 Wallaby Wanderers - Darryl and Sarah | All Comments |
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| 28th November 2009 Val | who am I? - From: Two become one I've found your blog and am enjoying travelling with you. That bird, as you may have found by now, is an Indian Myna, something of a scourge and considered the rats of the bird population here. |
| 28th November 2009 Jan Kettle | Hutt River Provence - From: Across the border We've received the postcard already (thank you very much) (received on 28th Nov) and were very impressed with the stamps from the provence!! xxx Mum K |
| 26th November 2009 anonymous | - From: The lucky number seven hello we ahve rummikub but have never played it we must be bad parents!!!!! hope you are well really missing youi keep turning skype on but don't catch you:( dinner dance sat won't be the same without you guys hope to catch you soon love em xxxx |
| 26th November 2009 Lynne Coulsell | - From: Lucky 13 My kinda lake chick! Having a nighmare getting a dress for the DD, where are you when I need you????? x |
| 25th November 2009 Alex | Hello - From: Across the border Hi, are you off to Geraldton soon? Have a look at the naval memorial, there's a nice view from there :) |
| 23rd November 2009 kangaroojack | Windy and Wet! - From: The lucky number seven Hi Guys, cannot believe it is windy and wet over there! Tiny drop of rain over here in Nangus, nothing to make a difference, they are still harvesting, little bit cooler this morning I am wearing .... wait for it..... a long sleeve t-shirt! I see the sun tan is coming along nicely a little bit darker than the last time we saw you! We too did not like Wagoe, we stopped on the way into Kalbarri, it was too exposed.... there was no shade..... it was very hot when we stopped by and just something about it that made us not want to stay there, so we went into Kalbarri, I think we stayed at the Tudor Caravan Park, which you mentioned a few blogs ago. They obviously put their own name into the internet every now and again, because we wrote in our blog how we felt about the place they sent a snotty message to us. The photos are great and the colours of the wild flowers just beautiful. Take Care and have fun KJ xx |
| 20th November 2009 Lynne Coulsell | How very dare you! - From: Muffin .... On a Wednesday?! Muffin on a Wednesday doesn't even bear thinking about and I will never be able to bring myself to tell Brucie, not at his age! Pelicans, hhmm reminds me of Florida when Mr Coulsell nearly lost his wig when one flew in rather low one day! The guy in the 'Stretching for a fish' photo looks like he's from a 40/50's movie! Great to see you having a great time and chilling out for probably the first time in your lives. Just doing the 'Children in Need' stuff at work today, wish I had a £1 for everytime someone mentioned your name today - nice to be missed though chick. Lots of love Us 4 xxxx |
| 18th November 2009 Jan Kettle | Dinner - From: It's not a good time for fishing, the pelicans are still asleep I was just reading about what Darryl cooked for dinner but had half an eye on the bug photo and it brought an interesting picture to mind!!! Your albino dolphin set me thinking about the white whales we saw in Canada so I've just checked and they were Belugas and not like dolphins at all. Mum K xxx (PS I can hear Graham trying to tempt Tiger into playing with a new toy we bought her but without too much success probably! You can probably guess that it is raining here so we can't get out in the garden!) |
| 17th November 2009 Jan Kettle | This special place - From: Everyday Hero It's fantastic that you've re-visited the place where your headline photo was taken and find it just as wonderful. We were lucky to be there when the wild flowers were out - it must have been towards the end of September 2003. xxx Mum K |
| 15th November 2009 Gary | oops - From: Luckily we don't suffer from Paraskevidekatriaphobia! That was, of course, 2008. I wish it were 2009 and we were still on the road! But, alas, that's not to be. |
| 15th November 2009 Gary | Finally - From: Luckily we don't suffer from Paraskevidekatriaphobia! Well, it took some time, but I am finally caught up on your blog. You do a great blog. And you are obviously having a great time. Superb! Check out Findlay's B-B-Q Fish when you are in Kalbarri. It's a pretty unique place. Food is good and wasn't expensive when we were there in Oct 2009. |
