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Dec 1, 2012 - Day 7 Fraser Range Rest area to Eucla

After spending the night at the free camp at Fraser Range we left reasonably early as we were expecting a long day. Reached Balladonia at 9.10am, re fuelled and continued on stopping quickly at the Madura Pass and arrived at Mundrabilla around 4.30pm, re fuelled and continued on as we had a bit of washing that we needed to do and they did not have any laundry facilities. On arrival at Eucla we decided to stay at the Caravan Park so we could do our washing. There was about 20 other vans/travellers stopped as well. Most days we have found the...

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Nov 15, 2011 - Day 72 Eyre Highway, somewhere on the Nullabor Plain

We decided not to rush this morning, because we gathered that wherever we stop this afternoon will just be a rest area on the highway, better to arrive later this afternoon when we can just get dinner sorted and go to sleep. India was roaming the campground with her posse, so she was happy. The grey nomads love to hear you are crossing the Nullabor, all having done it about 16 times, we were given plenty of advice regarding the best places to stop along the way. The advice usually centered around whether the pit toilet had a wurly bird on...

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Oct 2, 2011 - Balladonia

Episode 4 of 5 – Nullarbor Plains Madura to Balladonia Balladonia is 1150kms from Dunsborough. We made another early start, mainly due to being in WA and now not having daylight saving. It now gets light at around 6:00am, whereas we have been used to it getting light much later. We soon left the Hampton Tablelands far behind and the terrain has returned to its former low scrub on both sides of the road. The traffic today is very light, which is probably due to it being a Sunday, and comprises mainly caravans and camper trailers, with the...

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Living the Dream

Mar 4, 2010 - Balladonia

To me, there was something very special about crossing the border over to Western Australia. On so many levels it was completely exhilarating. Having grown up in WA, I had my childhood memories there. So many of my extended family still lived there and there were wonderful reunions to be had in the days ahead. In the light of our Australia Tour, it was also a very long way from home, too far to turn back now. It signified a real ‘permanency’ to this travelling gig, and cemented my commitment to throwing myself into it whole and soul. This...

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Nov 15, 2009 - Day 117 – Kalgoorlie to Balladonia - The day of the roadtrain.

If it is possible I think we saw as many road trains today as we have on every other day of the trip combined. We were on the road for about four hours but it seemed like almost every other vehicle on the other side of the road was a road train. Two, three and four bogie versions, first on the Goldfields highway and then the Eyre highway. It was a daunting drive. Fortunately I had Al to do the last section of the drive for me when I was over dodging these monsters. This morning we hung around Kalgoorlie as it was Boulder market day. Boulder...

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