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The Eras Tour- (Sorry for stealing from you, Tay Tay. We’ve just been bombarded with you on any and all radio stations around the country. You’ve grown on me). Part 1 We zipped over NT in order to get to Townsville so I could fly down for Julie’s 40th. I was suddenly feeling both homesick…

We then moved on to Coonabarabran- my first posting as a high school teacher, 20+ years ago. We did a drive-by of our old home, the school, the main street and the neighbourhood. We were struck by how much nothing had changed in the town, except that the Castlereagh was flowing. We had an afternoon…

This town also goes on our list. It is truly beautiful. I was delighted, coming into the town, to see a mini Bucyrus and water wheel!! I’ve found Coleambally’s sister town! I instantly felt a connection to Kununurra. In saying that, we were also worried. We had seen the news and read the various traveller…

The country here is breath-taking. To be honest, before leaving on this trip, Carnarvon, Karratha and Kununurra were places far away and I couldn’t have told you which was which and where they were. As a geography teacher, I am a tad embarrassed (Australia is a large place, after all). I am also guilty of…

We took a few days to travel the 800+ kilometres and stayed at some magic camps along the way. We saw our first croc at a camp on the Fitzroy River, so poor Jakey had to spend most of the time on her long lead. She was less than impressed as the water was so…

Broome. What an absolutely gem of a place. Definitely, going on the list. Our ‘fun-money’ account took a hit. We did all the touristy things: Cable Beach, where no one was in the water (a croc had been spotted the day before) but we did see the camels; Willie Creek pearl farm tour, very interesting…

Jake, checking out the world as it zooms by. We did a quick stay in Karratha (Red Dog country) before heading east to a free camp at Albert Tognalini Lookout near Karijini National Park- which was a lovely spot. The next day, we ventured into Karijini to check out the fabulous gorges. The staff at…

Please watch the clip above to gain a better understanding of the one-sided conversations that take up much of my time, EVERY day. Shan has made me become familiar with words like “volts”, “amps”, “watts”, “inverter”, “charger”, and such and such “percentage”. Familiar, but truly, I have no idea what he is talking about. I…

UHF etiquette is an absolute mystery to us. We often hear one or two flickers when we pass someone but we’re not sure if we should respond. We heard the crankiest truck drivers and road workers in South Australia, and were much entertained by the colourful language and descriptions of what they’d come across. Unless…

Waving etiquette, state by state Queensland- we are reserving judgement as we have only travelled the south-east corner, although we noticed a marked difference in manners when we crossed over the NSW border, despite our Queensland number plate. NSW- coastal, nothing. Rural, if it’s a fellow caravanner or farmer/tradie ute, you get a fleeting one…