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« on: June 29, 2019, 06:42:05 AM » |
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Hi all, after 6 years in the UK freezing my bits off we came home to the sun. Couldn't make our mind up where to live so we did whats called "The Lap" , took us 12 months and around 36,000 klms { only around the coast , doing inland another time ].
Hope you are all well .
Dave
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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2019, 01:15:47 PM » |
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Wow, that's a hell of a roadtrip!
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2019, 02:25:05 AM » |
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Wow, that's a hell of a roadtrip!
yes , we only traveled around 4 to 5 hours a day as towing the van {2 tonne ] is taxing . This is the best way to see Australia as everthing is soooo far apart . My wife said she would never cross the Nullabor again by road . The price of diesel can be bad in remote areas ,$2.20 a litre in some places and using 12 to 15 litres per 100 klm . Dave |
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2019, 07:12:19 AM » |
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So how come you didn't say Hi when you was here in the UK skippy? Trying to make us envious of the sunshine  so was you just travelling the mother country or working? |
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2019, 09:03:47 PM » |
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What are the roads like? I always imagine Oz to be deserted & a desert. Are there many other people about or do you go all day without seeing anyone?
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2019, 12:39:17 AM » |
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What are the roads like? I always imagine Oz to be deserted & a desert. Are there many other people about or do you go all day without seeing anyone?
Hahaha , as for the roads mostly crappy bumpy and sealed . you still cant drive from Cains in Nth Queensland to Darwin without going on dirt . And yes some times might be hours before you see another car . But a lot of what we call grey nomads who are on the road permanently due to different reasons , and its winter so a lot of elderly folk head north for the sun so hundreds of caravans on the move constantly . I live about 3 hours nth of Sydney and its around 10 deg at night and up to 18 during the day , last year at this time we were in the Darwin and was 30's during the day , should have been there this year but the van is in being re sheeted as we got caught in a hail storm [ $23,000 in damages] so freezing our bits off at the moment lol . The pics are from a place called Horizontal falls in the northern most part of WA and you can only get there by sea plane , the high to low tide is a 11 metre change and it happens fast . the boat has 900 hp on it . I see you having a good summer for a change !! hope it lasts Dave |
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2019, 07:43:04 PM » |
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Wow!
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« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2019, 04:55:34 AM » |
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the high to low tide is a 11 metre change and it happens fast.
i should read what i type lol
the shot with the boat is us sitting still on the down side of the 2m drop , the other is the floating motel .
Dave
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2019, 08:55:04 AM » |
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Looks amazing.
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2019, 06:00:29 PM » |
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Can't imagine it, seems unreal even seeing that picture!
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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2019, 07:45:18 PM » |
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« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2019, 06:12:54 PM » |
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Can't imagine it, seems unreal even seeing that picture!
Yes, it made my eyes go funny too.  |
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