The drone
In preparation for an upcoming trip, we invested in a DJI Air 3 drone. The rationale is, that we’ll be camping in some awesome parts of Australia and the drone will allow us to capture pics from another perspective. So Read More …
Trip 43 – “N” stands for New Year’s Eve
This year’s theme for our 2023 New Year’s Eve was to pick a costume based on the first letter of your name. The Augusta weather was reasonably forgiving this year, a little cool, but the wind managed to drop off Read More …
Trip 43 – CHICKEN CURRY!!
It’s the end of the year when the Budge family pack our bags, load up Goldy and migrate south to Augusta for our annual Christmas camping holiday. Like most Augusta trips, someone, typically Rod, says or starts something stupid, and Read More …
Trip 42 – Farewell old friend
Poor old Goldy has been consigned to the shed for the last 6 months due to work commitments not allowing us to get away. But this trip is special. Our good friend Owie passed recently and he requested his ashes Read More …
Family and downtime
My sister is old. Yep, she and Scott, my bro in law, both turned 50 this year and to celebrate they held a combined 100th Birthday Party. Due to COVID and other things, Jules and I had not seen Max Read More …
Trip 41, days 4 & 5 – Helena and Aurora Ranges
The following blog post was written by OpenAI (https://chat.openai.com/) using a small number of dot points I gave it about our recent camping trip. As a test, I wanted to see how it’d go at writing a post using just Read More …
Trip 41, day3 – Helena and Aurora Ranges
The following blog post was written by OpenAI (https://chat.openai.com/) using a small number of dot points I gave it about our recent camping trip. As a test, I wanted to see how it’d go at writing a post using just Read More …
Trip 41, day2 – Helena and Aurora Ranges
The following blog post was written by OpenAI (https://chat.openai.com/) using a small number of dot points I gave it about our recent camping trip. As a test, I wanted to see how it’d go at writing a post using just Read More …
Trip 41, day1 – Helena and Aurora Ranges
The following blog post was written by OpenAI (https://chat.openai.com/) using a small number of dot points I gave it about our recent camping trip. As a test, I wanted to see how it’d go at writing a post using just Read More …
Trip 40 – part 2 – New Years’ Eve 2022
As has become a bit of a tradition down at Augusta, New Years’ Eve was held at our campsite again, this year with a theme of ‘Smarty Party’! The premise was that everyone was randomly assigned one of the above Read More …
Trip 40 – part 1 – A lot of not much
It’s that time of the year again when the Budge clan pack up our stuff and head south for cooler climes and Christmas cheer. Over the years, we’ve managed to extend and accumulate more days for our site and this Read More …
Trip 39 – Molloy Island with BJ
Our mate BJ loves Molloy Island Caravan Park. So much so that he’d booked himself a month down here over November and all his mates are popping down at various times to spend some time with him. So, with a Read More …
Trip 38 – Bolinda Vale
The girls had picked this weekend to go camping as it fit uni commitments, but with the dog in tow, we needed somewhere dog-friendly and close as we only had a few days for a quick trip. Georgia lucked across Read More …
Trip 37, part 4 – Giralia Station
At the bottom of the Exmouth Gulf, 130km south of Exmouth, lies Giralia Station, our next stop for the final week of our holidays. Established in 1888, the original lease encompassed an area of 2,047 square kilometres and was used Read More …
Trip 37, part 3 – An experience not to be missed
Whilst discussing and planning our Exmouth trip, I had considered taking up my scuba gear for a dive or two. In the end, opting to leave the heavy and bulky kit at home and to use hire gear if I Read More …