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Day 88 – Remember, Whale Sharks Are Wild Animals…

Another early (6:30AM) start today, which was even harder than yesterday’s early start. We booked ourselves onto a whale shark tour yesterday, so we had to be at…

Day 87 – Whales, Turtles, Fish, Coral, Manta Rays and … Jellyfish

Now that it’s been such a long time since I have had to use an alarm clock (yes, obnoxious, I know…), I find I am so anxious awaiting…

Day 86 – Dampier to Exmouth (610km)

It was truly amazing how bright and large the fire from gas works a few kilometres away was. It was much brighter than a full moon, easy illuminating…

Day 85 – Another Day, Another Day (and $400) Wasted.

While the gang of trucks that we parked next to last night offered us some protection should anyone care to complain about us parking overnight in a day-use…

Day 84 – Welcome to The Pilbara

First thing on the agenda was to get to Port Hedland and get the alternator bearings repaired. We’d camped about 80km from town, so it was about 9AM…

Day 83 – 80 Mile Beach

I started the morning rather foolishly, but I wasn’t aware of it until two-hours later… I lost yet another pair of thongs. I have now lost two sets…

Day 82 – Broome II – Electric Boogaloo a.k.a The Nude Beach

We’d found a nice little place to turn off and spend the night, right near the lighthouse. There were no signs saying not to camp here, but all…

Day 81 – Broome

It’s been a location that the two of us have been looking forward to for some time now. We had our first tease of the West Coast yesterday,…

Day 80 – Finally On The West Coast

It’s been a long time coming (80 days, but who’s counting…), and we finally made it to the western coast of Australia. It was a short push from…

Day 79 – Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge

One of the problems of arriving at a campsite in darkness is you don’t get to see what it looks like. Sometimes this is a problem, like when…