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The week in Broome – Exploring Broome and surrounds
The week in Broome - Exploring Broome and surrounds It was really good to catch up with the boys, but this time to have my own transport at hand. This gave me the liberty to explore at will. We had been plotting for a while now to do some fishing on Cable Beach in the … Continue reading
Day 7 – Doing the Tanami track to Broome.
Day 7 - Doing the Tanami track to Broome. The next morning I had a quick breakfast; Weetbix (what else). Then it was back into the car and grinding along the dirt track. The corrugations were getting worse and worse. Like everybody I was concentrating on the road ahead to ensure that I slowed … Continue reading
Day 6 – Doing the Tanami track to Broome.
Day 6 - Doing the Tanami track to Broome. What happened to day 5?? Aah yes; we had an issue. I keep saying that the gods laugh at the best laid plans of mice and men. When I got up on day 5, I could not unlock the driver’s door on my Patrol. I … Continue reading
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
BROOME
I have had a lovely flight to Broome soaring above the clouds (check pic). There is an area south of Broome where the dunes in the landscape below look like a milky color sea. The dunes below look like the swells on the sea. I tried to take pictures, but they did not come … 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
Back home again.
Back home again. We finally arrived back at Winterwood after 5 days of travel. Around 2200 km after we left Yeppoon we were at home in Trentham Victoria. It is still cold here by mid-Qld standards. The temp gauge was registering 8 degrees C. However we got here safely, thank God. The biggest surprise along … Continue reading
Down south; Yeppoon to Miles and beyond
Well, at the beginning of this trip I talked about the gods laughing at the best laid plans of mice and men. This has come to haunt me. We left our caravan park at 8:30 this morning. Plan was to be at Miles by 1:30 pm; some 520km further. Haha, we were 40km further, going … Continue reading