Month: May 2018

‘gateway to ningaloo’ might actually be the best description of carnarvon. gateways by definition are generally not remarkable: it’s the place they take one to (or take one away from) that deserves attention, the gateway itself is just being passed as a matter of course, and often without another thought. in this case, as i…

today we drove from kalbarri to carnarvon – 440 km with just a few roadhouses in between. not even a small village, no houses or farms either. just road. a last look at the mouth of the murchison from the zuytdorp memorial. the boat ramp is inside the river and it is pretty clear that…

the weather forecast for the last few days was alarming. heavy rains and damaging winds across most of the western australian coast, from kalbarri all the way to the south. perth was going to get a good drenching which was ok because they had a dry autumn so far. probably because of that the people…

when we got the disco ready for our trip there was one addition we decided to give a miss: driving lights or spotties as us aussies like call them. there were a few reasons: we really didn’t want to be on the road after dark. no matter what lights you have, the roo that you…

shark bay is a great place, if you haven’t had a chance to get there have a look at some photos here and here (nat’s report about her very special time in shark bay). we did have a little time to kill because of the latest in a series of land rover spare parts that…

do bad things really always happen in threes? if so i’d be ok with it, because then we’d be done now. first we had the issue with the alternator, then the gearbox decided it was time to retire and last our coolant system managed to spring a leak. a small one to be sure –…

does 25 years sound like a lot? i know, sometimes 5 minutes can feel like a lot. at other occasions time could really get a move on but seems to stand still. i remember a few meetings that felt like that. there are two things regarding the photo above that i continue to be unsure…