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#78
29 Aug 19 — 06 Oct 19
Working on and in the workshop and I think I can feel a life re-invention coming on. Plus I've given up looking for a job, there's really no point.

#77
24 May 19 — 24 Aug 19
The house is finished (again), well at least it's at lockup stage. I also briefly return to the working world.

#76
13 Jan 19 — 12 May 19
The house is finished, at last.

#75
22 Sep 18 — 31 Dec 18
More building but at least the house is almost finished.

#74
30 Sep 17— 18 Aug 18
STILL building the house, yes I know, but we keep thinking of other things to add. The workshop is coming along well also.

#73
19 Jun 17— 20 Sep 17
Still building the house, well I pretty much though I'd finished but have decided to extend a bit and add more roof, what can I say, that's what I do.

#72
28 Dec 15 — 13 Jun 17
Still building the house, although that's pretty much finished and I am spending a lot of time on the workshop now. Plus we are getting rignt into clearing the scrub from our land.

#71
07 Dec 14 — 07 Dec 15
Building the shipping container house.

#70
21 Nov 13 — 17 Nov 14
Not a lot happening until recently, but things are on the move, not literally as we aren't going anywhere for some time, but we are starting to get things done around the place, like starting to build a house from shipping containers

#69
24 Dec 12 — 13 Nov 13
We leave the block for a while to look after some friend's property while they are away. While there we spend much more than we should on new toys. Then back to the block where we sit and basically do nothing except spend more money :(

#68
04 Jul 12 — 23 Dec 12
We are now parked on our land and it's good to be back, but we sure have our work cut out for us as the grass and lantana (a really obnoxious weed) has gone berserk in our absence.

#67
14 Dec 11 — 03 Jul 12
Finally back east, plenty of places to go, things to see and and people to do...or was it the other way around? We finally get back to our land in central QLD.

#66
28 Sep 11 — 13 Dec 11
We head back down through the goldfields and across the Nullarbor.

#65
28 Jun 11 — 27 Sep 11
Some lazy time on the Pilbara coast, well near the Pilbara coast at least.

#64
31 May 11 — 13 Jun 11
Two weeks with some photo mates, much of which is spent walking in the Karijini NP. Then we're done with the central Pilbara for the time being so it's back over towards the coast.

#63
28 Dec 10— 30 May 11
Heading up the Great Northern Highway to the Pilbara. Then we spend a month in and near the fantastic Karijini National Park.

#62
03 Oct 10 — 27 Dec10
Moving pretty fast (for us) we get all the way down the coast and into Perth.

#61
23 Aug 10 — 02 Oct 10
We finally get back into WA and start moving down the coast.

#60
01 Jul 10 — 22 Aug 10
More birds but just for a change this time we're sitting next to a river, well you do have to have a little variety in life eh?

#59
08 Jun 10 — 30 Jun 10
More birds and more billabongs as we head west towards Western Australia.

#58
22 Apr 10 — 07 Jun 10
Still heading north but we spend more time sitting by a couple of billabongs at Winton and Camooweal.

#57
17 Mar 10 — 21 Apr 10
We drive north, spending several weeks just hanging around rivers and dodging floods.

#56
31 Jan 10 — 16 Mar 10
Camping at Blowering Reservoir then with friends at Tocumwal on the Murray.

#55
11 Nov 09 — 31 Jan 10
We hang out in one of the nicest spots around, the Yaouk (pron. yi-ack) valley.

#54
14 Oct 09 — 09 Nov 09
A ten-day walk in the Budawang wilderness, followed by spending some time in our old home town, Canberra.

#53
04 Sep 09 — 13 Oct 09
We finally hit the road and drive south to Canberra, visiting many friends along the way until we reach a spot just outside the Budawang Ranges where we prepare for the walk. I also finally get back into some real photography.

#52
08 May 09 — 03 Sep 09
Still on our land in the bush near Gin Gin and have many friends drop in to stay. We start converting the Jimny for camping and generally getting ready to hit the road for real.

#51
11 Feb 09 — 17 Apr 09
We spend time relaxing on our land in the bush near Gin Gin.

#50
08 Nov 08 — 29 Jan 2009
Finally back on the road. After a brief visit to Brisbane we head back north for some R&R on our land.

#49
28 Aug 06 — 31 Mar 07
We swap our phone to NextG and decide to build a new motorhome.

#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.

#47
23 Jul 06 — 27 Jul 06
Seventh and final part of our 4x4 trip in which we cross the Simpson Desert.

#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.

#45
22 Jun 06 — 10 Jul 06
Fifth part of our 4x4 trip. The Pilbara including the fantastic Karijini national park.

#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.

#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.

#42
23 May 06 — 02 Jun 06
Second part of our 4x4 trip, featuring the Bungle Bungles and into the Kimberley.

#41
03 May 06 — 22 May 06
First part of our three-month 4x4 trip in to some very remote places.

#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.

#39
19 Dec 05 — 30 Jan 06
We just sit on the block at Gin Gin, smelling the roses and enjoying not having to do anything.

#38
28 Oct 05 — 18 Dec 05
We are dragged, kicking and screaming, back into the world of bureaucracy, forms, and red tape.

#37
20 Oct 05 — 27 Oct 05
My Dad dies.

#36
20 Apr 05 — 17 Oct 05
We work at the gold mine, I also get another job installing a huge irrigation system.

#35
04 Apr 05 — 15 Apr 05
In which we drive north, heading to our job on the Tyrconnell gold mine.

#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.

#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.

#29
13 Jun 04 — 07 Jul 04
Uluru and Kata Tjuta, Australia's outback heart is a fantastic place to visit.

#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.

#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.

#26
14 Mar 04 — 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.

#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.

#24
03 Jan 04 — 14 Feb 04
We leave Hobart and spend time in the midlands and the west coast.

#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.

#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.

#2
25 Jun 01
Interior nearly done. Meet Caravan & Motorhome Mag at Lake George.

#1
10 Jun 01
Short trial runs. Nearly ready to go.