| 15th November 2009 Darryl and Sarah | You beauty - From: Breakfast on the beach Thanks Rita, great to hear from you and lovely to know that you're still travelling with us and sending us happy thoughts along the way. Sorry you've been poorly, hope the old git looked after you properly! Give them all our love. Take care lovely x x x x |
| 14th November 2009 Gary | Wise choice - From: Jurassic Broome Sounds like you have made a wise choice in bypassing some of the 4WD tracks. The cost of some misadventure sure would put a big dent in your plans. Who would have thought that repairs like you mentioned would be $6000??? We know from just a short 10k trip into 80mile beach how bad the corrugations are. And I suspect ours wasn't too, too bad. Keep up the good blogs. I am slowly catching up Gary |
| 14th November 2009 Emma | Thank you - From: Breakfast on the beach Hi Coz, thanks for mine and bens mention we are still with you on your travels! We both had great birthdays, Ben probably more than me as mine is not such a celebration these days least I am still clinging onto the right side of 30 (just). I heard all about your Dad, and I am sure like Mikes mum he will be fine and up and running v soon after, mikes mum is great now and looks so much better. He is very fit and so I'm sure will soon be on the way to Aus. Anyway keep on travelling and enjoying yourselves. Take Care Emm XX |
| 13th November 2009 Rita | feeling good. - From: Breakfast on the beach Morning my Lovelies, I have been saving up your blogs to read when I had a spare chunk of time. Well I caught flu and have just read them all and feel better already. Pics are glorious. Your Dad will be fine Sare, my sis had it done. Back atwork in 3months feeling fitter than a butchers dog. Still a worrying time. You both look so healthy. Its blowing a hooly here so no walk for me. I will look at your pics again and dream. Take care and safe travels. Rita xxxxxxxxxx |
| 12th November 2009 Jan Kettle | Is it Mum Emu or Dad Emu? - From: The hottest tub around! Hi - I thought that in the strange world of Emus, Mum layed the eggs and then cleared off leaving poor old Dad to raise the chicks on his own. I stand to be corrected though! xxx Mum K |
| 11th November 2009 Jan Kettle | Carry on Snorkelling! - From: Clinging to coral Well, you two might just grow fishy tails but you might never be back this way again so make the most of it! We did the quad tour and it sounds as though it could have been to the same place - we didn't see any Wobbegong Sharks but it was brilliant anyway. xxx Mum K |
| 11th November 2009 Jan Kettle | WWOOFing - From: No quibble over Quobba! Hi - we've had to look up on the internet exactly what WWOOF is all about and now we understand - we hope you get the opportunity to experience this to go along with all the other fantastic things you have done. xxx Mum & Dad K |
| 9th November 2009 kangaroojack | Stand Back from the Water - From: Clinging to coral Dear Wallaby Wanderers, I am seriously concerned about you two!!! Just get out of the water and back on the bitumen, we want to see you in Tasmania and are trying to plan our February for that, at this rate you will still be in Coral Bay! Glad to see you are still having fun, we are on Sunshine Coast, having a few repairs done on the trailer/tent, nothing serious but after 50,000k's there is a little bit of wear and tear needing attention. We are catching up with friends while we are here but will head off south soon to get to Wagga Wagga. Life is good, but I don't now what happened to the sun on the sunshine coast, it was here last time, but now it is gone!!! Travel Safe guys, Love to Sydney with a Y from Cairns and the girls, of course to both of you two! Love KJxx |
| 6th November 2009 Jan Kettle | Remarkable! - From: Has anyone seen my wetsuit? What a fantastic experience to have and brilliant photos too! The Coral Bay/Exmouth area is just so special and it's pretty much top of our list of places to go back to (but don't tell everyone how wonderful it is there!). Mum K xxx |
| 5th November 2009 Tony | Close to the Bone - From: Get a room, or at least a tent! Jesus shag that haircut looks close to the Bone ! Even Hula Hips Hibbo would be proud of the skinhead |
