Monthly Archives: November 2011

Hello – as I’ve said – I am TRYING to catch up on my blogging. But – I’ve noticed a change with the website/blog host this last week – it seems it is pre-empting my posting. I think it may … Continue reading →

So, Dampier is a cute little coastal town – with two big port areas bookending it and totally ruining it’s lovely looks.  It still looks OK – its still got lots of little funcraft type of boats around. Its not … Continue reading →

Samson Point is a nice little sea side town. Its got a couple of caravan parks, a couple of resorts and I think only one pub – which apparently has GREAT meals – if you can get in there!!! I … Continue reading →

One of the good things about being stuck in the Bungle Bungles all those weeks ago (apart from meeting lots of nice people) was having the time to sit around & talk to people about their travel stories. One of … Continue reading →

The camp ground at Dayles Gorge was nice – the toilet was a bit smelly – and we were camped up quite close to it.  Oh well – you get that some times (or lots of times – just depends). … Continue reading →

And the talking to myself must have worked – as I felt a heap better the next morning – so I back tracked and headed out to Karijini.  It was only about 50kms on the main road and then about … Continue reading →

EVERYONE says you HAVE to see Karijini National Park. EVERYONE. So, being the person who does what she’s told – I decided I’d best go there.  So from Marble Bar I headed to Auski Roadhouse, which is the nearest “thing” … Continue reading →

It was going backwards a little bit, but I decided I wanted to go to Marble Bar – so I went.  I had actually thought of not staying in Port Hedland & stopping along the road at one of the … Continue reading →

I got away from 80 mile beach around 10am – which is check out time at most (all??) caravan parks – so I left it to the last minute to get out of there – I’d been too busy looking … Continue reading →

It had to happen – I couldn’t stay in Broome forever!!!  So, after getting the car looked at, picking up the parcel from the post office, a visit to the dentist, got the new battery for the sat phone (did … Continue reading →