Arriving into Exmouth, the first priority was to restock food, water, gas, fuel then grab the obligatory coffee. We also had a heap of things to collect from the post office, mainly warranty returns (amazing how much stuff can’t cut the mustard being actually used!!)…

Back in a town, we had the choice of a few caravan parks, my favourite place to be! One was doing a deal of ‘stay 4, pay for 3’…not really wanting to hang around we were hesitant to commit. That as it may, it was late in the afternoon by the time we got to Carnarvon and knowing the re-stocking / re-fuelling / washing takes a full day, that was 2 nights gone already. We’d also got the exciting task of….

After making firm friends in Oakabella with ‘Little Aussie Adventurers’ and ‘We’re On Our Way’ (we all travel with our Insta account names!), we started a travelling road train and the 3 families, 6 adults and 8 children, began to head North. We decided to exit Australia for a bit. “How can you exit Australia when you’re inland in such a large country?” I hear you cry…

We were all excited about being back on the road and camp for the night bought us back with a bump into travel mode… a road side pull off with road trains thundering past, but it was free so perfect! Next morning, we made our way to Lancelin to do some long tardy homework, under much protesting, before heading to the snow-white dunes for a quick play and for the kids to fill every nook n cranny with said sand.

It was quite exciting in a strange kind of way to be back in a house. Such a treat having ALL THIS SPACE! With the last 4 months living in a container 4.5m x 1.5m, a 5-bedroom house seemed like a castle! The kids could splash in a bath, we could shower without turning off the water between soaping up and rinsing, a washing machine on hand, not 1 but 2 ovens, a bedroom each if we wanted and for all this luxury (we are now accustomed to the simple things in life)…

Sid’s camp is a great spot. Nestled amongst the surrounding forests close to Northcliffe, it’s a great place to base yourself to explore the area. Its also super-cheap with the bush traveller in mind. Sid used to be a park ranger and way back when a group of Land...

A quick look at WikiCamp revealed Cosy Corner as the nearest free camp to base ourselves for a few days exploring the area around Albany. We arrived late in the day as we took the opportunity to restock in Albany and there was only one site remaining, but it was a...

As we left Norseman in the dark, we passed a sign warning road users of the obligatory kangaroos, then emus, then horses..! Gulp. I certainly didn’t want to have an unexpected interaction with a kangaroo, let alone a horse..! Lexi, who picks up instantly on any hint of a concern asked what was wrong… “nothing dear”, as we narrowly missed an Owl, then thud a small bird bounced off the windscreen… this was going to be fun drive!