Blogs from Kimberleys, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

El Questro(EQ) along Gibb River Road(GRR) to Mt Barnett(MB)(Manning Gorge).(7798 km to 8125 km ) Note we didn t brake down as Cade states we were just stopped a little longer than planned finding the negative terminal loose on starter battery due to all the bumps. CADES DIARY Days 43 & 44 Car broke down; drove all day ,went for a swim in Mt Barnett lagoon Manning Gorge; huge walk ; deep plunge pool ; VERY VERY HIGH PLATFORM TO JUMP FROM!!!... read more

My dream of travelling the Gibb River Road has been realised! Today we returned from our 9 day GRR adventure. I loved every minute and before I forget one gorgeous gorge from another I'm going to write it all down. to make it easier for future reading I will break the trip into 3 sections. Here is the first installment. Saturday morning, July 8th, we packed up the tent, swags, food, bags and hit the road. Not a tough driving day but it was soon pretty clear that hiring the 4WD was a good idea. First on the list was a pit stop at Meda Station. We had a poke around and drove on towards Tunnel Creek. After a bite to eat we grabbed the torches and waded into the pitch blavk waters of the cave. ... read more

Hi How much fun is too much fun but with everything going terribly wrong.. Well not terribly but a little bit. We left Darwin all excited and headed to Litchfield National Park, where we were going to camp for a couple of nights. We parked the car and headed down for a swim in one of the rock pools, was lovely. Until we went back to the car to see that we had been robbed the bastards. I was so so lucky my big backpack was in the boot and they didn't touch my other bags that were in the back and lucky enough I decided at the last minute to grab my little bag with passport, money etc in it. Manuela (the other girl I was with was also lucky all her stuff wasn't touched ... read more

Fitzroy Crossing Hoewel Fitzroy Crossing met waarheid een gat genoemd mag worden hebben we een paar dagen gezellig met Bas zijn zus, zwager, neefje en hun Australische vrienden gekampeerd. Verveeld hebben we ons niet, we werden prima bezig gehouden door de 10-maanden oude Siebe. Toen er in de boom naast onze bus een Taipan (zeer giftige slang) geconstateerd werd was het entertainmentprogramma compleet. Nadat de slang met een rugbybal uit de boom was gegooid, werd zijn kop er vervolgens kundig afgehakt met een spade. Verder viel er een jonge sperwer met een hersenschudding uit de boom en heeft Siebe een boomkikker geaaid. Hij vond dit in ieder geval interessanter dan het boottochtje dat we de volgende dag door de Geikie Gorge maakten (en dat vonden wij stiekem ook….) Na een paar dagen reed de groep terug ... read more

A unique feature of the Australian mainland is that a hefty chunk of the country apparently does not really exist. Only a tiny fraction of the population lives in The Real Australia, the remainder happy to inhabit an imaginary wonderland which lies in a narrow strip between The Real Australia and the sea. It's only a matter of time before some kid has an Emperor’s New Clothes type revelation and the rest of us come to regret forking out quite so much on real-estate in Never-Never land, as the whole edifice evaporates and we tumble into the ocean. Come to think of it, current global events may well indicate that it’s a point we’ve already reached. The Real Australians won’t mourn the loss of these fictitious lands for long, I suspect, inhabited as they are by ... read more