| 4th November 2009 kangaroojack | Waterproof... Not! - From: Searching for crowded coral Thanks for the heads up on the camera casing, I was seriously considering it until you mentioned that, however I am planning on giving Andy my current Canon Eos and getting a newer model for myself, hmm.... I think the Sony will not be up to much underwater, it plays up terribly at the best of times, so something reliable is a must. We have dramas of our own today, we have a collapsed wheel bearing on the camper trailer, we have left it in Cape Hillsborough to pop into McKay to pick up a new hub and bearings! Cannot complain, she has done 50K on some terrible terrain so this is not too huge! Looking forward to having a proper read up and catching up on your blogs... take care KJ xx |
| 4th November 2009 Darryl and Sarah | Flippers for feet! - From: You literally scared the crap out of it! Hi all, we feel like we've exchanged our feet for flippers! I got in the swimming pool yesterday with no flippers on and it felt so wierd!! We've loved every minute of it and we had the best experience ever on Monday when we swam with Manta Rays - 7 of them!! Awesome! Hope all is well, give our love to everyone - great to hear from you. Dar and Sar |
| 4th November 2009 Darryl and Sarah | Wow! - From: So that's why you shouldn't feed the emus! Hi Barb, how great to hear from you! We fell in love with Exmouth when we visited two years ago so we've been longing to get here. It's been so awesome and the Emus made us laugh everyday. They're beautiful creatures and to see them wandering around without a care in the world is fabulous. We watched them up at Cape Range too by the drinking tap near Mesa campground, glorious to see. Great to hear from you and thanks so much for reading. All the best for the future Dar and Sarah |
| 4th November 2009 Darryl and Sarah | Go Tarzy! - From: Out of range, back in two days! Hello you beautiful loony you! Great to hear things are going so well, can't believe you've got so into the rugby! Go girl! Send us your address and I will gladly send a postcard from the next amazing spot we arrive at! When I post the blog about swimming with 7 Manta Rays you should show them that, it will blow their minds - it did ours!!! Speak to you soon and love to the family of course Dar and Sar x x x x |
| 4th November 2009 Darryl and Sarah | Great to hear from you - From: Out of range, back in two days! Hi both, thanks so much for the comment on the blog. It's great to hear from you. It's been good to see how well Helen is doing with the girlie rodder accessories, excellent! It won't be long before we start our journey home but we'll be sure to explore our own 'back yard' when we do, this has really given us some inspiration for the outside world! How we'll ever cook in a house again I'm not sure!! All the best Dar and Sar |
| 3rd November 2009 Darryl and Sarah | Don't leave, wait for us! - From: Who's checking out my hole? We're going to phone this morning and then we'll head out to Williambury tomorrow morning if it's cool with everyone (in a ok sort of way!). We're very excited! Hopefully see you tomorrow!! |
| 2nd November 2009 Nige | Nothing to do with your Blog - From: Who's checking out my hole? Almost nothing anyway, great stuff Sarah, we're having so much fun with you guys and the under water shots are great. Now business, we're at Williambury and we love it and they have room for you two, check your phone because I left the phone number in a message there and didn't bring it to the computer, anyway, it's really cool here (in a hot kind of way) and you guys would love it, if you can organise some time here we would stay longer to hang with you here. Awesome photo opportunities to Sarah, got a panorama of an approaching storm from the hill behind the house, got caught in a dust storm an everything, it was very adventurous. So guys, get on the phone and get your butts out here, we miss you and it's really good. |
| 1st November 2009 Rod Jackson | Snorkelling - From: You literally scared the crap out of it! Its been great following your adventures, kept meaning to comment!! Green with with envy re. the snorkelling Greek waters aren't quite like Oz's!! Still hoping to get to the GBR! xx R & T |
