Best Western Hospitality Inn - Carnarvon

We drove into town and as you come close to this place you notice a large Satallite dish (no longer in use now) It was used for the moon landing way back in the 60s and it was the first contact that Australia had that telecasted the man landing on the moon. Many Americans lived here for sometime running the place. they have now all left of course and Canarvon is a the place where 70% of WA gets it fruit and veg from now. It has a whole lot of farms here growing many different ...

Next stop was carnarvon, already have it sorted avoid buying petrol from road houses or small towns. There was feck all in Carnarvon to see or do but a good place to stock up on food and petrol. Took a look at the coast and the railway museum and set off for Coral bay passing through the Tropic of Capricorn on route.

#40 the dash!

28/10/09-01/11/09

c arnarvon

After our time in the Wild West we settle in for a few days of comparative luxury in little Carnarvon town. It's still quite windy and at times quite cool. When we checked in they said "you must have come from the north" in reference to the fact that alex and I were shivering and in jumpers - it was only 27 degrees!!! BBRRR!!!! But it’s lovely to have power and fresh ...

#39 the wild west

23-27/10/09

gnaraloo



They say this is the real thing, and they are not wrong. This landscape is where the desert meets the sea and it is rough, remote and desolate.

Gnaraloo is renowned for its surf, but it's now well past season and the wind is up so it’s mainly good for kite-boarding and windsurfing. Scott LOVES this place and is having a great ...

Sorry for not updating my blog regularly its been a very busy past week or so and I have spent days at a time with no phone signal or internet access. It makes you really appreciate civilisation when your away from it for so long at a time... Anyway, better late than never here it is!

Monday
Today I did my first piece of work for approximately 1 year! Needless to say it was ****ing awful... Spencer, Chris and myself were tasked with dismantling rides at a fairground, they were ...

We left Exmouth fired with enthusiasm for reefs and snorkelling and so stopped at Coral Bay, 140km to the south, for lunch and a swim. Carrie was feeling poorly, so while she snoozed on the lawns under a shady tree, Simon and the kids donned goggles and hit the crystal waters. Afterwards the road south took us over the Tropic of Capricorn, and thus we officially bid ...

... rough so I thought it best that we headed back out to closer to the entrance as we wanted to get an early get away and we didn't want to be boxed in.  When we found our parking spot for the night we saw that we must have driven a little too close to a tree and the rubber at the top of the van had been scraped and was broken nearly the length of the van.  Steve was up on the roof pretty quickly with the very handy gaffer tape and we now have grey tape along ...

It may seem like we are going backwards, but to leave Gnaraloo you have to go back the same way you went in so when you get to the turnoff you are only 12 km from Carnarvon. It is the obvious choice to restock and refuel for our next remote destination Warra Station. We decided at Gnaraloo to write a list of things we needed to make our travels more comfortable. As you can imagine the list was long. As soon as we got back to civilisation ...

We made it to Carnarvon we stayed at the Top Tourist Park for a night before we made the trip into Gnaraloo. It is a lot of organising as you need to take everything in with you, and we had booked for 2 weeks. I had a few things to get done for Qclick while I still had an internet connection so it all worked well.

Ryan and I free camped for a night just outside Carnarvon to save some cash and met Mum & Dad in Carnarvon just in time for the Saturday morning local farmers market. We spent a fortune on fresh fruit and veg at great prices and bought some spices and curry sauces from a local Indian lady who makes ...