Month: June 2010
Driving the Nullabor
DAY ONE We left Esperance a little later than expected as we had to get one of our headlight bulbs replaced. Thanks to the BMW call centre, we were able to locate a local place that would have the right part. The first part of our trip to Norseman followed the railway line and passed […]
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Esperance
Our trip to Esperance was uneventful and across interesting country. We travelled a little faster than our previous days as there were not as many places to visit on the way. One place however, was Bremer Bay, which our Lonely Planet Guide told us was a popular place for whale watching. We travelled the 60 […]
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We left Margaret River by 8.00 am on Monday and headed south to Albany. It was difficult driving for the first hour or so as we were facing into the low sun, but one unintended benefit was that the sun highlighted lots of spider webs on the roadside fences and bushes. At one place, we […]
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Margaret River
Our trip from Perth to Margaret River took us through a number of interesting places. South through the new suburbs to Mandurah showed us just how much Perth is growing and how significant this southern corridor is in this growth. A wide freeway with a railway line in the centre took us south through an […]
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Perth
We left Geraldton early on Thursday morning and took our time traveling back to Perth. We had the whole day available, so we took our time and stopped frequently to admire some of the wildflowers that were growing by the roadside. We are clearly far too early for the magnificent rush of flowers that cover […]
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Geraldton
We arrived in Perth almost on time yesterday morning. I think that to be just 5 minutes late and after 4300 kilometres is really good. The train crew told us that it would take 40 minutes to unload the cars, but we had a frustrating wait of over an hour before our car cam off. […]
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On the Nullabor
Now that we are in South Australia, and the track is much smoother, it was easier to sleep and much more comfortable last night. We were wakened this morning by the train crew with a cup of tea in bed and then it was up for a quick shower and off to breakfast. By then, […]
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Adelaide
We enjoyed our day traveling from Broken Hill and the time seemed to go quickly. The country side changed along the way from arid salt bush country near Broken Hill to green grass around the pastoral area of Peterborough and extensive market gardens just north of Adelaide. Just before arriving in Adelaide, we stopped in […]
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Arriving in Broken Hill
Well, after a very bumpy ride overnight which made sleeping very difficult, we arrived in Broken Hill at 6.40 this morning. It was very cold (1.8c) and I decided to walk along the platform and count the number of carriages on the train. This turned out to be difficult to do as the train was […]
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Leaving Sydney on the Indian Pacific
Our train left Sydney this afternoon at 2.55 pm. We spent a day in Sydney yesterday doing some shopping and then had a wonderful dinner with Jill & Derek King and Graham & Janice Chalkely who we met on our Rhine River Cruise. Jill made a wonderful meal and we chatted until quite late before […]
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Katoomba
Thursday saw us driving to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains so that we could have a look at some of the rugged scenery in that area. We hadn’t been up that way for many years. There is a lot of roadwork tailing place on the road up through all the Blue Mountain towns such as […]
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A Day in Sydney
I finished my work in Sydney on Wednesday and filled in some time at Milsons Point taking some photos across the harbour to the opera house. I also walked across the bridge towards the city to take a few pictures. We are obviously in a time when we need security guards everywhere as I found […]
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