Just About 2015
Travels during 2015
With 2 shakedown trips behind us and a mass of maintenance / improvements performed on the Amesz, the time has come to start enjoying the fruits of our hard work with a major trip. The west (i.e. Western Australia) has been calling us for the last 10 years and we can’t wait to get back there again. There is definitely something about the red sand, arid landscapes, the dry heat and the people there I miss.
The basic plan is to head south, turn right at Sydney and straight on until we reach the Western Australian coastline. No set plans, no set timetable, we will be just out and about (or Justabout for short). So enjoy our adventures as we head off, and remember if you see us, introduce yourself as we love to meet people.
Adventures 2015
Back In Queensland
Day 219 – 7 Oct 2015 Left camp around 7.35am headed for the Barcoo River. First stop for the day was the Middleton Hotel for a few quick photos of…
Hello Alice Springs, Goodbye Northern Territory
Day 218 – 6 Oct 2015 Left camp at 7.00am and headed towards Alice Springs via the Tanami Track. Joining the Tanami will complete the Garry…
Hello Northern Territory!
Day 217 – 5 Oct 2015 Awoke early around 5.30am had breakfast and left camp by 6.00am. Temp was 17 degrees. The road east out of the camp had…
Robyn Davidson – One Incredible Woman
Day 216 – 4 Oct 2015 Woke to find a dingo and pup searching for scraps around the truck. They were very timid and quickly took off. We left…
South towards the Gibson Desert
Day 215 – 3 Oct 2015 After taking some last minute photos of Running Waters, and packing up the truck, we finally said goodbye to our oasis,…
Skull Springs Road
Day 210 – 28 Sept 2015 Another early start today as we headed for Nullagine. This would be our last fuel stop in WA for this trip with the…
Karijini National Park
Day 205 – 23 Sept 2015 – Day 207 – 25 Sept 2015 Wednesday Back on the road early today as we headed into Tom Price. Filled up…
Ningaloo Reef
Day 199 – 17 Sept 2015 to Day 201 – 19 Sept 2015 Thursday On our way on Charle Knife Gorge this morning, we got talking to the guys from…
Back with Wonderful Friends.
Day 194 – 12 Sept 2015 to Day 195 – 13 Sept 2015 Saturday Left early this morning as we set our GPS to Canarvon. As we pulled out of…
Kalbarri National Park – So Pretty!
Day 192 – 10 Sept 2015 Left port Gregory bound today for Kalbarri. We had seen thick black smoke coming from that direction yesterday and…
Toyota Land Cruiser Club WA (TLCCWA) Nambung Station Weekend
Day 186 – 4 September 2015 to Day 189 – 7 September 2015 Friday Wow how do I start this entry? OK Yes we left Nambung Station for the…
Working in Raw, Why?
Many times I have been asked, what format do you process your photos in? Steve and I use the Nikon RAW format. To us this makes taking photos…
Best Photos of Nambung National Park
Looking back at some of my photos of Nambung National Park, here are a few of my favourites.
The Best Shaped Pinnacles in Nambung National Park
Today looking back at my photos of Nambung National Park, I found some of my favourites shapes that I would like to share. What do you see? Darth…
Bye Bye Nambung Station Take 2!
Day 183 – 1 September 2015 First day of spring (where did winter go?) and time to start north again. We started the cold morning by saying our…
Guest Trip Report Nambung Station
Every now and then Steve and I met at Nambung Station a great group of people traveling the west coast together. Julie and Keith, Jen and Barry are…
Fun on the Station
Whilst the owner is away, I am running the Nambung Station tours and must admit I am having a wonderful time. The bonus is I also get to meet some…
Life at Nambung Station
It’s been so long since putting pen to paper so I thought I would catchup with the following. So where are we? Still at Nambung Station near…
Family West C&C Club – Newsletter
Steve and I had the pleasure of meeting John and Chris from Family West C&C Club and had a wonderful time hearing their stories of many happy…
Aeroprakt A22LS Foxbat
Day 120 – 1 July 2015 Wow another financial year closed! Well happy new year accountants. Just a short note today as I am going to change the…
Baby I’m Burning!
Day 105 – 16 June 2015 Took Cathie and Geoff on a walk through the Painted Desert before they headed off further north towards Geraldton. Steve and…
Painted Desert
Day 103 – 14 June 2015 This morning, Steve and I did a big walk through the Painted Desert. Then after having a break for afternoon tea an evening…
100 Days on the Road!
Day 100 – 11 June 2015 OK this is one of my favourite spots in Australia, so today we simply parked in the middle of the Pinnacle Desert and took in…
On the Beach! FINALLY
Day 97 – 8 June 2015 After waving goodbye to Alan and Eunice, we headed off to arrange a wheel rotation and an oil change for 4WDaus. Scott at…
Vivid Sydney 2015 – Pretty Lights Everywhere!
Day 90 – 1 June 2015 – Day 94 – 5 June 2015 Every year Sydney puts on the Vivid Festival. This involves lots of coloured lights and local…
All 4 Adventure
Day 82 – 24 May 2015 Today we drove to Perth having had a great time at Elachbutting Rock. We will certainly try and return there again. Our…
Elachbutting Rock – Funny name but great place!
