Day 74 – The Super Pit
Hawthorns excellent win last night beating Geelong again only when it counts most! I guess we will need to be near a TV next weekend as well. No idea where we will be then. I suppose the radio is a … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Day 73 – Bronze to gold
Fantastic full moon night at Lake Ballard. We poked around the last few places at Lake Ballard before driving back out the the main highway, 54Km of good gravel road to the town of Menzies. Menzies is typical of towns … Continue reading →
Day 72 – Bronzed naked people
Due to a big days driving we were up, fed and on the road before 7AM today. A good nights sleep except for when the road train pulled up with probably a blown tyre by the noise he made and … Continue reading →
Day 71 – Bloody flies
After a cool night at Mullewa we woke to an overcast day and a cool breeze. A few trains went past last night not to far away carrying iron ore from a mine nearby. They truck the ore to Mullewa … Continue reading →
10th week stats
Traveled: 15,163KM Diesel used: 1,804L Average price per litre: $1.835 (MIN $1.509, MAX $2.489) Average fuel consumption: 11.93L/100KM (MIN 9.89, MAX 13.07) Distance to drive, excluding side trips: >4,400Km Average price per night for camping: $23.68 (MIN $6.60, MAX $40 … Continue reading →
Day 70 – 10 weeks gone already
Where did the last 10 weeks go and how quickly will the next 3 disappear? We have headed inland to try and escape the relentless wind on the coast. Last night it bucketed down and blew a gale again. Our … Continue reading →
Day 69 – More birds than you can poke a stick at
The overnight temperature dropped to single digits last night. The sun was already up when I had a look at the temperature gauge but it was still only 9.1 degrees. The weather today was the best day here so far … Continue reading →
Day 68 – Kalbarri is shut for business
We arrived at Kalbarri after a quite cold night but a reasonable nights sleep after the wind died down. On the way into Kalbarri we crested a hill and we were back into the wind again, we just can’t escape … Continue reading →
Day 67 – A miss calculation
Last night was terrible, a huge storm hit just before 10PM and woke us up for quite a while. The camper and car were rocking from side to side with the powerful wind gusts. I am surprised the fly did … Continue reading →
Day 66 – Blown out of Exmouth -13 – 666
Last night was probably the worst nights sleep of the trip. It blew and blew and blew all night. I think the fly has stretched a bit and this combined with a stripped bolt on the camper pole inside resulted … Continue reading →