Brett and Corinne
Hi there friendsBrett and Corinne
Our next trip.
Brett off to Iron Range National Park, on the Eastern Coast of Cape York.
Cheers
Corinne and Brett
Travel Blog Posts
July 9th 2009
Hi all Just letting you know we are home safe. We were in LA the last few days. On the 4th we met up with Cary and went to Santa Monica Bvld and Venice Beach. We also visited Hollywood Blvd, went to a concert for the 4th of July celebrations and saw some fireworks after the show. The next two days Corinne did some shopping and we also visited the La Brea tar pits before catching our 11.20pm flight back home. Thanks for comments and support while we were away. As usual click on the images to get a bigger version. Cheers and signing off from this adventure. Brett and Corinne ... read more
July 4th 2009
The Alaska part of our trip is now over and we are back in LA. Basically we went to four main areas: Prudhoe Bay, Denali NP, Prince William Sound and Katmai NP Prudhoe Bay lies at the very top of Alaska and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean. There is an extensive oil field area here stretching over 100 miles. All supplies have to be trucked in along a gravel road known as the Haul Road (Dalton Hwy). There are literally thousands of workers up there living in prefab buildings, it is like an industrial estate, all buildings are constructed on gravel pads so they don’t get soggy in the spring when the ice and snow start to melt. The other big thing is the light. The sun doesn’t set for several months during summer. You ... read more
Redwoods, San Francisco and Otters
Published: June 14th 2009North America » United States » California
June 11th 2009
Pretty big update this one, so plenty of images. Since last update we had more ordinary weather as we headed south through the Redwood forests. These forests are special as they are the last remnants of old growth Redwood forest in the world. These are the tallest trees on earth reaching up to 380 feet. Our next big stop was San Francisco, getting the bus into town we went over the Golden Gate Bridge. Finally the weather had improved a bit but the wind was quite cool. During the next couple of days we visited Alcatraz Island and walked a lot around the city and harbour getting the ferry back to our RV park each evening. One arvo/evening we drove up to the headlands for a view of the golden Gate bridge at night, very cool ... read more
June 2nd 2009
Since our last update we have moved through Bryce Canyon Zion Canyon Then back into California for Sequoia NP Kings Canyon NP Yosemite NP and drove northward to Klamath and the Redwood forests not far from the Oregon border. Through much of the last week and a half the weather has been poor, hasn’t rained every day but been pretty dull and overcast and cold and there hasn’t been many visible sunsets or sunrises and this has impacted on the photography. They are all beautiful places worthy of seeing, we just didn’t get to see them at their best. The landscapes of Bryce and Zion are amazing. Rocky spires formed by erosion and steep canyon walls. Back in California the thickly wooded slopes of Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite are a world away from the dry ... read more
May 21st 2009
Okay, we have had requests for more updates and more photos so here is the next chapter. Like Australia the distances here are pretty large so it does take time to get around especially in a Motorhome. As we move to the next location it can take half the day to get there. After Monument Valley we headed westwards to Page. In the arvo we headed to Horseshoe Bend, we hiked to the river, it is pretty impressive the way the river bends and it is a long way down. I had to wait an hour till after sunset to get the shot, my new 14-24 lens came in handy here. To get the shot you have to be right on the edge and I must say the heart was beating a bit faster while I ... read more
May 17th 2009
Hi all We had a pretty smooth flight but no sleep and made it safely to LA and got through the admin stuff pretty well at the airport. We cabbed to the Motorhome place and had to sort a few issues there before we were on our way. Glad I knew what I had booked and paid for because they didn’t seem to. Driving out of LA was a bit challenging, the GPS was flat and wasn’t charging, the motorhome is kind of big with side mirrors that stick way out and of course I had to drive on the wrong side of the road and sit on the wrong side of the vehicle. Corinne did well with the paper map we had and we navigated successfully to Vegas 5hrs later. We eventually found our RV ... read more
May 11th 2009
Hi there friends We are off tomorrow (Tuesday) on a trip to the USA. The first leg of the trip involves 31 days of touring through Nevada, Arizona, Utah and California starting and finishing in LA. We have hired a motorhome for this leg and will be following a plan I have put together to see the sights. We then fly up to Anchorage in Alaska and from there north again to Deadhorse, the very top of Alaska on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Here we start a 17day guided tour through Alaska finishing in Anchorage. We fly back to LA, spend a few days (Shopping....) and then back home via the flying Kangaroo. We will attempt to update the blog regularly and show you some of the images I hope to get as we ... read more
February 8th 2008
Just a note to let everyone know we got home safe last night. Thanks to all for your supporting emails and comments. Big thanks to our parents and our travel agent Dean Tuckwell at "The Adventure Traveller". Also to Liz Kirby at Wild Dog safaris. Cheers Brett and Corinne... read more
February 4th 2008
Hello All Corinne and I have had an unfortunate incident which I will summarise here. During our tour with Wild Dog Safaris in Namibia we were camping at the Okajima/Africat complex about 200kms north of the capital of Windhoek. At 3am local time on the 2nd of February our camp was attacked. A group of men with guns and knives slashed our tents with knives and then pulled all of the 9 people in our group and the 3 guides from our tents and dragged us into the middle of the camp and pushed us to the ground, a few of us including me were punched and fell and had minor injuries like cut feet. A gunshot was fired in the air. Most of us were half naked and dazed and lights were shined in ... read more
January 27th 2008
Hi all Just a quick note to let you know we are off on our latest adventure. Currently at Singapore airport awaiting our flight to Johannesburg in South Africa. It is 3am Australian time as I write this, still have another 90mins until the flight leaves. Once we arrive in Joburg (at 7.30am local time) we have a 3 hour wait till the flight to Windhoek in Namibia. Should be there by 1pm local time. Will be a long day. Or is that long two days! Singapore airport is huge. Not sure if it is actually a shopping centre with an accompanying airport or what but it is an impressive facility, even has free internet access. We have to catch the train to another terminal for our flight out. Saw the worlds largest plasma screen (atleast ... read more
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