Day 80 – 22 May 2015 to Day 81 – 23 May 2015 Elachbutting is thought to mean “large thing standing”. Elachbutting Rock is truly a large…
Pigeon Rocks
Day 77 – 19 May 2015 to Day 78 – 20 May 2015 Camped near an old water tank in the shadow of Pigeon Rocks to shelter a little from the…
The Terraces Western Australia – Stunning
Day 74 – 16 May 2015 Was a cold morning as we packed up on the top of the mountain we had camped on last night. Whilst saying good bye to one…
Ant Bore to Gwalia – A True Ghost Town
Day 70 – 12 May 2015 Today we left our bush camp and moved further north. First stop for the day was Niagara Falls, then Kookynie, followed by…
What is Super Pit?
Day 66 – 8 May 2015 Today we went into Kalgoorlie to restock the fridge, cupboard, fuel (150l at $129.9) and water. Also time to find a good cup of…
Newman Rock
Day 64 – 6 May 2015 Rest day at Newman Rockhole – we took a few hours to walk along the creek to the dry lake. In many places the lake had a crust…
Old Coach Road Eucla
Day 61 – 3 May 2015 Eucla – Rest Day and a little dash of fuel to get us across the Nullarbor. (Fuel 60l at $1.66). I walked up to the old Weather…
Eucla – Stormy and Overcast
Day 60 – 2 May 2015 First stop today was coffee in the café in Eucla before we headed down to the old telegraph station and jetty. It turned out to…
Koonalda Station and Woolshed
Koonalda Station is located 18km north of the Eyre Highway, but be careful as the access road is a dry weather road only. Out here it doesn’t take…
Nullarbor – The Treeless Plain
Day 58 – 30 April 2015 Woke this morning to an 11 degree coolness, which the Webasto soon took care of. Looking out the window at breakfast 2 pods…
Time to Move It!
Day 55 – 27 April 2015 Rest day at Smoky Bay. Enjoyed a long walk down the shell beaches to some points. These beaches are made up of broken down…
Bairds Bay – Baby Its Cold Outside
Day 53 – 25 April 2015 Rest day besides Bairds Bay. Rain every 20 minutes lasting for 3 or 4 minutes, with a strong cold wind. Brrrr…but we kept…
Murphy’s Haystacks – Still Stunning
Day 51 – 23 April 2015 Left Talia Caves this morning with one of our favourite destinations in sight, Murphy’s Haystacks. But before we left we…
Talia Caves – I have Returned!
Day 50 – 22 April 2015 This morning’s sunrise at the cliffs at Elliston was colourful. We took some interesting photos, both into the sunrise and…
Decision Day – Left or Right???
Day 48 – 20 April 2015 The dust is very noticable in the sunrises and sunsets putting a beautiful orange glow intom the sky. This cold morning was a…
Seppeltsfield Wine Estate
Day 43 – 15 April 2015 Seppeltsfield Winery was the attraction for today. Steve was also excited, as this is where his Great Grandmother was born…
Hahndorf – the Colours of Autumn
Day 41 – 13 April 2015 Coffee was high on the agenda today, so we headed off to Victor Harbour to satisfy this need and then on to Adelaide via…
Lake Alexandrina
Day 40 – 12 April 2015 It was a very ordinary sunrise this morning as we departed the Murray River and headed south towards the point where the…
Overland Corner
Day 35 – 7 April 2015 Left lake Bonney today and headed a little further west, but before topping up for water. Today journey took us through…
Big Bend
Day 37 – 9 April 2015 Rest day on the Murray River at Big Bend. The sunrise was very special this morning. The light as it broke through the cloud…
Happy Birthday Alison
Day 33 – 5 April 2015 Today is my birthday and I was lucky enough to receive calls from my friends and family. This is everthing that makes…
Murtho Forest Reserve
Day 29 – 1 April 2015 With Easter approaching we headed off to Renmark to top up with supplies before looking for a camp for the next few days. Fuel…
Punkah Creek
It is so nice being in the bush – we both seem to sleep so much better here. Today I decided to get up and explore the area on foot. There is so…
Chowilla Game Reserve
Day 27 – 30 March 2015 The day has finally arrived for us to leave Wentworth and continue the trip westwards. It was good being able to catch up…
Tara Homestead Wentworth
Close to Wentworth is Tara Homestead, which is the home of Artback Australia, as well as the proprietor’s home. It is also the location for art…
Pooncarrie / Wentworth
Day 21 – 24 March 2015 Left mungo this morning and headed towards Pooncarrie. On our way out we dropped by the Mungo Woolshed and Zanci…
Yanga to Mungo
Day 20 – 23 March 2015 Woke up early this morning, did a quick pack up and headed to Yanga Homestead. We had a brief visit there on Friday,…
Yanga Woolshed and Homestead
Yanga Woolshed Having seen a few woolsheds in our travels we were pleasantly surprised by what we found at the Yanga Woolshed. The shed was built to…
Murrumbidgee River
Day 17 – 20 March 2015 Today we headed off to Narrandera and decided to spoil ourselves with coffee at the local bakery. There is something so nice…
Lake Bethungra / Bundidgerry Creek
Day 14 – 17 March 2015 Well after 2 weeks on the road, we finally turned right at Sydney and started heading west. After topping up the diesel…
Hartley / Mt Wilson / Sydney n Friends
Day 6 – 9 March 2015 Left our camp this morning and took a walk up to the lookout that takes in the old Glen Davis shale oil extraction plant….
Capertee Valley
Day 5 – 8 March 2015 Woke this morning to grey skies and the cloud started to burn off. We set of in 4WD along our wheel lines in the grass we…
New England / Bylong Valley
Day 1 – 4 March 2015 Left home at 9:30am and headed for Tamworth. No scenic trips down the back roads this time, straight down the New England…