Zeus and I trundled down to Kalgoorlie where I was a resident back in 20o2, in the wonderfully-named suburb of Lamington. En route I contacted Bec at the Kalgoorlie Miner to let her know about the Leonora ATM break-in so after a morning de-dusting the tent from the Menzies dust storm, I duly wandered in…
Little bit behind on the blogging so here’s an interim blog to keep the mojo going. Lake Ballard. 45 mins on dirt (but good dirt) road out of Menzies, home to the “Achievable Outback Cafe” which does the best coffee I’d had since…. Since… Like Exmouth. The campsite on the lake was beautiful – it’s…
Km travelled: 5908 WINS: Met Baz who has been building his Emu Export caravan castle since 1999 Met Lenni (Lynette) who packed up and sold her life in Melbourne and moved to Gwalia Decided Gwalia would be a great set for the next American Horror. Seriously LOSSES Not so much my losses but a but…
Kms travelled: 5265 WINS: Peace Gorge at Meekatharra turned out to be unexpectedly awesome Finally have set-up and pack-up down to a half-hour exercise Met the German Boomerang Champion and his Broome bicycle, helped him fix his email LOSSES: Zeus found two dead cats and took quite some convincing to leave them in situ Left…
(Yes that is an IKEA footstool in the picture and it has been the most useful thing I brought on this trip.) Kms travelled: 4344 Days on road: 30 WINS: The magnificent Paul at Automotive Maintenance Solutions spent two days working on the beloved Buzti Laroo and we are now BACK ON THE ROAD Albert…
Our regular program has been interrupted by this special presentation… If you find yourself stuck in Port Hedland for a period of time, I have investigated and can report back on the best way to spend a day in the hope that much like Bill Murray, living a perfect day might unlock escape from the…
KMs travelled: I’m too scared to turn on the car to find out. WINS: Dome in Port Hedland is HUGE and was happy to allow Zeus to wander all over the place this morning while I contemplated the series of life decisions that lead me to be stranded in Port Hedland The Swiss couple, Steve…
