Maiden Gully, WA, Australia Driving through rolling green hills, thousands of acres of wheat and flat plains covered in nothing but saltbush completed our last day's travelling as we moved further East from Port Augusta to Mildura. A distance of 500 km's and a day that was somewhat depressing as the reality of returning home … Continue reading Until next time….

Nundroo, WA, Australia It'll be great to get home and see Scott & Emma again, it’s been a long three months! This alone isn’t enough to make heading East any fun at all. We have a big day today, about 700k’s or thereabouts, so of course, we’ve had the customary "what time do you think … Continue reading Sign, sign, everywhere a sign….

Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia We had a bit of stuff planned for Kalgoorlie and we'd been careful to make sure we'd booked a caravan park and the mine tour as it was the start of school holidays over here and the WA Queen's Birthday public holiday. Patrick's been making noises for three years about visiting the … Continue reading There’s gold in them thar hills….

Kalgoorlie, WA,  Australia We're getting to the pointy end of it now, there's only a few days left and we're all beginning to feel a little despondent. Today we've got about 400k's ahead of us driving from Esperance to Kalgoorlie via Coolgardie. Coolgardie is where the Western Australian gold rush began and the town once … Continue reading I’ve always wanted a pub…..

Esperance, Australia Hmm, rolling over in bed this morning I wondered if I was going to be able to get out. Bits of me that I clearly don't use regularly were howling with protest after yesterday's Tour de Esperance. Gingerly I rolled out of bed and surprise, surprise, other than stiff legs things weren't too … Continue reading Just a few more beaches….

Esperance, Australia It seemed like a fantastic idea at the time. One of us saw an advert for bicycle hire in Esperance and given there are 15 or 20 kilometres of walking/bicycle trail along the coast it was only natural that we'd think that we should all hire bikes. I'm not so sure but I … Continue reading Up down pedals, up, up, down….

Esperance, WA, Australia I thought we might have been fitter at the end of the trip than we were when we started but today's climb up the Porongurup range certainly tested us as we puffed our way up about 400 meters. The walking notes for the Granite Skywalk at Castle Rock said Grade 4 walk … Continue reading I think I can, I think I can….

Denmark, WA, Australia We sort of drove past the tall timber country on our way here because it was raining so Lyn and I wanted to backtrack about 120km to Denmark, a little town that is home to the Valley of the Giants. This is where the treetop walk and the walk of the ancients … Continue reading Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum….

Flinders Peninsula WA, Australia Albany was the last place in Australia that conducted commercial whaling with the Cheynes Whaling Station not ceasing operation until 1978 and only after the Commonwealth Government banned whaling, not because the operation was non-profitable. Today, after a short drive around the Amity Heritage Trail we returned to the Flinders Peninsula … Continue reading Harpoons away….