For those of you who are faithful blog readers you have probably been wondering where on earth we have got to. For the others, you are probably grateful that we have gone silent. The reason there has been no word from us is that we have been travelling a route that we travelled on our last trip and it would have been repeating myself. But a quick overview .... Like last time, we spent a couple of weeks in Gracemere, just outside Rockhampton where we enjoyed the company of John's family. He has two daughters, one son and two grandchildren living [View Full Entry]

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At the end of my last blog I put in a photo of Merry, Sue and Brian but somehow did not include an explanation. When we had our kennels in Busselton we had the great pleasure of having Lyn working for us and since we left the kennels we have kept in contact with Lyn and her husband Barry. A couple of years ago we were in Albany and met up with Lyn and Barry and had lunch with them and Lyn's sister Sue. Now back in Mossman in Queensland a few weeks ago. Trevor was chatting to a chap who [View Full Entry]

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Our alarm was set for 3.30 am and we set off for Cairns Airport at 4.00 am to meet Nigel and Michele off their 5.00 am flight. Still dark, the mountain road down from Mossman to Cairns is quite hazardous but very little traffic was coming through at that time of the morning. Their flight was on time so we set off back to Mossman where they were booked in to a cabin on our caravan park. We stopped off at a viewing point on the way back and saw the sun come up over the Coral Sea, just beautiful. Before [View Full Entry]

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OK, here we go again. The drive from Mt. Isa up to Cloncurry was very spectacular scenery-wise. Hilly and green after lots of dry countryside. We stayed overnight just north of Burke and Wills Roadhouse in a free campsite and met up some friends we have met many times along the way, Bruce and Joan from Busselton plus another lovely couple. The folk you meet along the way are just so friendly and happy to tell you about any must-not-miss attractions. On the 2nd day we arrived in Normanton after travelling through countryside littered with Brolgas, slim grey birds about 4ft [View Full Entry]

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When I published my last blog I thought I would not be chatting to you again until we reached far North Queensland, but the places we have visited and the things we have done really do warrant a mention. After leaving Katherine and the beautiful hot springs we travelled on down to Mataranka. This is a small country town with very few amenities but they have two of the most wonderful hot springs you could ever wish to bathe in. We stayed at the Mataranka Caravan park which is adjacent to Bitter Springs and we were told that these springs are [View Full Entry]

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DARWIN AND KATHERINE. Darwin was one of the places we were most looking forward to visiting as we had never been this far north in Australia.We had already booked Tumbling Waters Caravan Park ahead and when we arrived we found it nestled deep in the tropical bush about 65 km from the center of Darwin. Standing at the office we could see a crocodile enclosure nearby with at least 8 fresh water crocs of various sizes just basking in the sun, The enclosure was very secure and it is amazing how soon you get used to living in such close proximity [View Full Entry]

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KUNUNURRA. Moving on from Broome, we traveled over 900km heading towards Kununurra. We once again referred to our trusty travel companion, the Camps 5 book. All free overnight camping areas are listed in this book and there are details of the facilities provided on each site. Our main concern is that we can take our dogs there and that the camp site is away from the main road, as the huge 4 sectioned roadtrains make a mighty noise as they travel all through the night. It is good to save a few dollars this way but most of the sites are [View Full Entry]

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We are celebrating 30 years living in Australia this December and we have lost count of the number of times family and friends have told us we just must visit Broome. Well at long last we have made it on our round Australia trip, almost 3000km from Busselton, and it is everything we were told about it, and more. For the past few years Broome has been dog unfriendly with none of the many caravan parks taking dogs. In the new year Tarangau caravan park decided to allow travelers with pets to stay in their park and it was very welcome [View Full Entry]

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The long awaited day arrived for us all to start our much planned trip all around Australia, but we could not leave until we had taken part in the Million Paws Walk, an RSPCA appeal very close to our hearts. Our first stop was GinGin where we parked beside a lovely park with birds of every breed making sure we did not sleep in. At a petrol stop in Geraldton we managed to damage our awning on a bowser which protruded out high up. A few choice swear words and a bit of duct tape and we managed to put it [View Full Entry]

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Still at Port Lincoln in the break between Christmas and New Year and we get the good news that Jeremy, Michelle and Lucy will be coming direct to our campsite for 24 hours on their way to the Tamworth Country Music Festival, so we were able to see the New Year in with part of our family, also Michelle's mum and dad Bill and Rita and Michelle's Grandma Zidra. We sat in our chairs under the stars looking over the Southern Ocean watching the few fireworks that were set off, a real no - no as there was a total fire [View Full Entry]

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