ROAD TRIP UPDATE As soon as I finished writing last week’s article, advising I was about to undertake an 8000km return trip to NSW to collect my new truck camper, I checked the weather forecast and … [Read more...]
TOURING TOWARDS TEX-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 23/1/2019
TOURING TOWARDS TEX Thirty two years ago I had a plan to leave Sydney and drive to Western Australia in the Holden V8, but my good lady Viv convinced me to put the car on the Indian Pacific, book a … [Read more...]
DODGING BULLETS-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 3/102018
DODGING BULLETS I have recently been engrossed in a book lent to me by Laurie Keene about Ned Kelly, written by Peter Fitzsimons, who is well known for his unique style of bringing Australian … [Read more...]
MAYHEM IN THE MUD-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 19/9/2018
MAYHEM IN THE MUD Viv started up a conversation with a lovely couple camped alongside us at Port Hedland who were keen to show me some of their photos from a recent incident at 80 mile beach. When … [Read more...]
MONTY- published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 21/8/2018
MONTY When you travel the state living six months or so in caravan parks, you see quite an array or different ‘rigs’. Caravanning and boating have one thing in common and that is whatever you get, … [Read more...]
ALWAYS SEARCHING-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 11/7/2018
ALWAYS SEARCHING We have been on the road for six days to get to Kununurra and once again took the Marble Bar road from Newman which bypasses Port Hedland. The main reason for taking this route was … [Read more...]