ExplorOz - David & Michelle

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Southern Coastline Day 202 - Adelaide to Melbourne

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Since leaving Adelaide on Saturday 6th February we have stayed at some small towns namely Wellington, Boggy Lake, Kingston SE, Robe and today we arrived at Mt Gambier where we are bush camping at ...

Created: 10 Feb 1999 01:00 Views: 8821

Southern Coastline Day 206 - Melbourne to Sydney

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We finished our touring with a quick look at Bells Beach, Torquay before driving right through Melbourne and out towards the East coast....

Created: 14 Feb 1999 01:00 Views: 8551

Southern Coastline Day 175 - Rockingham to Esperance

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Lake Jasper is rather unique and apparently attracts ski boats, windsurfers and fishermen (although we couldn't imagine how they'd get the boats in these tracks)....

Created: 14 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5978

Southern Coastline Day 176 - Rockingham to Esperance

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David sensed that I was a little miffed at not being able to complete the tree climb yesterday and so we drove to another climbing tree in the Pemberton region to have another shot....

Created: 15 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5817

Southern Coastline Day 177 - Rockingham to Esperance

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DAY 177 Saturday 16th January 1999 After going to all the fuss of getting to this great spot, we didn't rush to leave. We headed back out the same sandy track,...

Created: 16 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5930

Southern Coastline Day 178 - Rockingham to Esperance

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We awoke to an overcast day, which was very disappointing. There was also a light 5 knot southerly blowing which didn't hold much promise of a good sailing day....

Created: 17 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5785

Southern Coastline Day 179 - Rockingham to Esperance

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Today was to be our last day in Albany so we drove around the tourist routes to see "Natural Bridge" and "The Gap" and the "Blowholes" in the Torndirrup National Park....

Created: 18 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5695

Southern Coastline Day 180 - Rockingham to Esperance

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Leaving Albany today we dropped into the dive shop to collect a Dive Log Australasia (a free publication that often publishes articles and letters we submit)....

Created: 19 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 6117

Southern Coastline Day 181 - Rockingham to Esperance

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Before leaving the Stokes Inlet we drove out to the inlet itself which we couldn't quite see from our camp site. The inlet hasn't been opened to the sea for 9 years but due to the floods ...

Created: 20 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5908

Southern Coastline Day 182 - Rockingham to Esperance

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This morning we were still feeling unsatisfied with the events of yesterday's diving fiasco so we drafted the above letter to Dive Log and then went into town to find the local telecentre....

Created: 21 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5760

Southern Coastline Day 183 - Rockingham to Esperance

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During the evening we had composed the letter that we would mail to the dive shop and copy to the Chamber of Commerce. We had a bit of banking and shopping to do in town so we printed off a few ...

Created: 22 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5803

Southern Coast Day 184 - Esperance to Adelaide

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This morning we were packed up and ready to leave early to give us plenty of exploring time through the National Parks of Cape Le Grand and Cape Arid....

Created: 23 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 6225

Southern Coastline Day 185 - Esperance to Adelaide

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We woke up this morning to a small gift left by our bizarre friends. We didn't see them again even though we spent most of the day on the beach windsurfing....

Created: 24 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 6406

Southern Coastline Day 186 - Esperance to Adelaide

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We still had a lot to explore in the Cape Arid National Park so leaving the trailer in the camp ground we visited nearby Poison Creek and Jorndee Creek - all great sites....

Created: 25 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 6900

Southern Coastline Day 187 - Esperance to Adelaide

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We did not see another car all day again until we reached the township of Balladonia on the Eyre Highway, which is just a Roadhouse....

Created: 26 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 6408

Southern Coastline Day 188 - Esperance to Adelaide

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Last night we pulled off the road at a Parking Bay and noticed a track leading out the back and a sign for Nuytsland Nature Reserve and the symbol for a gas cooker....

Created: 27 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 8595

Southern Coastline Day 161 - Perth to Rockingham

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The wind blew all through the night and kept us awake with visions of being able to go windsurfing in the morning. Sure enough, at 10am when we made it to Safety Bay we found at least 30 people ...

Created: 31 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 6203

Southern Coastline Day 162 - Perth to Rockingham

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NEW YEAR'S DAY After a breakfast of berroca and strawberries we went to Safety Bay to windsurf. We were the first sailors to arrive but the wind was definitely blowing hard....

Created: 01 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5012

Southern Coastline Day 163 - Perth to Rockingham

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After yesterday's catapault we went to the Safety Bay windsufing shop (Seabreeze) and bought David a set of harness lines that were his length. He had been using a spare set of mine,...

Created: 02 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 4922

Southern Coastline Day 164 - Perth to Rockingham

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We've been wanting to go to Rottnest Island but with the wind being so strong conditions are not favourable for the trip over on the ferry....

Created: 03 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5008

Southern Coastline Day 165 - Perth to Rockingham

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We helped Ninka and Fife purchase snorkel and mask sets this morning and then went in search of a calm place to go snorkelling. We took them to Pt Peron but there was too much weed and the wind ...

Created: 04 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 4984

Southern Coastline Day 166 - Rockingham to Esperance

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We said goodbye to our friends Ninka and Fife and took 3 hours to pack up this morning - our longest on record so far! I think it’s the first time we've had so much out of the trailer and so much ...

Created: 05 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5203

Southern Coastline Day 167 - Rockingham to Esperance

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It took us 3 hours to get organised this morning for diving but when we were ready it was a beautiful calm day down at the Busselton Jetty. The jetty is 2 kms long and no vehicle access is allowed....

Created: 06 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5087

Southern Coastline Day 168 - Rockingham to Esperance

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Today's the day we dived the Swan - a purpose sank diving wreck of a Navy frigate in 30m of water off Cape Naturaliste in Geographe Bay. It was a big day starting at 7.30am returning at 1.30pm....

Created: 07 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5188

Southern Coastline Day 169 - Rockingham to Esperance

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We didn't have much of an idea where we'd end up today but our first stop was the Yungarra Estate winery, one of the first of the Margaret River area wineries after leaving Dunsborough....

Created: 08 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5271

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