Camping, photography and other ramblings
It’s December 19th and we’re driving south along the Kwinana Freeway when we’re over taken by a car with the number plate starting with “AU”. This is the regional registration identifier for Augusta, which is our destination, but is also Read More …
Things change. This year particularly so, as on our annual Chrissy camping trip to Augusta, Georgia was unable to join us as she’s now “out on the beat,” keeping us civilians safe, working as a Police Officer with W.A. Police. 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
2018 what a year! It started normally enough, kicking off with our annual, and now repeated, pilgrimage to Augusta for the 2017/2018 Christmas period. We then fell into the usual work/life routine, with of both the girls doing fantastic at Read More …
Everyone, and I mean everyone, we’d spoken to had said that the road to “The Tip” was shite. Really corrugated with large patches of bulldust etc… Well, we struck it lucky. Recently graded, there was probably a combined 40kms of Read More …
Much like scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef, visiting the Daintree Rainforest was bucket list item #2 for me on this trip. Alby Mangels and the Leyland Brothers excited me about travelling, Harry Butler taught me respect for our bush Read More …
Sir Bob Geldof isn’t the only bloke to ‘not like Mondays’, and as we progress into December and our annual Christmas camping trip gets closer, the anticipation rises as we start hanging out to spend a couple of weeks relaxing, Read More …
We’ve worked out that we’ve had our van coming up 30months now, and we’ve just completed trip 15, so once every 2 months we’ve been away (not sure where your dirty mind was taking you)… We’re pretty happy with that Read More …
Our very good friend Rodney is 50, old bastard that he is (I can say that because I’m younger)…. And to celebrate his oldness, a large bunch, some may call us a ‘gaggle’, of his friends and family gathered at Read More …
Twelve in a row, that’s how many years we’ve been going down to Augusta for our Christmas / New Years holiday break. Typically arriving Boxing Day, this year we tried something new and got down there on Christmas Day and Read More …
A short jaunt this trip, down to Molloy Island for two nights over a weekend to relax, share a beer with mates and do a little kayak fishing. However, my partner in crime, aka Jules, had other plans so it Read More …