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#49
28 Aug 06 - 31 Mar 07
We swap our phone to
NextG and decide to build a new motorhome. |
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#48
28 Jul 06 - 11 Aug 06
We continue sauntering
in the general direction of home, but it's too
cold so we make a run for the coast and finally
get home after three months Living in the Cruiser. |
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#47
23 Jul 06 - 27 Jul 06
Seventh and final part
of our 4x4 trip in which we cross the Simpson
Desert. |
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#46
11 Jul 06 - 22 Jul 06
Sixth part of our 4x4
trip. Featuring the Gunbarrel Highway and crossing
through the centre back into Northern Territory
and up to Chambers Pillar. |
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#45
22 Jun 06 - 10 Jul 06
Fifth part of our 4x4
trip. The Pilbara including the fantastic Karijini
national park. |
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#44
13 Jun 06 - 21 Jun 06
Fourth part of our 4x4
trip, where we continue along the Gibb River road
and explore the many gorges this part of the Kimberley
has on offer. |
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#43
03 Jun 06 - 12 Jun 06
Third part of our 4x4
trip, Mitchell Falls and Port Warrender, one of
the remotest parts of the Kimberley. |
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#42
23 May 06 - 02 Jun 06
Second part of our 4x4
trip, featuring the Bungle Bungles and into the
Kimberley. |
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#41
03 May 06 - 22 May 06
First part of our three-month
4x4 trip in to some very remote places. |
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#40
31 Jan 06 - 02 May 06
Preparing the Cruiser
for our Kimberley trip. Visiting friends in the
Brisbane area. In front of the TV cameras again. |
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#39
19 Dec 05 - 01 Feb 06
We just sit on the block
at Gin Gin, smelling the roses and enjoying not
having to do anything. |
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#38
28 Oct 05 - 18 Dec 05
We are dragged, kicking
and screaming, back into the world of bureaucracy,
forms, and red tape. |
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#37
20 Oct 05 - 27 Oct 05
My Dad dies. |
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#36
20 Apr 05 - 17 Oct 05
We work at the gold
mine, I also get another job installing a huge
irrigation system. |
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#35
04 Apr 05 - 15 Apr 05
In which we drive north,
heading to our job on the Tyrconnell gold mine. |
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#34
06 Dec 04 - 04 Apr 05
We stay in Bundaberg
for a while then spend three months with friends
on the Gold Coast. We buy a 4x4 and do a lot of
work on it. The truck gets new shoes. |
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#33
20 Aug 04 - 13 Oct 04
The third diary covering
our time in the West MacDonnell ranges, then over
into Queensland. |
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#32
10 Aug 04 - 20 Aug 04
The second diary covering
our time in the West MacDonnell ranges, near Alice
Springs. |
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#31
15 Jul 04 - 09 Aug 04
The first diary covering
our time in the West MacDonnell ranges, near Alice
Springs. |
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#30
08 Jul 04 - 14 Jul 04
Watarrka (or Kings Canyon
as it's better known) is also a great place. You
could spend some time here, which of course is
what we did. |
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#29
13 Jun 04 - 07 Jul 04
Uluru and Kata
Tjuta, Australia's outback heart is a fantastic
place to visit. |
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#28
24 May 94 - 12 Jun 04
It's raining and all
dirt roads are closed, so we make our way up the
Stuart Hwy to the Northern Territory. |
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#27
28 Apr 04 - 23 May 04
Back on the mainland.
We spend some time, and not a little money, in
Melbourne, then make our way to the Flinders ranges.
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#26
14 Mar 94 - 27 Apr 04
The north east of of
Tassie is called the "break o day" region.
It's an area of remote beaches and forests, we
stick to the beaches, then return to the mainland. |
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#25
15 Feb 04 - 13 Mar 04
We head up into the
mountains, but it's too cold for our thin blood,
so we return to Friendly Beaches and the east
coast. |
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#24
03 Jan 04 - 14 Feb 04
We leave Hobart and
spend time in the midlands and the west coast. |
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#23
15 Nov 03 - 31 Dec 03
We spend a lot of time
in Hobart while I work on the Tarkine photos.
Then
it's up to Freycinet, and down to the Tasman Peninsula. |
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#22
25 Oct 03 - 09 Nov 03
Two weeks in the Tarkine
Wilderness. |
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#21
27 Sep 03 - 24 Oct 03
We finally catch the ferry
to Tasmania. |
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#20
30 Aug 03 - 24 Sep 03
Down the crowded east coast
we drive. Most of our time is spent visiting friends,
and freezing our tails off. |
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#19
14 May 03 - 26 Aug 03
Quick drive back to Bundaberg
to stay with my Dad. We stay in Queensland working
on the truck and hiding from the cold. |
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#18
17 Apr 03 - 13 May 03
Esperance, Cape le Grand,
then across the Nullarbor to the Eyre Peninsular. |
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#17
15 Feb 03 - 16 Apr 03
We camp in the tall timber
territory around Pemberton, then, for a change, in
an abandoned industrial area of Albany. |
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#16
01 Feb 03 - 14 Feb 03
The south west of WA,
surely one of the great areas of Australia.
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#15
13
Dec 02 - 31 Jan 03
We stay in Fremantle/Perth. |
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#14
28
Oct 02 - 11 Dec 02
The Blowholes at Carnarvon, fixing the truck at
Geraldton. We reach Perth. |
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#13
23
Sep 02 - 27 Oct 02
WA north coast, Broome, Pt Hedland, Exmouth, Ningaloo. |
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#12
09
Sep 02 - 22 Sep 02
Bungle Bungles (Purnululu NP), Broome. |
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#11
24
Aug 02 - 09 Sep 02
Leave Darwin, Keep River NP, Kununurra, Wyndham. |
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#10
24
Jun 02 - 23 Aug 02
Darwin, Litchfield National Park. |
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#9
03
Jun 02 - 21 Jun 02
Longreach, Kynuna, Mt Isa, Camooweal, Mataranka. |
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#8
05
May 02 - 02 Jun 02
Emerald, Sapphire, Rubyvale, Alpha, Barcaldine,
CMCA rally. |
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#7
14 Apr 02 - 04 May 02
Cania and Carnarvon Gorges,
Biloela, gearbox brakes, Baralaba. |
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#6
11
Mar 02 - 03 Apr 02
Leave Caboulture, Cooroy, Noosa NP, Tin Can Bay,
Bundeberg, Mt Walsh NP. |
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#5
06
Nov 01 - 10 Mar 02
Bundaberg, fixing truck in Caboulture. |
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#4
25 Oct 01 - 04 Nov 01
Brisbane, boating on Morton
Bay. |

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#3
10
Sep 01 - 24 Oct 01
CMCA Canberra rally, we leave the workshop
and finally hit the road, along the Murray, up
through central NSW. |

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#2
25 Jun 01
Interior
nearly done. Meet Caravan & Motorhome Mag
at Lake George. |
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#1
10 Jun 01
Short trial runs.
Nearly ready to go.
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