Archive for the ‘Australia Travel’ Category
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
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Well despite colds for both of us we like Perth - the forecast at the start of the week was showers all week but we've only got wet once - it has rained but hard, and only for an hour or so and then the sun comes out. It ...
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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We have made it as far south as Geraldton, and although the caravan park is by the sea we have no urge to enter it - we have definitely moved south of the tropical / temperate ocean temperature line. Exmouth had great snorkling straight off the beach - though ...
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
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Well 600km south from Broome is Port Hedland - there's a roadhouse on the way but that's quite litterally it! I have been to Hedland before - about 20 years ago a did a whistle stop bus trip around Australia and got off the bus at Hedland after ...
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
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Actually Broome Broome is the name of a local car rental company!
We made it accross the Gibb River Road which has been described as "Due to the isolation of this area, your vehicle must be in first class condition. Repairs can be expensive and facilities limited.Have your vehicle thoroughly checked ...
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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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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
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Well the locals think its cold - below 20C overnight - we are coping - its 31C during the day after all! Laptop in with HP so hopefully pictures soon! (I cant upload them without the laptop). Darwin is a nice town - easy to get around ...
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Monday, August 13th, 2007
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Katherine - but we made it! Left Cairns Sat a week ago and got to Makaranka (100km odd south) yesterday - its a long long way - 6 days on dirt roads from Normanton. It was really quite excititing seeing a small shopping mall today in Katherine - this big ...
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
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OK got the laptop back unfortunately not fixed but we can plug an external keyboard in, will have to try and find a HP rep n Darwin to see if we can fix it as cannot turn on the wireless modem button either so you may have to live with ...
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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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