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Ningaloo Coast - Day 1

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Departed Hillarys Perth in convoy with Kuipers at 9.30am in sunny weather. Our only stops during the day were a roadside toilet stop, and then a long lunch stop at Eneabba (270km from home)....

Created: 02 Jun 2006 11:10 Views: 10955

Victoria: High Country - Day 27

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The Land Rover group packed up and departed a little before us - they had neither come in the way we had, nor were they headed out our way. Anyway, we headed south through flooded tracks,...

Created: 21 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11603

Victoria: High Country - Day 26

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After a very wet night, we backtracked a little up the Howitts Road to the Zeka Spur Trk. Our maps indicated it would be quite steep but we didn't really have a clear idea of the degree of ...

Created: 20 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11458

Victoria: High Country - Day 25

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Driving back up the track as we left camp I remembered how you would not want to be doing this in the wet. Back at the Low Saddle Road we continued along using mostly low range 3 and 4....

Created: 19 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11852

Victoria: High Country - Day 24

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We set off this morning with some trepidation as to what might lie ahead (by "we", I am referring to all except for David who was simply loving it)....

Created: 18 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11792

Victoria: High Country - Day 23

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We slept out in swags last night but we had more rain in the morning. The Melbourne sun didn't appear until 9.30am, so this made yet another late departure at 10.30am....

Created: 17 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 12258

Victoria: High Country - Day 22

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This page covers 5 days in Victorian State Forest and Alpine/High Country. We started our offroad segment at Loch Valley and continued north through the Upper Yarra Ranges and then onto Woods ...

Created: 16 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 14396

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 21

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Departed camp and drove around Forester Kangaroo Drive to plot it, then up to Musselroe Bay etc, nice clean beach and calmer inlet for boat launching etc but camps nowhere near as nice as at ...

Created: 15 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10527

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 20

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A much needed rest day at Stumpys Bay not moving the car. Saw real sun today and needed to wear sunblock with our swimmers. Leah had great time with 5 yr old Alec particularly and his sister ...

Created: 14 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10291

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 19

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We didn't really want to leave because finally we felt we'd found a beach that was worth staying at. David however, was in search of the "greener pastures" further north,...

Created: 13 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10937

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 18

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Left our camp at Whitewater wall/Bluestone Bay area and took an alternative 4wd track out to the main road. A little longer, but a pretty drive and worth doing the loop for the sake of it....

Created: 12 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10357

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 17

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Left camp to head into Freycinet. Stopped at Coles Bay (Iluka Shops) at trendy cafe for gourmet pies and real latte. Checked in at National Park visitor centre to enquire about camping - had read ...

Created: 11 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11316

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 16

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Bad sleep requires cooked breakfast. I forgot the egg flip so although I cooked an omelette I couldn't get it out of the pan so it became scrambled eggs on toast....

Created: 10 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10292

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 15

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Since we wanted to be back at the Penguin Rookery tonight, we made a day trip out of our time on the island going to Adventure Bay, Cloudy Bay (lovely), Cloudy Corner, Cape Bruny Lighthouse,...

Created: 09 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11655

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 14

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It was with some reluctance that we left the motel comforts and headed off for a couple days on Bruny Island. Thankfully the weather looked to be clearing slowly. It wasn't exactly sunny,...

Created: 08 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11962

Tasmania: East Coast - Day 13

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This page details days 13 - 21 on Tasmania's east coast from Hobart back to Devonport including Bruny Island, Bay of Fires and Mt William National Park....

Created: 07 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 13641

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 12

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Rain during night destroyed tarp and pole supporting tent annexe fell where my chair had been left out so I found the seat had collected a puddle of water. Our swag got even wetter,...

Created: 06 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 11273

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 11

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Thankfully, Chardae slept through until 6am then after a feed went down again for more sleep until 8am. When Chardae sleeps in, we all sleep in!...

Created: 05 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 12521

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 10

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Our 2nd day in Strahan and we're off on another tour however today is overcast and raining. Yesterday involved a bit of fuss when we checked-in at the right time with pre-booked seats to find it ...

Created: 04 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10680

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 9

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After all our fuss about wanting to escape from the bad weather, we scored an absolutely perfect day in Strahan for our river cruise. The sea was very calm,...

Created: 03 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 10640

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 8

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Although it had been a very wet night, the moss covering the ground at our camp was mostly dry which meant we didn't have any mud to worry about. We lifted camp again, and headed towards Corrinna,...

Created: 02 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 14979

Tasmania: West Coast - Day 7

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This page details days 7 - 12 on Tasmania's west coast from Arthur River to Hobart including the Sandy Cape Track, Western Wanderer Rd, Granville Harbour and Trial Harbour via the Climes Track,...

Created: 01 Jan 2005 01:00 Views: 18899

Tasmania: Northern Central - Day 6

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After lifting camp this morning we continued along to the Big Tree and Dip Falls using Rabalga Rd and crossing the Black River. This is a brilliant area to be driving in a 4WD and we greatly ...

Created: 31 Dec 2004 11:08 Views: 10685

Tasmania: Northern Central - Day 5

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We woke to a misty cool morning and needed to wait for the sun to hit our grove to dry the swags and tents. It was my turn to see the canyon so I took my girls for the walk, Chardae in backpack....

Created: 30 Dec 2004 11:07 Views: 9608

Tasmania: Northern Central - Day 4

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Maybe my theory about the cold isn't the only reason for Chardae's unsettled nights. Last night was at least double the temperature of the night before but she still had me up through the night!....

Created: 29 Dec 2004 11:07 Views: 10045

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