Let me introduce you to my dog ‘Jada’, she is a ten year old Labrador with the most gorgeous personality. Recently we took Jada along on our ‘adventure of a lifetime’ on our six month tour circumnavigating Australia by caravan. We were a little apprehensive about taking her with us initially, but as it turned out…
We crossed the border into our home state of Queensland after leaving Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. The countryside was stark and barren with wide expanses of flat plains with little vegetation and a roadside that was littered with dead Kangaroos. Discovering Outback Queensland was a revelation. We found it to be largely affected…
Departing from the tropical ‘top end’ of The Territory we headed south on the Stuart Highway, also known as Explorer’s Way, through the centre of Australia. The landscape suddenly transformed from lush greens to red dirt and vast shrubby plains to rocky Spinifex covered tablelands. We soon realized that we were in the real ‘dinky die’ outback…
After touring the Victoria River region we arrived at the town of Katherine which is described as being the crossroads for travellers north, south and west and prides itself on being the ‘adventure’ capital of The Territory. It is situated on the Katherine River in the ‘top end’, 320 kilometres south-east of Darwin. Katherine boasts ten national parks and…
Known as one of Northern Territory’s premier fishing areas, the Victoria River region which encompasses Judbarra/Gregory and Keep River National Parks, is situated between Kununurra near the WA/NT border to the west and Katherine to the east. There are many off-road tracks to explore through diverse and ancient landscapes and many remote roads through stunning National…
We had a small taste of the Ningaloo Reef north of Carnarvon along the Quobba coastline and liked what we saw. However we did not realize that we were in for a treat once we travelled northwards to a little resort town called Coral Bay and then to the piece de resistance – Exmouth. Diving…
During our travels around this big wide country of ours, Australia, I have marveled at the ever changing spectacular landscapes out of the car windscreen. As we have meandered from state to state and town to town I have captured some of these dramatic changes in scenery with my camera through the car windscreen. Hence,…
Located about 300 kilometres south from Perth in the wonderful South West of Western Australia, the stupendous Southern Forests are home to many unique and iconic attractions and experiences. The region begins in the south east corner with the idyllic town of Walpole, towards the southern coast and the town of Northcliffe, then heads northwards…
The definition of Comfort Zone is “a behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk”. So why are we ‘stuck in a rut’, so-to-speak, and afraid to step out of our comfort zones…
For us East Coasters, Western Australia is as distant and as remote as another country. That is why many of us holiday in Bali, Phuket and Fiji, because it is a similar distance and a whole lot cheaper to travel to. Hence The West is unchartered waters for many Aussies. The ultimate Western Australia road trip…