The Prom
From Mornington Peninsula we drove down to Wilson’s Promontory, affectionately known as “The Prom”. With a huge National Park campground of over 450 sites, we decided to just turn up and find a site that would suit us before booking.…
Mornington Peninsula
After we picked up the van from Titanium on Thursday afternoon, we headed through some peak hour traffic down to Capel Sounds on the Mornington Peninsula to meet up with Sharyn and Glen for the weekend. Our campsite was right…
Geelong & Melbourne
After staying the night at the Geelong Showgrounds, we dropped into Geelong foreshore though it was a bit too wet to walk the foreshore. We improvised and found a MacPac store and great coffee shop. This sustained us for the…
Great Ocean Road
On our trip from SA to Melbourne we decided to go via The Great Ocean road. I had memories of the trip I did with Linda and Mum back in September 2011, though we thought it had been about 30…
Port Fairy
We arrived fairly late at Port Fairy as we changed time zones to Victoria – lost another half an hour for one day until Daylight Saving kicked in on our second night. We booked an unpowered site, but had to…
Streaky Bay to Port Fairy
After spending 10 days with Dave, Veronica, Mark and Lynne we were back travelling on our own. We headed across the top of the Eyre Peninsula back towards Adelaide with our main destination Port Fairy in Victoria. Streaky Bay to…
Streaky Bay
We arrived at Streaky Bay just after lunch on Sunday and found ourselves on a waterfront site. Just as I got changed for a swim (yes it was 28 degrees), a change came through and clouds with a sprinkle of…
Elliston to Streaky Bay
On the way from Elliston to Streaky Bay we stopped off to check a few sites on the way. Walkers Rocks Walkers Rocks and campground was our first stop. With a fairly protected bay that you can drive onto the…
Elliston
Sheringa Beach On our way from Coffin Bay to Elliston, we stopped off at Sheringa Beach for an explore and a coffee from the “Casey Coffee Van”. This low cost campsite offered numbered campsites behind the dunes or on top…
Coffin Bay
On the way to Coffin Bay we stopped into Port Lincoln to pick up Mark’s new glasses, do some shopping and have a look around. Port Lincoln was named by explorer Matthew Flinders in honour of his native province, Lincolnshire.…
Tumby Bay
We were able to time our trip to meet some friends (David and Veronica, Mark and Lyn) from Brisbane after being on our own for past 2+ months. We were both very excited to have other people to talk to…
Ceduna to Tumby Bay
After we crossed the Nullarbor we stopped at Ceduna to restock before crossing over the the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. From Ceduna we made a lunch stop at Smoky Bay which saw us at the jetty enjoying the…
Nullarbor
As we left Lucky Bay we knew we were in a for few long days driving across the Nullarbor. Our first stop was Norseman to grab some lunch and more information from the visitor centre, however they really couldn’t tell…
Lucky Bay (Cape Le Grand)
From Esperance we headed to Cape Le Grand and the Lucky Bay campsite. As a National Park campsite, you book a site then choose when you arrive. We arrived early after an 45 min drive and snavelled a site on…
Esperance
Stirling Range On the way to Esperance we decided to drive through the Stirling range with the plan to stop at Bluff Knoll. However as we made the turn into the road, there was a sign saying no caravans past…
Porongurup NP
We made a last minute decision to drive to Porongurup NP while we were still staying Albany. This meant we could drive straight to Esperance the next day. Of course we continued the Bakery tour and found this bustling Country…
The Gap, Natural Bridge and Torndirrup NP
The Gap and Natural Bridge Wow. The power of the water and the wind was incredible. The infrastructure at The Gap and Natural Bridge allowed us to to feel part of this awesome coastline and experience the power of the…
Albany
Greens pool and Elephant rock On the way to Albany we stopped off at Greens Pool and Elephant Rock. Dodging showers and freezing winds, we made our own coffee and ventured out to the Greens Pool lookout and down to…
Valley of the Giants
The main draw card for Walpole is where the Karri Forrests meet the ocean. Still dodging showers we headed on a loop drive, firstly to see the Giant Tingle Trees which only grow around Walpole area. There are 3 types…
Walpole
Our road trip from Margaret River to Walpole took us through Nannup, another town the Munda Biddi MTB trail goes through. This town had a Flower and Garden festival which finished a few days before we arrived, hence the beautiful…