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The Great Ocean Road - Victoria
10/04/2009
What a magnificent monument to
our First World War (1914-1918) returned soldiers. The road was first
started in 1917 as The Great Ocean Road Trust and 3000 diggers were employed
from 1919 working on the project by hand for a total of 12 years.
The road is internationally
acclaimed and is a must do/see. We hope you like the photo's.
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West Gate Bridge - Melbourne Victoria
11/03/2009
We have not stopped since
arriving in Victoria and have enjoyed beautiful weather after the heat wave
and the tremendous devastation of fires with Black Saturday. We have very
little to report other than general site seeing photographs of various
venues and hope you enjoy the slide show.
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West Gate Bridge - Melbourne |
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Xmas 2008 - Queensland
25/12/2008
A beautiful Xmas was spent at friends Sheryl, Rob and family in sunny Queensland. Check out some of the photo's
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Dave's Big Yella Boat
17/01/2007
Some of us talk about it, others dream. Well Dave Tuke (Mucus) from Western Australia's north coast at a little place called Onslow did something about it. Check out this beautiful boat called 'Three'
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  Dave's Big Yella Boat
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Canberra - Australian Capital Territory
03/03/2009
How could you go past
Australia's capital without site seeing places such as the new War Memorial
a must see, the new Parliament House, (Mike & BB did the old one back in
1986)and the view from the Telstra Communications Tower. We have included
the NSW south coastal area so checkout the slide
show.
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Central Tablelands - Armidale -
Tamworth - Bathurst NSW
16/02/2009
From Armidale's historic
buildings, picturesque gorges and waterfalls (albeit some without water
flowing) to the thriving towns of Tamworth and Bathurst, central NSW has a
lot to offer.
Have a look at some of the photo's
of our travels.
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Tamworth's Golden Guitar |
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Hobart -
Tasmania |
Tasmania
22/11/2008
We had to go to
Tasmania and meet Clayton's girlfriend's family and decided to make a
holiday of it as well by renting a motor home and site seeing for a 2 week
period.
Take a look at this beautiful
land called Tasmania.
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Adelaide to Brisbane Thru The NSW
Outback
25/08/2008
Some beautiful country to be
seen thru outback NSW.
Broken Hill stars several identities in Pro Hart & the town of Silverton of
Mad Max movie fame.
We've setup a slideshow
so have a look at some of the photo's.
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Silverton Township scene of the
Mad Max Movie series
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Cape Jervis - South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula |
South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula
25/07/2008
Adelaide
has some great tourist destinations and when you get a guided tour from
friends, the experience only gets that much better. We've setup a slideshow
so have a look at some of the photo's.
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SA's Port Augusta on the Eyre Peninsula
13/07/2008
The cruiser, rig & BB are
behaving well with an uneventful run from Whyalla into Port Augusta. The
Pitchi Ritchi Railway runs out of Quorn up in the Flinders Ranges so Mike
& BB are looking forward to stepping back in time.
Have a look at some of the photo's.
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Port Augusta - South Australia's Eyre Peninsula |
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 HMAS Whyalla - South Australia's Eyre Peninsula |
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SA's Whyalla to Wallaroo on the Yorke Peninsula
07/07/2006The famous HMAS Whyalla antisubmarine & minesweeper was built at the Whyalla BHP shipyards in 1941 and returned to its birth place in 1988 and now takes place landlocked at the Maritime Museum as the centres show piece.
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SA's Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula
01/07/2008
| Well Mike & BB have finally headed off on 'THE BIG ONE'. Scares Mike to think we are now 3 weeks into the trip and things are just running like a dream. We are finding it difficult to handle the winter months in the southern part of our continent but will continue to brave it for as long as possible. Some of the parks we have stayed at in the Eyre Peninsula have absolute beach front and these places are just spectacular. |
Have a look at some of the photo's.
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Port Lincoln - South Australia's Eyre Peninsula |
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 Fortesque Falls - Karajini National Park Tom Price - Western Australia's Pilbara Region |
Tom Price - Western Australia
13/01/2007Mandurah to Tom Price and return covering 5000Km in 2 weeks with an aditional weeks stay with our granddaughters was always going to be a reasonable ask for both man and machine. Pleased to say the cruiser, caravan and novices Mike & BB passed with flying colours, but not without incident. Although only minor, the first item to self destruct was the digital camera, the second item had a little more impact, a broken air conditioner in the caravan. Bugger! and that was the second night into the journey.