| 31st October 2009 kangaroojack | Hey Guys our glasses are raised for you - From: Half way there! Well both, we are sooooo happy for you both, 182 days , of living like Gypsy's or kings. What an amazing adventure you have lived more than some people in a life time, you are so lucky, what an amazing Country. We both just love your blogs, its better than our drivel, we raise our mugs to the Wallaby Wanderers and send all our love. We feel our friendship has spanned a life time in only a few short months. Make the most of what we have now as we have not been promised tomorrow. Sic: Captain James T Kirk the starship enterprise. Andy & Caroline |
| 30th October 2009 barb gelner | thank you for your blog - From: So that's why you shouldn't feed the emus! Hello, I just came across your travelblog and it was so fun to read about that magical place and those beautiful emus...I was stationed at H. E. Holt from 1987-89...I loved the emus, and they loved me because I would feed them frosted flakes at every opportunity.....I remember one time a young emu was hanging around the front of the commissary then walked right in and they had to corral it outta there...He probably wanted to get out of the heat....I 'll never forget the time a coworker informed me that there was a cockatoo that had gotten entwined on the barbed wire security fence that sorrounded our worksite...I put on these huge utility gloves and ran out there with a big pair of wire cutters, hoping I wasn't too late. I could see the bird was close to exhaustion as I worked as fast as I could to free him... I finally got the wire free and he was able to fly away....... That was the best feeling, being able to help such a beautiful animal. |
| 30th October 2009 tj | Wooooo Hiya - From: Out of range, back in two days! Hi you two, I am very jealous of the awesome time that you are having. Looks and sounds fab. I am finally relaxing - the final week day of the holiday, its just passed noon and I'm still in bed......watching Simon Cowell - what could be better.....! Soon I am going to have to get up and start to prepare for the weekend. I'm off to Bristol this evening catching up with a uni friend for the weekend at the rowing finals. Its going to be tough ....free hotel, food and drinks. Then hopefuly a mad dash back for a league rugby game on sunday in oxford (depending on alcohol and sleep situation). I hardly have time to work - clearly I need to meet a very wealthy gentleman. right, continue to have fun and a postcard would be ace. I could then inform my children that there are other countries other than enland and 'their' country!! I still have some planning to do for monday but its defo not happening today! lol speak soon, tj |
| 28th October 2009 Dean and Helen | Hiya! - From: Out of range, back in two days! Just a quickie comment to say that we got your postcard last week, thank you very much. Just read a few recent postings and you're obviously having a whale if a time out there with an amazing amount of scenery and wildlife. Can't believe it's only half way through! On one hand it seems like you've been gone for ever, on the other I don't want to wish away the last half of your year away! Well, keep having fun and we'll see you in 2010. Best wishes! Dean and Helen. |
| 28th October 2009 kangaroojack | Soft Water - From: One big adventure playground Darryl, I thought you hated that "soft water" look as it is not natural? Great pictures of the gorges, brings back great memories of Karijini for me and Andy, I have to say i would not have swum through that middle pool!! The water was freezing cold when we were there and I am sure it could not be that much warmer now! Fern pool was cold enough. Hope you guys are ok, love and kisses KJx |
| 26th October 2009 Gary | Wycliffe - From: Waiting for the Mother Ship I'm only a couple of months behind in reading your blog, but I will catch up. Interesting side note when we visited Wycliffe. We had dinner in their restaurant. The Chinese waitress(es) were apparently new to Australia and were quite astonished when we ate our Chinese meal with chopsticks. Laughing and giggling, looking out the kitchen doors. |
| 21st October 2009 Lynne Coulsell | - From: Tom Price by name, pricey by nature! Now Chick, pooing in the woods I could maybe do at a push but no hairdryer for 3 weeks...................lost for words!!!! That Spa pool pic is awesome xxxx |
| 21st October 2009 Lynne Coulsell | - From: Watching de sunset at De Grey! 'Ello Vera', I've no idea what you mean!!! I tend to use Bacardi as a numbing agent! xxxx |
| 21st October 2009 Lynne Coulsell | - From: Back in the firing line Wow, Wow, Wow! That is one of the best xmas pressies that I have ever had! Camels with lights on their bums looks almost as good as watching night racing from the barn! Happy days! xxxx |
