Archive for the ‘4WD’ Category
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
As I mentioned we headed out of town for a few days -ended up going south to Esperance 1500km in 4 days isn't that far really! We had a great time and not only got to see Cape le Grand but also stopped by Wave Rock, which is, well, a ...
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
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Greetings from the far west – we are now on WA time, 4 hours behind NZ and the same as Singapore and KL. This might make sense in Perth a mere 3000km away, but up here only 550km west of Katherine its really silly – we've gone from ...
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Yes we are still here! Its just that the electronic world has not really made it very far up Cape York! I have a really nice post all ready to go - unfortunately the laptop was one of the casualities of the corrugations - its basically fine but won't allow ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Finally made it to TI as Thursday Island is known as locally and yes there is a Wednesday and Tuesday island and no I have no idea why! To be honest there is not a whole lot to see, its kinda”been there, ticked that one off” experience. One ...
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Saturday, July 21st, 2007
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Greetings from the tip of Cape York - well as I write this that is where we are – but I doubt that I will find any internet access before we get back to Cairns! We have made it to the top – yes I know there is an ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
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Well we have made it to the end of the sealed road - we came via the coast through the Daintree and Cape Tribulation so we actually got to practice some nice water crossings for Truckie- now Truckie is a grubby truck again! The weather is pretty much perfect, ...
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
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We made it back to the sea! Actually hit the close, near enough, at Rockhampton which is 40km inland on a river. Its warmer, especially at night, and now we have got as far north as Townsville its 25C during the day. The sea is only 18C - ...
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
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We haven't seen newspapers or the TV for a while so when the helpful lady at the caravan park said it was going to rain we weren't entirely convinced – but it did ½ the night and the next morning – first time we've had to pack up in the ...
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
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Almost – 500km got us within about 1km of the border – and here is the main point of interest along that road- I know because both guidebooks we have made a point of the very large termite mound 50km east of Jervois! Truck is now starting OK ...
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
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Well Truckie wasn't quite fixed – still had problems getting it started and did go out garnet prospecting and ended up with a handful of gem quality stones- a bit different and quite good fun to do. Resisted getting the stones cut and and set – that would have ...
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