the top … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Day 82 – Random Travels
We left behind Port Augusta and the extremely loud girls in the tent behind us who Sharon got management to quieten down yesterday evening. Can’t they work out their tent is not a house and everything they do or say … Continue reading →
Day 81 – Go Hawks
We’re a happy team at Hawthorn We’re the Mighty Fighting Hawks. We love our Club, and we play to win, Riding the bumps with a grin (at Hawthorn). Come what may, you’ll find us striving Team work is the thing … Continue reading →
Day 80 – Crossing our path for the first time
At the end of today we arrived in Port Augusta and crossed our path out from Tassie for the first time after nearly 11 weeks on the road but we have chosen to stay in a different caravan park this … Continue reading →
Day 79 – Fly Head Nets
The storm raged on for a while last night but luckily most of it was going over the top of us high up in the trees and we only got buffeted a few times, we did not get any rain … Continue reading →
Day 78 – Bay of beautifulness
Fowlers Bay was a nice night as the wind dropped and we woke to a still and calm day. This was not the forecast for later on though. We packed up leisurely as we wanted to arrive at the quarantine … Continue reading →
Don’t buy cheap tyres
Some pictures I forgot from yesterday. The left rear tyre delaminated at highway speed and it was a wild ride from there. The guys in the picture have the same type of van and are looking for parts. Everything was … Continue reading →
Day 77 – Big Sand dunes
The old Koonalda Station was so quiet last night, no trucks or other people, just the sound of a few bugs hitting the side of the camper and the dingo’s howled for about 10 minutes just after dark. The wind … Continue reading →
Day 76 – Land of the flies
Who knows what time zone we are in now. We passed through 2 places on the map to add 45 minutes today and we crossed another border WA – SA this afternoon. The radio stations all announced different times to … Continue reading →
Day 75 – Turn left, drive 1600Km
Blowing a gale when we got up as the latest front to hit us arrived. As the morning wore on the wind intensified so there was mini dust storms and some evil looking clouds building. We headed up to the … Continue reading →