The Ord River

a giant among rivers

July 5th 2011
Tuesday 5th was the day of our trip to Lake Argyle but as it wasn’t due to go until 11:30am we were in no rush to get out and about. We idled away the morning and at about 11:20 we made our way to the park entrance where there was a special lay-by for tour buses to pull in. Quite a few people were already there but some got onto a minibus which was taking them to the airport for a flight over ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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Jan and Graham

Pootling Possums

Hi and welcome to our blog. We have set out on our second great adventure in Australia, following in the footsteps of those magnificent bloggers The Wallaby Wanderers. Originally we were due to go in March and spend a few weeks with the Wanderers (daughter Sarah and son-in-law Darryl) but those plans were blown apart by the small matter of a triple heart bypass operation that Graham needed. However, all's well that ends well, Graham is fit and healthy again so we arrived in Aus on the 14th August and picked up 'PIE' the trusty Nissan Terrano that Sarah and Darryl bought last year and 'SWEE... full info

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