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                    <title>End of the road  home safe and sound</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 63  Friday 31st August  Mount Crawford Forest near Williamstown Barossa Valley to home I felt a bit sad as we packed up all our gear this morning for the last time on our trip. The almost daily putting up and packing away of the tent and other equipment has become a happy little routine and really not a chore. It seems strange that to</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-740477.html</link>
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                    <title>A quick pit stop in the Barossa Valley</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 62  Thursday 30th August  Minnipa to Barossa Valley Once again we have been lucky with the weather and it stayed dry last night. The temperature was 8 degrees this morning but without the sun it felt much cooler than it had done at Karijini. We sent Luke for a quick walk up the Tcharkuldu Rock on behalf of the rest of us as we packed up t</description>
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                    <title>Goodbye WA hello SA the long straight drive east  part 2</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 61  Wednesday 29th August  Moodini Bluff WA to Tcharkuldu Rock Minnipa SAThe weird thing I forgot to mention yesterday is that there is a 45 minute time difference when you pass into Caiguna from the West. Officially there is a 1.5 hour time difference between South and Western Australia but this little time zone took us by surprise.</description>
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                    <title>The long straight drive east  part 1</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 60  Tuesday 28th August  Lucky Bay to Moodini Bluff rest area 26km E of Madura Last nights rain luckily didnt amount to much and the tent wasnt very wet when we woke up this morning. Mark and I went for a walk along the beach while the kids had a liein. Luke has a cough and has been feeling under the weather so a bit of extr</description>
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                    <title>Stunning Esperance and Cape Le Grand</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 59  Monday 27th August  Boondi Rock to Lucky Bay Cape Le Grand National Park It was another sunny blue sky morning as we departed our little campsite. We spent about 15 minutes clearing the fly thingies out of all the nooks and crannies in the tent and the kilos of flies that committed suicide in the trailer sink. Yuk. On the road aga</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Cape-Le-Grande-National-Park/blog-739922.html</link>
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                    <title>Heading eastwards towards home</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 58  Sunday 26th August  Perth to Boondi Rock in Goldfields National Park 40km W of CalgardieIt had been another cool night and the tent was damp with dew outside and condensation inside so we left the tent to dry out while we went to pick up Luke and watch Rory play in his under 10 footy match. We left the oval at around 10.30 after </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kalgoorlie/blog-739921.html</link>
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                    <title>Perth and reunion with Rory</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 57  Saturday 25th August  Perth Karrinyup Caravan park in the northern suburbs of Perth had been identified as the best located park for us to camp in the city tonight as it was the closest to Rorys house in Wembley. We had arranged to go to Rorys at 4pm so had several hours to explore Perth. It is Marks and the kids first t</description>
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                    <title>Almost in Perth</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 56  Friday 24th August  Cliff Head to Yanchep National Park 50kms north of PerthNearing Perth Luke is getting more excited by the hour about seeing his buddy Rory again. Its very cute but slightly annoying as he is counting down the minutes until tomorrow afternoon First stop today is Jurien Bay a sleepy seaside town on the Indi</description>
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                    <title>Kalbarri and Geraldton</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 55  Thursday 23rd August  Kalbarri to Cliff Head 100kms south of Geraldton Even though we dont like staying in caravan parks because everyone is on top of each other and they are usually so crowded we must admit it is convenient to have a camp kitchen with mod cons such as kettles toasters sinks and running hot water We had gal</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kalbarri/blog-739732.html</link>
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                    <title>Shells and stromatolites in Shark Bay</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 54  Wednesday 22nd August  Francois Peron National Park to KalbarriIt was blowy and trying hard to rain when we woke up this morning at 6.30. But as soon as we ventured out of the tent we could see that it would brighten up and indeed the dewrain on the tent had dried out by the time we packed up at 8am.Driving back along the sandy tra</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kalbarri/blog-739218.html</link>
