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The Big Trip Pt 12 Final Chapter:
On 26th May 2023, we set off along the Gibb River Road. It was a place we had dreamed about for years and finally planned to explore. The day began with us shooing peacocks and chickens away from the van so we could have breakfast in peace. Afterward, we loaded up the van and topped up the water on the way out of Birdwood…
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The Big Trip part 11
Thursday 4th May we left Exmouth and the coast for a bit and made our way to Tom Price for the night on our way to karrijini. Friday we stocked up on supplies and water in Tom Price and drove the 110km to Dale’s campground in karrijini NP. It’s a good setup with 5 separate loops of campsites with clean drop loo’s and only…
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The Big Trip part 10
We are getting excited about heading further north and getting closer to some long dreamed of places like Kalbarri and karrijini so on Friday 14th April we departed Geraldton and made our way to Kalbarri. Here we stayed at the Anchorage caravan Park which is nice but was very noisy from other camps as it was packed being school holidays. Friday afternoon after setting…
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The Big Trip part 9
And the journey continues. Wednesday 8th March we left Albany and drove the massive distance of 60km haha to Denmark. On the way into town, we stopped at the information centre and checked out what to do in the area. After getting to the caravan Park and setting up, we spent the rest of the day doing a bit more planning of where we…
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The Big Trip Part 8
Time to cross the nullabor and to start exploring Western Australia. Neither of us have really seen much of WA at all so we are really looking forward to this next part of our trip. Friday 10th Feb. We packed up and before leaving town, had to stop at the car wash to wash the van as we had been parked under trees and…
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The Big Trip part 7
Day 1 in Port Lincoln, Monday the 23rd of January, we were up nice and early to take Belinda down to the harbour for her full day trip to dive with great white sharks. Not my thing personally, but what a great experience. As hubby mentioned, he dropped me off at the dock very early. I went with Calypso Star charters, as they’ve got…
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The big trip part 6
We have been travelling now for a little over 3 months and still really enjoying the adventure and looking forward to seeing more of our beautiful country. So on boxing Day we packed up and got going reasonably early for the 4 hour drive back to Ballarat where we would stay for 3 nights. Our stop back in Ballarat was mainly to get a…
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The Big Trip Part 5
Well, It has been a great adventure so far and hopefully plenty more to come. So on Sunday 4th December we sadly departed the Blue Mountains to explore Canberra for a few days. We wouldn’t actually stay in Canberra but just outside the city at the showgrounds in Bungendore. Show grounds offer a great option to camp for a few days or more, most…
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The big trip part 4
Part 4 of our trip is finally done. come and check out the story and all the pics and videos at aloveofadventures.com
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The Big Trip Part 3
Leaving Carnarvon Gorge, we headed to Emerald for a couple of nights to restock and see a few sights. When we arrived in Emerald we had to scrub the roof of the camper and wash the car to get the bat poo off before it caused any damage. While there we checked out the giant Van Gogh painting in the park, got some supplies…
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The Big trip part 2
As mentioned in part 1, we ended up in Gladstone with a broken car and we ended up being there for a week. Even though we were on foot for the week we still managed to see a few things as well as do some planning on places we want to see as we continue our travels. The show grounds in Gladstone are a…
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The big Trip part 1
Welcome to our big adventure!!!!!!!!! After 2 years of jokingly saying we should quit our jobs and travel for a while, our stars seemed to align and we actually made the decision to do it. It all fell into place when I decided to leave my job as working away every second week was becoming to hard on the family. Shortly after giving my…
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A Love of Adventures 