Our Australia trip

It was nice to freshen up again and feel solid grass under your feet instead of the dirt of most free camp sites. While Marjo and Nossi drop off the key for the ablution block, Dotti and I drive the limousine (bus) to pick them up. Then we drive to see where we could have […]

Sheringa Beach didn’t feel right; the ocean was too strong to swim, the camping didn’t feel safe with locals coming and going and we didn’t want to leave the bus alone while being on the beach. I think Marjo and the dogs have enough of traveling so we are looking for a spot where we […]

As promised we went first to the beach in Sceale Bay. The water was really fresh and Marjo only marginally succeeded in luring the dogs in with her. But then they decided that it was too cold before midday and let her go by herself. For us the dip was nicely refreshing, certainly now the […]

Marjo had a sleepless night and we are wondering if it was the caffeine in the late coffee she had or the sheep that loudly bleating roamed the camping in the middle of the night. It was our last stay on the Nullarbor and looking back we do not have the best memories. Crossing the […]

That morning we left well rested, healthy like two rabbits (after all those carrots) and eager to conquer South Australia. The border is near Eucla and we were quite surprised to see that the quarantine inspection here is only for travelers from SA to WA. The inspection for WA to SA travelers is 500 km […]

Sunday morning at 8 am we were packed and ready. Overnight it had rained and was cold (so much for 40 degrees in the Nullarbor). I got the flat spare and rolled it to the mechanic. He was already briefed and told me that they couldn’t do split rims, so sorry and goodbye. I asked […]

The next day we were kind of tired and decided to go very slow. At around 11 am we decided to do the round the bus check and depart when Marjo noticed one of the back tyres being flat. Luckily they are double wheels (two on either side) but one wheel would give too much […]

We wanted to drive quite a bit today so left early, helped by the stinging ants that became so irritatingly active after the storm that standing still was impossible. Every time one of the dogs or we stood still, the little buggers climbed on our feet and stung. Luckily we had packed up most of […]

The forecast is for little wind and storms at night. With no wind the flies are horrible and seem to favour the side of the bus where we sit and where the door is. Great. So every time we open the door we have to hit ourself with a twig to get rid off the […]

Now we’re not too far from the ocean again, it feels only right to check out the beach. The coast here has many rocky parts, National Parks and sandy access roads (4WD only). So we decide on Manglinup that ticks all the boxes for us. About 20 km bitumen of the main highway plus 8 […]