| 21st October 2009 Lynne Coulsell | - From: When you've got to dig a dunny or two! Fantastic sunsets again. Thank you so much for the birthday wishes for our little Boo! Been so busy testing (how very rude!) I'm only just catching up with the blogs! So funny that you mention Hermit crabs as Harley often pretends he is one (no idea why!) so he will be able to relate to this. Lots of love Us 4 xxxx p.s. I'm with your Mum on the mystery bird issue!?!?!?!? |
| 21st October 2009 Tony | New climbing position - From: One big adventure playground Gudday Wallabies, Looks like you have arrived in yet another amazing looking place looks like the fishing would be good. Was the censored picture taken from the Kama Sutra ?? Think it may be the crab or lotus maybe !! Enjoy Tony |
| 20th October 2009 Darryl and Sarah | That's just made our day! - From: We've blown it! Hi guys, thanks so much for your comments - that's given us a right good feeling! We're loving WA, it's awesome and Karijini just blew us away! It's such an amazing state, so diverse with everything that it has to offer. Great to hear from you, we'll try our best to give you a good overview of what's up here!! Take care Darryl and Sarah |
| 20th October 2009 Sue | Foto's - From: We've blown it! Hi Guys We were introduced to your blog by Andy & Caroline (Kangaroo Jack), we became friends when we met at Kangaroo Island SA. They stayed with us in Perth. We always read their blog and now yours as well. I would like to say i am absolutley in love with the photos you both take. The colours etc are just fantastic. I was born (Sue) in Western Australia but as yet i have not travelled up north. Thank you for allowing me to view your wonderful photos. It has given me a slight glimps of what i hope to see when we do our trip up north in the future. Looking forward to the rest of your holiday snaps. Sue & Cliff |
| 19th October 2009 Jan Kettle | Crab Heaven - From: Fancy a Tim Tam slam? One of the most memorable things about the Broome Bird Observatory (apart from the bone crunching drive there in our poor old 2WD van) was the thousands of crabs on the beach there. We loved it and stayed for a couple of nights. xxx Mum K |
| 19th October 2009 Jan Kettle | Mystery Bird - From: When you've got to dig a dunny or two! Fab photos as usual! If that mystery bird isn't a whimbrel or a curlew I'll eat my hat! xxx Mum K |
| 19th October 2009 Jan Kettle | Sandfire Roadhouse - From: Watching de sunset at De Grey! We stayed there overnight in 2003 (only because we were nursing our old van round) but that must have been before it burnt down. xxx Mum K |
| 17th October 2009 Lynne | - From: We had the best hump on Cable Beach Ah so theres the camels! Love the silhouette pic. Did the rear end odour/noise from the camel remind you of anyone back home? You are both looking so well, even Mr I don notice things like that Coulsell commented on it!! Lots of love Us 4 xxxx p.s. Hey Onions, Ive got a land rover too!!!! |
| 16th October 2009 Clive | Kimberley - From: We had the best hump on Cable Beach Hi Guys, Its mad at the moment how close you are to one of my best mates ..lol.. Hes out in kimberely with some conservation group doing species recognition and collecting data on an area thats not been surveyed yet. Apparently it was and old cattle station years and years ago? As far as Im aware they are living under canvas so if you see a tent and the only guy with a sheffield accent thats him ...pmsl! Loving the updates :o) and still very envious! PS Hey shag got me a new land rover discovery well old but new to me ..lol.. with rock sliders the lot, the lift kit and winch going on this weekend :o) |
| 13th October 2009 Lynne Coulsell | - From: Dark side of the moon Chick, I would like a camel with flashing lights on its bum for xmas, well at least a picture! Lol xxx |
| 9th October 2009 Tony | Spam makes you thinner - From: Dark side of the moon Shag, Paula thinks you've lost weight since the last time she saw the blog, I think it must be down to the spam.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 8th October 2009 Lynne | - From: Moonlight staircase Oh no, not another waterfall, sunset and beach! We've got beautiful red & orange trees and lovely crisp, frosty mornings to look forward to, jealous????? Well we are chick! It looks amazing. xxxx |
