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2012-08 Outback Trip — NorthWest Australia
2012 Outback Trip – NorthWest Australia 4 Weeks - 10500 Kilometers: Home – Alice Springs – Tanami Track – Broome – Gibb River Road – Kimberley – Katherine – Home What a trip this has been! When I look at the pictures it seems like it happened yesterday. So let me take you through this … Continue reading
Time at James Price Point (JPP)
Time at James Price Point (JPP) My good mate Watto and I decided to spend a day visiting this spectacular destination on the Dampier peninsula. We got away fairly early and turned onto the road to the Dampier peninsula and JPP. When we left the bitumen and rode onto the red dirt the immediate … Continue reading
Playing around Broome!
The days are flying by and there is just too much to do. When I got to Broome I went to the local Bicycle shop and hired a bike for a week. That way I have transport for the little trips and I keep the exercise up. Every morning I am on the bike at … Continue reading
2015 Trip to Broome and the Dampier Peninsula
I had not been to this most beautiful part of Australia for 2 years now. The time has come to visit some good mates up there once more. It is generally accepted that Broome is the southern end of the Kimberley region in the north west of Australia. For my money the Kimberley region … Continue reading
Of Crocodiles & other things.
Almost time to head back south. We are going to take our time and do a little bit of exploring along the way, where warranted. We have had a really great time here at the Capricorn Coast. A number of times I tried some fishing and managed to catch some mackerel. I enjoyed … Continue reading
A Delightful Day!
Today has been a delightful day. Yeah, the temperature was 23 degrees again, the sun was shining and we walked on the beach with our dog. People are friendly here on the Capricorn Coast. We are in our last week up here and so it was good to see a few unexpected sights. … Continue reading
Some more Yeppoon notes and pics
We have been knocking around the neighborhood the last few days. That includes one or two beach walks a day. Last night we sat on the beach just before sunset and had a few frosties as the sun went down. Very relaxing. The day before I was at Yeppoon harbor and took this interesting … Continue reading
The 5 Best Beaches in Australia
The 5 Best Beaches in Australia. That’s a big ask! First we need to define what constitutes a beach that can be considered for this list. I am not talking about the longest or widest or most sandy etc, etc. By the way, the longest beach probably is the Coorong from Kingston to the Murray … Continue reading
A Little Bit of History
If you were to draw a line from Rockhampton to Yeppoon and then to Emu Park (and Zielzie) and back to Rocky, you’d have put a border around some of the most scenic and interesting countryside in Queensland. There are a number of geological features called ‘plugs’ where rocky outcrops appear to have been … Continue reading
Exploring the Yeppoon Coast
Exploring the Yeppoon Coast. Views from Yeppon! Yeppoon is built across a number of hills. They offer excellent views in many directions; see below. The Great Dividing Range snakes its way up the Australian east coast 50 – 150km inland. Close to Rockhamton a few tentacles separate and reach towards the north east. They … Continue reading