Category: Blogs
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Visiting Katherine, NT
After a few weeks in the outback, it was a shock to the system to enter a larger town like Katherine and an even greater one to stop at traffic lights! Katherine was surprisingly a large and bustling place, but unsurprisingly bloody hot, with a weeks forecast of constant 40+ degree maximum temperatures… Beautiful! For…
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A guide to the Gibb River Road, WA Part 2
Leaving Manning Gorge, we had a fateful decision to make. Do we take the track up to Mitchell Falls which would add three days onto our trip or continue down the main road to Ellenbrae Station… We had talked to a few travellers heading the opposite way and all of them had stories of blown…
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A guide to the Gibb River Road, WA
It was finally time to put the troopy through its first extended off-road adventure, the renowned Gibb River Road. Our first tip for travelling the Gibb, is that if you are entering from the West, we advise stocking up in Broome rather than Derby. We took the second option and the Woolworths was very poorly…
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Broome, WA
Back on the road after some amazing beach camping, we had a long drive ahead of us to Broome. The weather was getting hotter and hotter the further north we headed and after a sweaty day of driving, we decided accommodation with a shower was in order. We decided on an iconic Australian roadhouse in…
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The Pilbara, WA
Heading back to the coast, we were getting closer and closer to what Lauren’s Dad refers to as, ‘Gods Country’ and with that support, we entered the Pilbara region of WA. On the way up, we dropped into the fishing town of Onslow and we were pleasantly surprised. In WA especially, you can always tell…
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Karijini, WA
It was time to head inland after almost a month on the coast and we were excited, as we had heard good things about Karijini National Park! Leaving Exmouth, we missed out on staying at the renowned Buralla Station, as it was fully booked. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as there…
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Exmouth, WA
Given our dwindling supplies, we though it might be a good idea to check into the renowned holiday town of Exmouth to resupply. Exmouth is an interesting town, we thought that it would be much larger and more built up than it is, but it’s kind of good that it hasn’t and still retains its…
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Ningaloo Station, WA
Driving through Coral Bay on our way up to the campsites on Ningaloo Station, we were reminded why we didn’t spend $65 a night for a shoebox unpowered site at the caravan park. Coral Bay was absolutely chockas and even more of a crime was the $8.80 packet of Tim Tams at the IGA… unaustralian…
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14 Mile Beach, WA
We had waited a long time, but we were finally arriving at the Ningaloo reef! We had spent hours watching YouTube videos of people having amazing experiences in this area and it really contributed to us going on this trip in the first place! First up, we were staying at 14 Mile beach, although I…
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Quobba Station, WA
Leaving Shark Bay, we were again reminded of how bloody big WA is when we put Carnarvon, our next spot into maps and the hours of driving ahead of us became real! We managed to survive the drive and Lauren had an interesting experience navigating the shopping centre in the chaos that is Carnarvon! Surviving…
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