Ochre Pits Northern Territory
Ochre Pits Northern Territory The Ochre Pits are a very popular tourist destination located 100kms west of Alice Springs. They contain several layers of multicoloured rock that range from White, brown, yellow to a vibrant crimson red. It is a beautiful to see. The Ochre has been mined for...
The many faces of Quobba
Quobba The many faces of Quobba, an absolute gem 60ks North of Carnarvan! A beautiful sandy beach with camping allowed behind sand dunes is enjoyed by campers and fishermen, with a safe haven for small fishing boats. Just a few hundred metres North, the rugged coastline of very unusual...
Carnarvan
Caranavan On to Carnarvan, a very important communications base for the USA’s landing on the moon back in 1969. Relays were received from the spaceship in Carnarvan and then relayed to America. The base was also used as the first satellite link between Australia and Britain also in the...
World War 2 and Exmouth
World War 2 and Exmouth The inside coastline near Exmouth was used as training grounds for the attack on the Japanese at Singapore. Relics from this time have been set up as a memorial of that very successful campaign. Share this...FacebookTwitterPinterestStumbleUponLinkedinemail...
Awesome walks around Australia – Part 1 The Overland Track
Awesome walks around Australia – Part 1 The Overland Track So you have your Jayco Ballarat Caravan and you are heading off on your trip, not content to sit idly in Caravan Parks? Then we have a list of some great walks around Australia guaranteed to get you out...
Seamen’s Mission – Port Hedland
Seamen’s Mission – Port Hedland We had the good fortune to go out on the “Seamen’s Mission” launch for a tour of the harbour. Thoroughly recommend this wonderful experience. The Mission has a launch that it uses to take crew members off the boats who would like to go...
Caravan Park Port hedland
Caravan Park Port hedland Caravan parks book out very quickly here and the shire council opens up the parking area at racecourse when the parks are full. Toilers and water are available and the cost is FREE! This is a win win situation, because people are allowed to stay...
Port of Port Hedland
Port of Port Hedland Leaving the beautiful remote beaches of the North West, we arrive at the busy port of Port Hedland. Salt and iron ore are the main exports. The fluctuation in tides is still quite huge here. The enormous port of Port Hedland has facilities to cater...
Celebrating 70th birthday in style.
Celebrating 70th birthday in style. Celebrating 70th birthday in style, at 80 Mile Beach, then onto Pardoo station There is no better place to celebrate your 70th birthday than on a working Cattle station, Pardoo station covers 500,000 acres (2023 square kms), its home to approx 7000 head of cattle But...
Parry Creek Park and hello Gibb River Road.
Parry Creek Park and hello Gibb River Road. After leaving Kununurra, we headed towards Wyndham, on our way to the Gibb River Road. Preferring to stay at a lovely bush caravan park on a lagoon on Parry’s Creek. The area is known as Parry’s Lagoon, and is a series...