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matildatraveller · matildatraveller

Hi everyone, I'm out @ Birdsville for the 'Big Red Bash' tour. Great music, loads of 4x4's & campering styles out here. The daytime weather is 22degrees & sunny. Nights cooler but layering up & camp fires are the GO!! The Police presence are everywhere & a quarter of the tourist to the...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Back on the water we are fishing just the two of us and its sail fish time. The boat is in the water and underway by 6.30am as the dame winds will be up again by 10am. We clear North passage and all the weed floating in the water (dying from the hot water temps) makes towing teasers (big fish attractors and Bi...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Lets continue our trip. Our Adelaide mates arrived for the next 6 weeks to make up our full crew of four. First up on the wish list were Spanish Mackerel, so first trip we got one and a half fish to the boat as we again got eaten. We decided to fish inside and try for Spangled Emporia.Every fish we hooked was u...

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

Hi all, back from Indonesia, caught up with the washing, downloading photos and compiling notes. Happy reading. Sorry for its size, more photos than reading.....

JocknNik · JocknNik

So, what do you do to pass the time at Port Lincoln? Why, visit the Glen Forest Tourist Park of course! A fairly short drive into the countryside not too far from town, the park is a rural property that's been converted to an interesting animal haven where you are given a small bag of feed and sent off t...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Hi all, Well after such a bad start to what should have been straight forward, we hit the water. Tantabiddi boat ramp is 4km from our stay at Yardie Homestead CVP. We leave camp at 6am to be on the water proper by 6.30am. The Lagoon is magic as we travel down the channel that is marked by channel markers an...

JocknNik · JocknNik

Back again; life has been getting in the way. So.. we had crossed the Nullarbor, and drove into Ceduna just in time to be hit by South Oz's 'Big Storm' in late September '16. We had a good spot in the cara park and suffered no damage. The blow held us up for about a week while we waited for power to be rest...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Part 2 Part 2 of our trip........ continued. Day three we were up early for our destination being Wudinna a run of 653.4km, with a big fuel pickup at Port Augusta $119.9 with our trusty fuel dockets, as fuel prices only go one way till we hit the West Coast. 20km out off Renmark we turn right onto Route (64...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Hi all, Well Thursday 30th March was on us before we could blink. The logistics of loading both the car and boat for our stay in the Yardie Novotel cabin tent for ten weeks took a lot of doing. 150 Chess Freezer, 120 bar fridge, one 200lt makie box fill with 7 x 20lt Rheem Jerry cans within, one 62lt marine...

Dunmowin · Dunmowin

Hi all, sitting up here in sunny north Queensland, winter has just arrived, and I believe most of you are already feeling the effects. Not long now till we reach "the tip", but still a month away of more adventures to come. Hope you enjoy our latest.

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Well we are here but there is only a few others as yet. Most of our mob arrive in another few weeks time. Yardie Homestead CVP has restricted power, Meaning the use of ones A/C is a big No No. We came prepared for the heat, with 4 Bunning's fans, 2 pedestal and 2 desk tops to blow on the condensers of both fridg...

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

After topping the main tank the night before, we a are rolling again. The car running like a dream sipping 16.3- 16.7Lt per 100km.Today our destination being Frazer Range CP home stay a mere 609km away. We stop often to take a coffee/ tea break and check fuel costs to report back for those who are making...

BrianF · BrianF

Here is our active travel blog... https://rsunliner.wordpress.com/ Drop by and say Hi

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Somewhat grounded in Victoria for a while yet. Quite probably the only thing that cannot be completed planned is the impact of 'family' on the full-time traveller ... when they need ya - ya gotta come. Anyway, I was able to get a bit of time away this month for a bit of "eucalyptus therapy". I nee...

the rocket · the rocket

we went to melbourne mainly for the comedy festival. Got the train from berwick, about an hour out of the city. the first night we went to an italian restaurant in lygon street for dinner. Then walked to the theatre n saw will anderson. Such a good night. had to visit the giggest, i am told, shopping centr...

the rocket · the rocket

top of the morning to you. Its a great day to be above the ground. Sun is shining. Blue sky. we stayed at sale showground and there r rabbits hopping around. greyhound racing is there so strop n i had a day out. Great lunch n front seats with view of racing dogs. Bet $3 n won $3. The dog was winning for three...

toglhot · toglhot

When we moved to Darwin we had a shiny new Suzuki Vitara, one trip out to Litchfield convinced me the Vitara wouldn't survive; so armed with some dosh we ventured into the car yards and emerged with a 1998 Hilux dual cab diesel. Not much good being able to go bush without somewhere to sleep so I looked arou...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Salutations and G'day yet again and welcome to WINTER. So, another month is done and dusted, grab a coffee or something stronger, sit back, relax and read my May 2017 Update.It all started leaving the house sit in the Glasshouse Mountains and making my way north with Townsville in my sights, well GPS u...

