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Oceania » Australia » Queensland September 8th 2023

Lite bilder från avslutning på den australiensiska road-trippen.... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation September 7th 2023

En piglet är en griskulting. Sådana, förvildade springer runt i bushen lite överallt i Australien. En piglet har en lite för stor kropp i förhållande till sina små ben som rör sig jättefort utan att komma så långt. Jag och Sandra hyrde en liten camper-van för en åtta dagars road-trip i norra delen av Queensland - nordöstra Australien. Ganska snart kom vi fram till av vi åkter runt i motorfordonens motsvarighet till en piglet. Ganska gullig med en för stor kropp i förhållande till sina små "ben". Ett fantastiskt sätt att åka runt och se på saker, att uppleva saker, att vara nära naturen - hela tiden. Ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv fördelaktigt då man lagar i princip all sin mat själv i bilen, man sparar in på hotellkostnader då det finns många gratis eller lågkostnadscampingplatser att ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cloncurry September 7th 2023

What a fantastic 5 days we have had in Cloncurry with the "Beat the Heat Festival" being on for 3 days over the weekend. Friday kicked off at 5pm with The Street Party with one of the main back streets been cordoned off and it was $15 a head for entry and there was food and bars inside along with "The Curry Cookoff" judged by Miguel Maestre and then the public were able to do tastings and there was a crowd choice voting, there were some seriously good curries there, Sri Lankan, Indian, Thai etc.... was a really fun event! Early on there was lots of kids entertainment including Cocomelon (which I had never heard of but obviously all the kids there did as they knew the words to the songs and the people's names). Mine ... read more
CLONCURRY RACE CLUB
CLONCURRY RACE CLUB
CLONCURRY RACE CLUB

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cape Tribulation September 5th 2023

Australien - så långt borta men nästan på alla jag känner vill-åka-till-lista. Men det som stökar till det är ju att Australien ligger så långt bort. Men det gå ju att dela upp resan i etapper. Ett liten utmaning är att Australen är stort - en egen kontinent. Om man ska köra från söder till norr är det lite drygt 370 mil och från öst till väst typ 440 mil. Som jämförelse är det 370 mil från Stockholm till Ankara i Turkiet om man nu tänker ta bilen dit. Så det är ju lite svårt att uppleva Australien på en vanlig semester även om det mesta som kan upplevas ligger längs kusterna. Nu har jag inte jättestor koll på australiensisk musik men en av de bättre låtarna, i mitt tycke, som någonsin producerats är Down Under ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland September 4th 2023

Bilder från resa till Brisbane och vidare till Cairns.... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland September 3rd 2023

Kia ora och G´day mate, Flyget till Melbourne, mitt på Australiens västkust tog lite drygt fyra timmar i en alldeles sprillans B737 MAX8 Air New Zeeland igen men i turistklass denna gång eftersom avstickaren till Australien ligger utanför huvudreseupplägget. Men servicen är fenomenal med dryck och varm mat och fullt filmutbud ombord. Jag såg faktiskt på en rulle, riktigt bra feel-good om hippies och Jesus. Åt och sov och landade lite före tidtabell i Australien. När jag gick av prisade jag personalen för den höga servicenivån och bad de komma till Skandinavien och visa – ursäkta uttrycket, har inget med kön att göra – SAS-kärringarna hur man hanterar sina kunder. Jag har tittat alldeles för mycket på Border Security Australia och hade förberett mig på en stenhård kontroll med massa frågor, kolla bagage, gå in i ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cloncurry September 1st 2023

Had 4 nights in Mt Isa as we had never been here before, we had heard a lot of negative comments about the place but thought hey.... we want to check it out! Fortunately our caravan park was little out of town so it seemed not to be as vulnerable as some the ones closer into town.... mind you they had a few incidents in the weeks before we arrived but we didn't have any trouble at all. There is no doubt Mt Isa has a very high crime rate of theft etc and then the next major one is drugs....I guess they don't call it the youth crime capital of Australia for nothing. Mt Isa itself is a very raw and grungy town I would describe it as..... has everything there you need so we ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » South Australia August 31st 2023

Day 8 Out of Arkaroola we had 150kms on some great gravel roads. We ignored some of my plotted diversions off the main route as we had 450kms to cover today, & some of the diversions looked a little dicey. We reached the small settlement of Copley aka Leigh Creek for breakfast & gas. Leaving here we were on long straight sealed roads through serious GFA to the outback town of Maree. Maree is the famous starting point for the Birdsville Track. Back in the day it was a sandy track through the desert. Watch “Back of Beyond” movie on YouTube for a historic perspective. Now it’s a fast hardpacked gravel road…until it rains. Rained yesterday so the reports said North of Mungeranie, todays destination, the track was closed except for 4wds & Heavy vehicles ... read more
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Keith
At the Entrance to Birdsville

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome August 26th 2023

There's often a pivotal moment when a decision is made to travel to an exotic locale. For some it is prefaced by procrastination...others a whim...a spur of the moment idea acted upon...others gotta tick a bucket list. From a moment of vulnerability from a tennis match I never would have thought. Ours are usually spur of the moment..."I can do that" leading Denise and I on our David Hoo Tours in China ("your travel experts with minimal experience but major optimism"...that's me folks). A shock "Gooday" in an icy Pingyao walled city one Winter when all I was thinking was "How did I get us into this one?"...thus meeting Mike & Ros with whom we travelled to Mali & Ethiopia years later. An offer over a dinner table to drive me to a carved mountain in ... read more
Gantheaume Point, Broome
Rock Art
Sunrise over the Bungle Bungles

Oceania » Australia August 25th 2023

Magnetic Island This was my third attempt to get over to this beautiful little gem of an island. I originally planned to get over here in May but decided that August would be the better month, not only my birthday month but the best dive conditions to get over to dive Australia's number one wreck dive the SS Yongala which lays 89km South-East of Townsville. I booked with a dive company months before the trip to pick me up from Maggies in the middle of the week, being a diver it is a pretty big flex to say you've dived the Yongala so yes - although excited to explore the island on the days around my dive, I did actually plan the trip around it. The ferry over from Townsville was pretty painless and only took ... read more
Radical Bay
Eat, sleep, repeat Spotting wild Koalas on The Forts hike
Gun Emplacement WWII heritage site




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