http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ThePass/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ThePass en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:46:31 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:46:31 +0000 Our trip was in SepOctNov of 2008.This is just an update with more hopefully different pictures.Warning. There will be more pictures in the future http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-409193.html More Pictures from our very memorable trip to Australia. SeptOctNov 2008.Sorry I missed putting up pictures from Alice Springs. So we get Alice then Timber Creek to Derby. Again sorry no pictures between Kununurra and Derby.Those of you who are on my email list let me know if you don't want to receive notices.Anyone who wants to receive update notices please let me know.Gary Lin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/blog-393829.html Here are some more pictures from our trip spring 2008.From Erldundra in a sandstorm thru Alice Mataranka Katherine Gorge Darwin short visit harbour tour to Timber Creek. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/blog-390674.html Another bunch of pictures.Erldundra Uluru KataTjuta Kings CanyonSome may have been published before http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-377548.html Our trip is finished but I thought I would add some more pictures.I will do this in stages so that any of you that want to view them don't get too bored. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-368149.html Nov 15Went into Robina to visit my brothers daughterinlaw and her two boys. Had a great great visit with them. Gave the boys TShirts from the Pass and the Canadian flag we have been displaying all across Australia.Went out to a Thai restaurant for dinner. Really a wonderful time with family that hasnrsquot had much contact with our family. That will certainly change as I intend to keep i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-348548.html Nov 10Sydney to CessnockTravel day. Very low key. Called a couple of people to make visiting arrangements.We are in the Hunter Valley. WineriesDominos pizza for supper. 11.00 for a large. NiceNov 11Hunter ValleyVisited a few wineries today.McWilliams. Really nice tour of the winery McGuigan. Good wine and we had a pretty good cheese tray for lunch.Piggs Peake. Nice wines donrsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Burleigh-Heads/blog-345412.html Nov 5Melbourne to EchucaVery very dry all over.Walked along the Murray in Echuca into the CBD. Checked out the information centre about paddlewheel boat tours.Went to the Echuca Workers club for a couple of beers. We are such interesting folksFree wireless in the Echuca Caravan Park. 2 hours a day. But we were online and got talking to some folks and our time ran out. It was refreshed a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-343520.html Nov 1OK I deleted the previous entry and added this one. Just a continuation and with picture.Robe to PeterboroughCertainly lovely country side. Rolling hills. Lush green. And a lot of planted trees. They sure grow fast here. Not like The Pass or Grande Cache.Lots of sheep and cattle. Lots of grain and other crops we couldnrsquot identify.Into the state of Victoria. Speed limit 100kph.St http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-341852.html Oct 26Ceduna to EllistonFarmland on one side and the ocean on the other. Amazing what they grow in the sand.Large grain silos at Streaky Bay. Nice scenic little town.The scenic road from Streaky Bay to Seale BayPoint Labatt was not sealed all the way gravel was rough so we turned back.Stayed at Waterloo Bay Caravan Park in Elliston. Walked the town which was very quiet and the businesses qui http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Barossa-Valley/blog-341409.html Oct 20Went out to Greens Pool Elephant Rocks in the morning. Who should be there but the 3 couples we canrsquot seem to shake or them shake us. While a bit further out the ocean was pretty rough not at all in the Pool. Nice quiet and a lovely green.. Great place for a picnic and a quiet swim. Back to the Toffee Facotry to see them busily making their toffee. Had to buy an ice cream http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Ceduna/blog-338398.html Oct 16Love the Peppermint Eco Caravan ParkBooked on the BushTucker Wine tour. Small group of 11. Guidedriver was fabulous with tidbits of area history information on the flora fauna. Visited 4 wineries 1 distillery chocolate factory and cheese outlet. All great. Lunch was made up of various bush tucker and seeing that Gary I were the furthest away we got to try a whole wichitty gru http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Denmark/blog-336876.html Oct 11Swan ValleySpring in the Valley. What can we say a wine festival. How lucky for usLots and lots of people lots of wine tasting lots of too much to drink. They have a lot of tour buses and lots of shuttle busses so you donrsquot drink drive. We visited 4 wineries 1 distillery and stopped at a craft market for lunch. Out of the wineries Entopia was our favourite.One place we saw http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Denmark/blog-336033.html Oct 3Exmouth.Spent the morning doing the washing working on the internet and all the fun things.Walked around the CBD. Not much there.Then went up to Bundegi Beach where we walked a bunch and Linda picked up a number of nice shells.Went out to the Vlamingh Head Lighthouse. Pretty spectacular. A few sailboarders taking advantage of the really strong winds.Supper at Whalers. Good food relaxed http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Fremantle/blog-333396.html Sep 29BroomeDrove around a bit. Out to the Port. Not much happening there. Still lovely bluegreen water.Stopped in CBD but being a holiday not much was happening. We did the tour of the Pearl Luggers.Stories of old time pearlmotherofpearl diving and a lot of old artifacts from lsquooldenrsquo days. MotherofPearl was the sought after thing not pearls back in the later 1800rsquo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Exmouth/blog-330291.html Sep 25Kununurra to Halls Creek to DerbyKununurra Finally got the spelling correct I believeSpent most of the morning on the Internet updating blog reading emails. Oh yeh and paying billsBoab Book Store has good high speed internet for only 5.00 per hour.Nice change of scenery. In sort of a valley but a wide one with some green green grass.Can you imagine a whole lot of one way bridg http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Broome/blog-328794.html To our family and friends we have a small confession to make. Itrsquos a very small but a confession just the same we have been keeping something from you and thought it about time we came lsquocleanrsquo.Back when we were in Port Augusta we picked up a stranger as we were leaving town. He was very shy and wouldnrsquot talk much to start with but we finally learnt that his name is O http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Broome/blog-328112.html Sep 21Howard Springs Big4. Good caravan park and has Net4 Big4 internet access.Spent in Darwin CBD. Took in the Smith Mall and all its souvenir shops. Very nice area for shopping if one was so inclined.Had a bit of a walk along the Esplanade. Really nice well kept area for walking near the ocean. Low tide so the water was out pretty far. We had planned on dipping our toes in the ocean bu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/Kununurra/blog-327270.html Sep 15 to 20th6155km to date Sep 20 2008Costliest petrol at Elliott 1.99 per l.Sep 15.New tyres for the van. The rear tyres had very little tread left. No issue with Calypso Campervans about getting the tyres. They paidVisited Royal Flying Doctors and School of the Air. Both organizations that provide a fantastic service. The RFDS would be similar to our STARS except they use airplane http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-325522.html Sep 11121314About 4400kmSorry the connection is so slow today that I can't load pictures. And the ones that may appear are black. Next timeSep 11.Yulara to Kings Canyon. Very windy with quite a few little dust storms on the way. Sure ate up the petrol going against the wind. Pretty nice caravan park. Met up with John Vickie and the two young girls again. Really nice folks. My Interne http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Alice-Springs/blog-324038.html