Daveo85 · Daveo85

Hello all, We are still up in the tableland around Atherton and will be for a few weeks yet, so busy with house sits and just picked up one in Tully Heads For later in year. Thought I would post our last weekly Blog and Newsletter from past month Weekly Blog Newsletter for May Hope you all enjoy, any one up th...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

We've just returned home from a five week trip to the far south coast of NSW. It's a stunning stretch of coastline with many breath taking views. The autumn weather was fantastic, calm sunny days predominantly. We spent most of our time in the National Parks doing our wildlife/flora photography. Par...

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	matildatraveller @ Birdsville Big Red Bash (Preview) Hi everyone, I'm out @ Birdsville for the 'Big Red Bash' tour. Great music, loads of 4x4's & campering styles out here. The daytime weather is 22degrees & sunny. Nights cooler but layering up & camp fires are the GO!! The Police presence are everywhere & a quarter of the tourist to the...	matildatraveller	4	1139	10:01 AM Jul 19, 2017 by matildatraveller
	Our trip to Exmouth 2017 towing the 6mtr boat Part 8 (Preview) Back on the water we are fishing just the two of us and its sail fish time. The boat is in the water and underway by 6.30am as the dame winds will be up again by 10am. We clear North passage and all the weed floating in the water (dying from the hot water temps) makes towing teasers (big fish attractors and Bi...	Hey Jim	1	1419	02:16 AM Jul 16, 2017 by JocknNik
	Our trip to Exmouth 2017 towing our 6mtr boat PART 7 (Preview) Lets continue our trip. Our Adelaide mates arrived for the next 6 weeks to make up our full crew of four. First up on the wish list were Spanish Mackerel, so first trip we got one and a half fish to the boat as we again got eaten. We decided to fish inside and try for Spangled Emporia.Every fish we hooked was u...	Hey Jim	1	1063	02:08 AM Jul 16, 2017 by JocknNik
	Eating our way around Australia - July 2017 (Preview) Hi all, back from Indonesia, caught up with the washing, downloading photos and compiling notes. Happy reading. Sorry for its size, more photos than reading.....	Dunmowin	8	1410	08:45 PM Jul 15, 2017 by Dunmowin
	Newbies heading east & back 5+ (Preview) So, what do you do to pass the time at Port Lincoln? Why, visit the Glen Forest Tourist Park of course! A fairly short drive into the countryside not too far from town, the park is a rural property that's been converted to an interesting animal haven where you are given a small bag of feed and sent off t...	JocknNik	3	1552	07:34 PM Jul 13, 2017 by Felicia
	Our 2017 Trip to Exmouth towing our 6m boat (Preview) Hi all, Well after such a bad start to what should have been straight forward, we hit the water. Tantabiddi boat ramp is 4km from our stay at Yardie Homestead CVP. We leave camp at 6am to be on the water proper by 6.30am. The Lagoon is magic as we travel down the channel that is marked by channel markers an...	Hey Jim	3	815	02:57 AM Jul 12, 2017 by JocknNik
	Newbies heading east & back 2. (Preview) Back again; life has been getting in the way. So.. we had crossed the Nullarbor, and drove into Ceduna just in time to be hit by South Oz's 'Big Storm' in late September '16. We had a good spot in the cara park and suffered no damage. The blow held us up for about a week while we waited for power to be rest...	JocknNik	8	1352	09:33 PM Jul 9, 2017 by Gaylehere
	Our 2017 trip to Exmouth WA Towing our 6mtr Boat Part 2 (Preview) Part 2 Part 2 of our trip........ continued. Day three we were up early for our destination being Wudinna a run of 653.4km, with a big fuel pickup at Port Augusta $119.9 with our trusty fuel dockets, as fuel prices only go one way till we hit the West Coast. 20km out off Renmark we turn right onto Route (64...	Hey Jim	2	937	07:04 PM Jul 7, 2017 by Dunmowin
	Our 2017 trip to Exmouth WA towing our 6mtr boat Part 1 (Preview) Hi all, Well Thursday 30th March was on us before we could blink. The logistics of loading both the car and boat for our stay in the Yardie Novotel cabin tent for ten weeks took a lot of doing. 150 Chess Freezer, 120 bar fridge, one 200lt makie box fill with 7 x 20lt Rheem Jerry cans within, one 62lt marine...	Hey Jim	5	921	09:18 PM Jul 6, 2017 by Dunmowin
