Trip 37, part 2 – Exmouth
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 …
Category: Travels
Trip 37, part 1 – Heading North
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 …
Trip 36 – 9, 10 and 11!
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 …
Trip 35 – Rex and Bushy’s photography adventure
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 …
Trip 34, part 2 – New Years Eve 2021!
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 …
Trip 34, part 1 – Annual migration south
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 …
Trip 33 – Back on the road again!
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 …
The trip you have when you can’t do your trip – part 2
As per the classic Cold Chisel song, we’re “back in Bow River” barring this being our first visit, but here we are at Waalitchup Farmhouse in Bow Bridge, approx. midway between Denmark and Walpole. A working beef and aquaculture farm, Read More …
The trip you have when you can’t do your trip – part 1
If you follow our blog, you’ll know our recently planned caravanning trip from Perth to Qld lasted all of 1day, with only 150 of the 15,000kms completed. Read here for more info if interested. Well, what to do with two Read More …
Trip 32 – Sucks to be us :-(
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 …
Trip 31 – The Big Apple!
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 …
Trip 30 – Happy 21st Georgia!
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 …
Trip 29 – 2020, what a year
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 …
Trip 28 – Happy birthday Jules!
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 …
a retrospective – Peacock Jumping Spiders, October 2014
Bushy, Craig and I spent a day back in 2014 looking for our first Peacock Jumping Spider, eventually finding a couple, Maratus Speciosus, in some coastal bushes not far from the Pinnacles.