Camping, photography and other ramblings
As has happened previously, we grabbed the camera to capture the moments of our New Years’ Eve celebrations. Which, despite some of the later pics looking pretty messy, was actually a relatively well-behaved evening. There were no excessive drunks but Read More …
Everyone that knows the Budgies, knows that we spend each summer holiday down at Augusta, in the South West of W.A. Like many families, you have those places which evoke good vibes and feelings. The place doesn’t have to be Read More …
Echoes of Willie Nelson singing “On the road again” permeate our being. Yep, Goldy our van is fixed and we’re off on its maiden voyage post ‘the big one’, back in August (read here in case you missed it). Not Read More …
Over 12months in the planning and preparation, anticipation high and we’re off! Thursday 29th July, Jules and I headed off on our long awaited 9week trip to Qld and back. Our long term travel buddy, Rod, had ordered a new Read More …
Yep, that’s right. This trip we headed off to the Big Apple, which all Sandgropers know, is Donnybrook, about 200kms south of Perth. Our long time camping buddy BJ recommended the Donnybrook Transit Park to us the other week and Read More …
A couple weeks back our youngest daughter Georgia had her 21st birthday and as part of her celebrations, she decided she wanted to go camping with our normal camping crew, down at Dryandra. Luckily for us, Dryandra is one of Read More …
This time last year we were reviewing 2019 and wondering what 2020 would bring. We were also just starting to hear snippets of news about a virus in China but, like most people assumed it would never impact us…. We Read More …
It so happened that Jules’ birthday fell on the same weekend that the guys had booked to stay at Molloy Island for a short fishing trip so we decided to tag along. Molloy Island Caravan Park sits on the banks Read More …
If you said Dryandra, then well done. Yep, with last weekend being a long weekend due to the Queens Birthday holiday, we took another quick trip down to the Woodlands. Taking the Friday off on annual leave, we shot down Read More …
With Spring now blooming with WA’s wildflowers, we decided to do another little long weekender down at Dryandra Woodlands. Dryandra has become a firm favourite spot of ours as it’s only 2hrs from home and also due to the variety Read More …
Leaving Gladstone Bay, Saturday 15/8, it was a leisurely 300km drive, made even more leisurely by the stupid number of caravans and motorhomes heading in both directions. We got stuck behind a cavalcade of five vans, so decided ‘when in Read More …
Our plan is to be at the Murchison River Homestead on Saturday 15/8 to meet up with the guys who are travelling back from Francois Peron. As we had a few days to kill after leaving our camp at Temple Read More …
Wind and dust! Sounds like a title to a Midnight Oil song, but that’s what we faced on our drive from Mt Augustus to Kennedy Ranges, some 270kms away. The wind seemed to get stronger and the dust thicker, at Read More …
With a few days planned at Mt Augustus, we decided to tackle the hardest challenge of the trip being the 12km return ascent to the summit, some 715 metres above the landscape it sits in. Setting off relatively early, it Read More …
Captains log, star date 5th August 2021. The state of Victoria is in stage 5 lockdown, Fatty Palmer is taking W.A. to court to make his life easier, but Mark Man o ’Steel McGowan is keeping us all protected from Read More …