	Eating our way around Australia - May 17 (Preview) Hi all, sitting up here in sunny north Queensland, winter has just arrived, and I believe most of you are already feeling the effects. Not long now till we reach "the tip", but still a month away of more adventures to come. Hope you enjoy our latest.	Dunmowin	12	1978	11:04 PM Jul 2, 2017 by Dunmowin
	Our 2017 to Exmouth towing our 6mte Boat Part 5 (Preview) Well we are here but there is only a few others as yet. Most of our mob arrive in another few weeks time. Yardie Homestead CVP has restricted power, Meaning the use of ones A/C is a big No No. We came prepared for the heat, with 4 Bunning's fans, 2 pedestal and 2 desk tops to blow on the condensers of both fridg...	Hey Jim	4	1077	09:44 PM Jul 1, 2017 by JocknNik
	Our trip toExmouth WA towing our 6mtr boat PART 3 (Preview) After topping the main tank the night before, we a are rolling again. The car running like a dream sipping 16.3- 16.7Lt per 100km.Today our destination being Frazer Range CP home stay a mere 609km away. We stop often to take a coffee/ tea break and check fuel costs to report back for those who are making...	Hey Jim	2	824	07:12 PM Jul 1, 2017 by the rocket
	Travel Blog - Dawn and Brian Foster (Preview) Here is our active travel blog... https://rsunliner.wordpress.com/ Drop by and say Hi	BrianF	3	1310	05:29 PM Jun 21, 2017 by the rocket
	Wot dud rocky do now ? (Preview) Gday... Somewhat grounded in Victoria for a while yet. Quite probably the only thing that cannot be completed planned is the impact of 'family' on the full-time traveller ... when they need ya - ya gotta come. Anyway, I was able to get a bit of time away this month for a bit of "eucalyptus therapy". I nee...	rockylizard	14	1580	05:27 PM Jun 21, 2017 by the rocket
	Rockets blog 5th (Preview) we went to melbourne mainly for the comedy festival. Got the train from berwick, about an hour out of the city. the first night we went to an italian restaurant in lygon street for dinner. Then walked to the theatre n saw will anderson. Such a good night. had to visit the giggest, i am told, shopping centr...	the rocket	3	1251	11:35 AM Jun 15, 2017 by Dunmowin
	Rockets blog 4th (Preview) top of the morning to you. Its a great day to be above the ground. Sun is shining. Blue sky. we stayed at sale showground and there r rabbits hopping around. greyhound racing is there so strop n i had a day out. Great lunch n front seats with view of racing dogs. Bet $3 n won $3. The dog was winning for three...	the rocket	3	1398	09:13 PM Jun 13, 2017 by Dunmowin
	West coast trip (Preview) When we moved to Darwin we had a shiny new Suzuki Vitara, one trip out to Litchfield convinced me the Vitara wouldn't survive; so armed with some dosh we ventured into the car yards and emerged with a 1998 Hilux dual cab diesel. Not much good being able to go bush without somewhere to sleep so I looked arou...	toglhot	7	1370	05:38 PM Jun 12, 2017 by toglhot
	MAY 2017 UPDATE (Preview) Salutations and G'day yet again and welcome to WINTER. So, another month is done and dusted, grab a coffee or something stronger, sit back, relax and read my May 2017 Update.It all started leaving the house sit in the Glasshouse Mountains and making my way north with Townsville in my sights, well GPS u...	Dougwe	15	2033	01:09 PM Jun 9, 2017 by Dunmowin
	RE: Our Blog for May (Preview) Hello all, We are still up in the tableland around Atherton and will be for a few weeks yet, so busy with house sits and just picked up one in Tully Heads For later in year. Thought I would post our last weekly Blog and Newsletter from past month Weekly Blog Newsletter for May Hope you all enjoy, any one up th...	Daveo85	3	1339	06:50 PM Jun 4, 2017 by Dougwe
	Five Weeks on the NSW Far South Coast April-May (Preview) We've just returned home from a five week trip to the far south coast of NSW. It's a stunning stretch of coastline with many breath taking views. The autumn weather was fantastic, calm sunny days predominantly. We spent most of our time in the National Parks doing our wildlife/flora photography. Par...	Desert Dweller	16	2212	05:21 PM May 31, 2017 by MOLLUSCAN
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