The last leg! In this last stretch of our adventure around half of Australia we loose our tent in a storm (while we’re still in it), head inland to the incredible Flinders Ranges, a snake launches itself at me (!) and we drive the Great...
Albany to Ceduna, crossing the Nullarbor This next leg of our half-circumnavigation of Australia took us from Albany in south Western Australia to Ceduna just over the border in South Australia. One thousand and fifteen kilometres in ten days, across the infamous Nullarbor plain, and...
Fremantle to Albany. We had been on the road for almost four weeks on the day we left Fremantle, Perth had seemed so far away when we set off from Broome back then and now continuing the journey to Melbourne seemed unimaginably long: we had...
Kalbarri to Perth It’s not every day that you meet a princess, and a princess called Shirley at that! Princess Shirley stamped our passports into, and out of, the Hutt River Province: a marvellous ‘Kingdom’ in Western Australia – or, to you and me, a...
Shark Bay Stromatolites and Dolphins Bill Bryson’s witty travel jaunt Down Under had filled my head with Australia-infused wanderlust from the moment I read it, and driving up the dusty red road towards the Hamelin Pool Telegraph Station and Campground we were both filled with...
Cape Range National Park The week we spent in the Cape Range National Park is one of the greatest weeks of my life, I’m so happy to share this extraordinary place and our experiences there with you! Continuing on with our Aussie road trip from...
In August 2008 we embarked on an epic road trip from Broome, in Western Australia, to Melbourne. A journey that would take 2 months and over 9000 kilometres, hugging the coastline. Our trusty overland vehicle wasn’t the robust stead we were hoping for, our budget...
