Australia East Coast 2026
Day 1, July 4. Ocean Grove to Euroa: Our Independance day
Day 2, July 5. Euroa to Yass: Yass, Queen
Day 3/4, July 6/7. Umina Beach: Baker Boy is on Notice
Day 5/6, July 8/9. Jimmys Beach: Chasing Rainbows
Day 7/8, July 10/11. Sawtell: We're back baby!
Day 9/11, July 12/14. Broken Head: Whales, warm weather, wandering, wading, wow
Day 12/13, July 15/16. Dicky Beach: Teehee
Day 14/15, July 17/18. Coondoo Mountain Campout Festival. We got the music in us
Day 16/17, July 19/20. Hervery Bay. Not a whale of a time
Day 18/19, July 21/22. Tannum Sands. Memories are made once
Day 20, July 23. Yeppoon. If memory serves me... no it doesn't.
Day 21, July 24. Brandybottle. What a bottler!
Day 22/23, July 25/26. Bowen. The answer is Bowen in the wind
Day 24/25, July 27/28. Townsville, a tale of two towns
Day 26, July 29. Mission Beach. Adulting at a child free resort
Intermission: Mission almost impossible - Weekend at our place
Day 27/34, July 30/August 6th. Cairns. Let's get touristy
Day 35/41, August 7th to 13th. Newell (Port Douglas). The story of Larry and Dave
Day 42a Mission Beach. Failure to Launch.
Australia Half Lap 2024: West Coast
Day 1. Ocean Grove to Bendigo: ..and we are off again!
Day 2. Bendigo to Deniliquin: Crossing the first border.
Day 3. Deniliquin to Hay: We are here because we are here.
Day 4. Hay to Cobar: Gettin' to where we need to be.
Day 5. Cobar: You dig it?
Day 6. Cobar to Cunnamulla: Another line crossed.
Day 7. Cunnamulla: Still getting wet.
Day 8-9. Charleville: From Cunnamulla Man to Sgt Small
Day 10-12. Longreach: Flights of Fancy
Day 13. Winton: A place for old dinosaurs
Day 14/15. Cloncurry to NT: De ja vu.
Day 16/17. Banka Banka and Mataranka. De ja vu II.
Day 18/21. Katherine. So much water, so close to home
Day 22/25. Lake Argyle/Kunnanurra. Covering new ground.
Day 26/27. Wyndham. What have we done to Poseidon?
Day 28. Mimbi Caves. Death Defying.
Day 29/30. Derby / Birdwood Downs. Art for arts sake.
A Message for my sponsor.
Day 31/34. Broome. Sunset city.
Day 35/36. Pardoo Station. Strike a pose.
Day 37/39. Point Samson / Pilbara. Mine your business.
Day 40/41. Bullara Station. Al fresco showering.
Day 42/44. Exmouth. Underwater.
Day 45/47. Coral Bay. There are plenty of fish (and Manta Rays) in the sea.
Day 48. Carnarvon \ Quobba Blowholes. Not a lot of hot air.
Day 49/50. Monkey Mia. Dolphin central.
Day 51/52. Kalbarri. Lobster morning tea.
Day 53/55. Cervantes. Literally the Pinnacle of our trip.
Day 56/63. Fremantle. The boys are back in town.
Day 64. Hyden \ Wave Rock. Surf's up.
Day 65/67. Esperance. Beached.
Day 68/70. Nullarbor: Caiguna \ Eucla \ Nullarbor Roadhouse. Taking a bight.
Day 71/73. Ceduna. Time to Jetty-son.
Day 74. Whyalla. Why Indeed.
Day 75. Leasingham. Bubbly.
Day 76. Mildura. What tech meltdown?
Day 77. Ocean Grove. Home, Sweet Heated Home.
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Australia Half Lap 2022: East Coast
Day 1. ..and we are off
Day 2. An impressive structure
Day 3. Not 40 degrees
Day 4. Dish Day
Day 5. Track Day
Day 6. Why are the mountains sad?
Day 7/8. Remembering memories
Day 9. Missing an old mate
Day 10/11. This is where the rot started
Day 12/13. Wet Wet Wet
Day 14/15/16. Reality bites
Day 17/18. Sunshine Coast lives up to its name, sort of.
Day 19/20. There's another Torquay in Australia?
Day 21/22. Linda Burnett land
Day 23/24. Luxury
Day 25/26. Surprise
Day 27/28. Transplant
Day 29/30. Money town
Day 31/33. Small Van, Small world
Day 34/37. Just in time
Day 38. Missed it by that much
Day 39. No tigers here
Day 40. Hawks or Eagles?
Day 41/43. Clicking up the Ks
Day 44. Kitsch city
Day 45/46. Bitter and grumpy
Day 47/55. Darwin. Linda Birthday Extravangza: Too Hot to Trot
Day 47/55. Darwin. Linda Birthday Extravangza: The boys are in town
Day 47/55. Darwin. Linda Birthday Extravangza: Accommodation Disappointment
Day 47/55. Darwin. Linda Birthday Extravangza: Darwin Attractions
Day 47/55. Darwin. Linda Birthday Extravangza: Tim Minchin: Superstar
Day 56/59. On the road again.
Insight: Where to sleep when travelling.
Insight: Traveller Types.
Insight: How to talk to a traveller.
Day 60/62. Travelling Time.
Day 63/66. Alice, Alice, where the hell is Alice (accommodation?)
Day 67. Dead Center.
Day 68/69. The din just goes.
Day 70/72. Solid Rock.
Day 73. No charge.
Day 74/75. Sh*t hole.
Day 76/77. Middle of a sheep paddock again.
Day 78/81. Best laid plans.....
Day 82/83. Back in Danland.
Day 84/85. Almost done.
Day 86. These little travellers have made it all the way home.
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