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                    <title>Monkey Mia magic</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 53  Tuesday 21st August  Monkey Mia Cape Peron This morning the unthinkable happened  when we woke up there were proper dark grey clouds in the sky it really looked like it would rain. How could this happen Clouds and rain for our morning at Monkey Mia We decided that we would drive the 40 minutes to Monkey Mia resort and hope tha</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Monkey-Mia/blog-739214.html</link>
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                    <title>Hospital excitement</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 52  Monday 20th August  Quobba to Denham Francois Peron National ParkWoke up this morning to find a heavy mist blanketing the area. And to find that my right eye that had been sore and scratchy yesterday was no better. It felt sore and uncomfortable as though a piece of sand was stuck inside my eyelid. Optrex didnt help so we decid</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Monkey-Mia/blog-738618.html</link>
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                    <title>Whales sharks and cliffs</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 51  Sunday August 19th  Quobba Blowholes When we woke up this morning the outside of the tent was covered in a heavy layer of dew. However it didnt take too long for everything to dry out in the warm sunshine. Even though it is a Sunday and not a school day Anna and Luke were forced into doing some diary writing and literacy work be</description>
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                    <title>Quobba Blowholes</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 50  Saturday 18th August  Lake McCloud Rest area 90kms north of Carnarvon to Quobba Blowholes The rest area was an Ok spot for the night but quite noisy after around 5am once the road trains had started motoring up and down the Great Northern Highway. Some of the cheekier drivers tooted their horns at the travellers in the rest area a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Quobba-Station-/blog-738613.html</link>
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                    <title>Swimming with manta rays</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 49  Friday 17th August  Coral BayOur gravel pit campsite was just as scenic in the morning as it was when we arrived in the dark. We were surrounded by mounds of gravel a few cows and some grazing land Luckily the wind had died down and we were able to make a quick cup of tea before packing up and driving into Coral Bay for 9am. We go</description>
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                    <title>Heading to Coral Bay</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 48  Thursday 16th August  South Lefroy Bay Ningaloo StationAnother sensational morning at Ningaloo  just a shame to be packing up and heading off. We had one last snorkel off the beach then desanded everything as well as we could before packing up. It was 11am when we finally pulled away from the beach.  At the homestead we returne</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Coral-Bay/blog-738190.html</link>
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                    <title>We love Ningaloo</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 47  Wednesday 15th August  South Lefroy Bay Ningaloo StationMore snorkelling reading Mark has now started the 3rd Millennium Trilogy book diary writing swimming with turtles dolphin watching dugong hunting there is apparently a resident dugong in the next bay but Anna and I couldnt find it while snorkelling dune jumping s</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Ningaloo-Reef/blog-738187.html</link>
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                    <title>Our little paradise</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 46  Tuesday 14th August  South Lefroy Bay Ningaloo Station Relaxing reading snorkelling following turtles around the bay fishing and more relaxing were the main activities of the day today. Oh and lots of diary writing and mathsliteracy work for Anna and Luke. Mark and Luke made friends with the next door but one neighbours on t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Ningaloo-Reef/blog-738186.html</link>
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                    <title>Camping on the beach at Ningaloo Station</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 45  Monday 13th August  Ningaloo Station South Lefroy BayDuring the night the wind picked up considerably and it was very blowy when we woke up. Worse still the unthinkable had happened there were clouds in the sky Not just any old clouds but grey ones and they seemed to be galloping in around us with the wind and it started to lo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Ningaloo-Reef/blog-738185.html</link>
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                    <title>Yardie Creek</title>
                    <description>ltstrong stylemsobidifontweight normalgtDay 44  Sunday 12th August  Cape Range National Park Yardie Creek campground In place of our early morning walk I decided that the boys should make a bit of an effort to catch a fish. That meant dawn fishing on Yardie Creek beach and a bit of a liein for me. Mark and Luke marched over to the beach at 6.30 with their rods and tackle box</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Cape-Range-National-Park/blog-738183.html</link>
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