Being adventurous our itinerary was to take the coastal route one way and return via the inland route. This allowing us to pick up and stay with friends Murray & Glenys Fraser in Geraldton, then onto Carnarvon, Coral Bay and friends Dave Tuke & Colleen in Onslow (check out Dave's big yella boat) and then to our delight the granddaughters and family in Tom Price. The return however was drastically modified, you guessed it, we returned via the much cooler coastal routes by the sea. Tom Price and inland communities at this time of the year experience days of 45 degrees Celsius heat and with no air conditioning! I don't think so. Check out granddaughter Rachel's 3rd birthday and BB's 60th birthday present. Mike's also shattered with not having had his camera but we've managed with the help of friends to assist with this segment of our travels and provide some pictorial record.
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Bunbury - Western Australia's South West
17/11/2006
| This trip was for a long awaited "can't wait to test things out" trip and specifically tailored to a newly purchased Annex. Catching up with friends for a Xmas drink was also top of the list and that was certainly one of the highlights of the trip. Thanks to Peter & Julie McKay and Paul & Sharon Warner for such a lovely evening. BB and I are very much novices so when we booked the Koombana Bay Caravan Park and the receptionist stated that yes, you can put up your annex 'but not on the grass' I guess that didn't mean very much at the time. Bugger, that will teach me for not being more thorough, if you can't put it on the grass, where in the hell can you put it. Suffice to say no annex testing, but we had a great time and learnt heaps more about the van, not least, more about caravan park owners. BB's adding more of her touch to the interior every trip to the stage where its more of a home than our home. |
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Bunbury - South West Region of Western Australia
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| Rachel Buck's 3rd Birthday 22/01/2007
Check out Rachel's 3rd birthday party at Tom Price. Allana presents her sister with a fairy dress and princess crown and what a day it was.
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Bernice's 60th Birthday
17/12/2006You just can't trust anyone these days!, after explicitly saying no surprise party for me, just the family in Tom Price in January, what can one say. Had no bloody idea, was supposed to go out for lunch with some dear friends (or so I thought they were !!), ended up with a room full of people at the Mandurah Offshore Fishing & Sailing Club. As I walked into the Club and not seeing our names on the luncheon booking list, Mike said they must have booked us outside, I thought nothing of it, but on the way thru in the distance I saw what I thought was my son John and was just about to say to Mike "that looks awfully like John". On entering the room all I could remember at that stage was the 2 Grandchildren running towards me, but your not down until Xmas!. Got a lovely surprise from Family and some dear friends, some of which I had not seen for many years, it was absolutely fabulous.
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Dave & Colleen Tuke's Wedding 2008
1/3/2008
Dave and Colleen (Friends call her HillBilly and by the way so does the Celebrate!!) decide to make it all legal with marriage vows on this special day. Mike & BB were overjoyed when the couple announced they would bring the marriage forward to allow them to be at the wedding. Mike & BB took off on 'The Big One' the very next day. Thanks Dave & HillyBilly.
Check out the beautiful ceremony's photo's
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Busselton - Western Australia's South West
07/07/2006The long awaited shakedown trip is finally here. BB and I have been stocking the caravan over the last 3 months so we at least have the bare necessities for the inaugural trip. We're venturing from our home in Mandurah to the South West town of Bussleton which is only some 200Km away for the practise run. The idea is to get an idea of the fuel consumption figures for the vehicle and just get a feel for the caravan and accessaries. Nothing spectacular to report other than magnificent fuel consumption figures for the vehicle caravan combination. The bonus being that all fittings, accessories and additions to the caravan worked a charm. Well maybe not the first time! |
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 Busselton Jetty - Western Australia's South West Region |
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Toyota Land Cruiser LC100 Turbo Diesel & Coromal Princeton Model 651 Caravan
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Have a look at our new home
3/04/2006
| Well we can't believe it, we finally have the bloody vehicle and caravan. We have pained over this for a couple of years as to the correct vehicle for tow ability and fuel consumption. BB had her requirements for the van and I did the rest. The result we believe to be an outstanding combination from Toyota and the latest design from a well respected caravan manufacturer, Coromal Caravans. |
Please have a look around.
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