He had spent six months poring over travel guides, buying a better map so he could see the smaller places and plot the Trip down to dates and places. He even had a spreadsheet set up which had been shared with family a few people we would visit. This was going to be a trip of a lifetime – first it was three months, then five months, then 8 months! … Read More »
We were still driving long distances between towns when you compare most other countries but less than 250 kilometres in a day was small fry for us now. Meekatharra marked the point when we started to feel much closer to home and, also, when we started to wonder why hadn’t we come out here before? We had now met quite a few other ‘senior’ travellers in similar circumstances to us,… Read More »
We thought we’d take our time returning south from Broome, drive manageable distances of 3 or 4 hours only per day. So with that in mind we stopped for the night at the Sandfire Roadhouse, about halfway to Port Hedland from Broome. It is an oasis in a harsh environment which was started in the 1980’s when the road was still unsealed and has been flattened by a number of… Read More »
It was crazy driving from Karratha to Broome in one day (750 kms) but a lot of people were doing it as the road seemed pretty busy. After only an hour or so in Broome town we felt at home – relaxed, tropical and humid as we celebrated our long day with a drink at Divers Bar next to the RAC caravan park where we were staying. It was like… Read More »
After 3 nights at the Monkey Mia resort it was off north to Carnarvon on day 8, already one week on the road. Even though we are in a chilled mood, one week seems to have slipped past quite quickly. Now we are past the 26th parallel and in a much dryer climate the vegetation has changed quite dramatically. Although there is some rain at this time of the year… Read More »
We finally made it! Nearly six months after abandoning our long-planned North American adventure to the ravages of the covid-19 curse we have started travelling again. This journey to discover more of our home state outside of the cosy comfortable south-west corner was the only substitute trip we could manage without 14 days quarantining or placing ourselves at risk. So, we are one sixth into the road trip, that is… Read More »
I have for many years now been reading and talking about sustainability and seeing my students take that out into the world in many different ways, using their passion to find new ways of doing things and having different conversations – breaking down silos, being wholistic big picture, lateral thinkers. It’s the old adage, if we keep trying to do or think about things in the same way, we will… Read More »