Camping, photography and other ramblings
With a hockey bye coinciding with a long weekend, we decided — somewhat last-minute — to take a trip. And yes, we opted for one of our favourite locales: Dryandra. Having worked a bunch of extra hours recently, I took Read More …
This year’s Easter and ANZAC Day public holidays provided the perfect opportunity to take three days’ annual leave to get a ten-day break. Although we took four days to ensure we missed the mass exodus on Easter Friday, getting away Read More …
Our period of extended leave is rapidly approaching its end, with work back on the agenda from early Jan ’25… 🙁 We did, and could continue to, get used to this life of luxury, where an alarm did not set Read More …
Saltbush plains give way to rolling farmland gradually increasing in texture and depth. Verdant green fields shot with new seed contrast against the heavily clouded blue and grey sky. Breathe The rolling farmland builds in stature to low hills with Read More …
SPOILER ALERT – Jules and I have an 8-month holiday coming up in a couple of weeks! Yep, that’s right, we’re off work and hopefully enjoying life from mid-May through to mid-Jan’25. “How”, you ask. Well grab a cocoa, settle Read More …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
It’s good to be back in Exmouth and feels very familiar, despite it being nearly 10 years since we were last here. We expected there to be more change, however, the town still feels the same, with many of the Read More …
After spending the recent WA Day long weekend camping at Dryandra where the overnight temperature dropped to 2C, a week later and we’re heading North, to warmer climes. With three weeks to spend, our itinerary was a week at Gladstone Read More …
Georgia has started a new tradition which celebrated its second occurrence this past long weekend. Camping at Dryandra!! Last year it was for her 21st birthday, this year it was just ‘because we love it’. BJ, Jules and I headed Read More …
After a change in my Easter holiday plans, I found myself with leave booked but nowhere to go. So, a couple of calls later and I had a travelling mate, the intrepid Bushy (aka Dean). We decided to take a Read More …