ExplorOz - David & Michelle

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West Coast Day 126 - Ningaloo Reef

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We woke up this morning in our own piece of paradise. We have been commenting on how this is really the first time we've felt "out bush"....

Created: 25 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4595

West Coast Day 125 - Ningaloo Reef

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We packed up this morning, much faster than the Adcocks with their camper-trailer, and so we took the time to do a few walks in the National Park. Thankfully,...

Created: 24 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4314

West Coast Day 124 - Ningaloo Reef

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Today we explored a little further south along the Ningaloo coastline and stopped at beautiful Turquoise Bay. As the name suggests the colour of the water is just an incredible, pretty blue....

Created: 23 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4142

West Coast Day 123 - Ningaloo Reef

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Because there are no water taps at any of the camp sites we had to be very careful with our water consumption. This was not the first time we'd had to do our washing up in the sea water but after ...

Created: 22 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 3965

West Coast Day 122 - Ningaloo Reef

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We planned to leave Exmouth today and start making our way down along the Ningaloo Reef. There is only one road down the western coast and it runs through the Cape Range National Park....

Created: 21 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4314

West Coast Day 121 - Exmouth

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We arrived at the dive shop and instantly received apologies and suggestions to sort out our mess. We were offered a full refund and then free dive on the Navy Pier at 2.30pm that day. In fact,...

Created: 20 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4024

West Coast Day 120 - Exmouth

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We did our shopping early but did not buy any meat as we planned to do some serious fishing later in the day and were expecting to leave Exmouth and head into the Cape Range National Park for some ...

Created: 19 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4078

West Coast Day 119 - Exmouth

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We left the camp ground at 7.45am this morning and were collected at the front gate by the dive shop bus service. Our gear was too heavy and bulky to take to the front gate so I had them drive ...

Created: 18 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 3816

West Coast Day 118 - Exmouth

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Finally, we drove to Exmouth today. It seems as if we have been travelling forever to get here. Both David and I have been longing to get to what we expected to be diving paradise....

Created: 17 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 3961

West Coast Day 117 - The Hammersley

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Our main reason for coming to Onslow was the reputed excellent fishing. We located the hot spots - Sunset Beach which really did look like a beautiful place to beach camp and had lots of shade but ...

Created: 16 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 3897

West Coast Day 116 - The Hammersley

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I'm going to blame Dorothy for choosing our next destination (they blamed me for choosing the worst camp ground at Port Hedland, so it's only fair)....

Created: 15 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4054

West Coast Day 115 - The Hammersley

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Yesterday afternoon Dorothy and I left the boys at camp, did the shopping, and visited the Tourist Office. We had intended to book us all on the morning tour of the Tom Price Hammersely Iron open ...

Created: 14 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 3997

West Coast Day 114 - The Hammersley

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The ranger didn't arrive until we had driven off but nabbed Dorothy and Rob. We thought we'd stop in at the visitors centre as suggested in the NP brochure....

Created: 13 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4763

West Coast Day 113 - The Hammersley

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Because we were able to explore Millstream yesterday we decided to move on to Karijini National Park. Again, we took the route via HI service road....

Created: 12 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4852

West Coast Day 112 - The Hammersley

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We headed out today along the Hammersley Iron Railway Service Road to Millstream National Park. The drive was really pretty as it cut through the mountain ranges and we took lots of video footage....

Created: 11 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4163

West Coast Day 111 - Pilbara Coast

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This morning we were disappointed to see that the tide was out even further than last night. We were surprised to see a number of vehicles arrive and we watched half a dozen people walk out across ...

Created: 10 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4150

West Coast Day 110 - Pilbara Coast

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Since the Adcocks had discovered that Clearverville was a no-go zone for us we drove on to Karratha. We stopped for petrol and shopping at the largest shopping centre in WA other than Perth....

Created: 09 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4329

West Coast Day 109 - Pilbara Coast

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Rob, David and I left the camp ground this morning in the 100 series to check out the so called, best fishing spot - under the bridge....

Created: 08 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4244

West Coast Day 108 - Pilbara Coast

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Port Hedland doesn't hold much in the way of interesting things to do. We did however, stop to watch as a large tanker left the port this morning....

Created: 07 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4126

West Coast Day 107 - Pilbara Coast

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We awoke this morning and thought it was time to move on. Glenn and Stacey had also packed up and were heading in the same direction although they were ready before we'd even started breakfast....

Created: 06 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4117

West Coast Day 106 - Pilbara Coast

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We were determined to catch a decent salmon today so we bought a large block of pilchards, which we shared with Glenn, and rigged up our gang hooks. The 5 of us (the 2 fishos, Glenn,...

Created: 05 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4201

West Coast Day 105 - Pilbara Coast

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Eighty Mile Beach is popular with fishermen who come from Port Hedland for some respite from the searing heat of the Pilbera and in search of king salmon....

Created: 04 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 5089

West Coast Day 104 - Pilbara Coast

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The trip from Broome to Port Hedland is 612km and we had heard that there is very little in between. At the Broome market however, we struck up a conversation with the local leather craftsman....

Created: 03 Nov 1998 01:00 Views: 4277

West Coast Day 103 - Broome

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We packed up our tent and trailer on Thursday and drove the 220km to Cape Leveque. The road was soft and sandy, but bright red. The trip took 2½ hours which wasn't too bad but it was hard ...

Created: 29 Oct 1998 01:00 Views: 5013

West Coast Day 92 to 98 - Broome

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Finally, the temperatures are back in the mid-30s and we are camping in our tent. We have a powered site so we bought a $15 fan to ensure we get some sleep....

Created: 22 Oct 1998 00:00 Views: 4810

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