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posted by Kiwi_go_round
location: Elliston, Australia
June 6, 2010
We were back on the road by 0930 and before long had crossed the SA quarantine check point and reached the port town of Ceduna.  Quite a pleasant town with the largest obvious indigenous population we have seen since Geraldton.  We took a dri...
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Walkers Rocks coastline from 'Walkers Rocks Reserve 04/06/2010 - 05/06/2010'
posted by Kiwi_go_round
location: Ceduna, Australia
June 3, 2010
Midnight… the ghostly howl of a dingo very close to the caravan brought us to our senses.  Shortly thereafter another four or five joined in all seemingly placed around the van with one playing the lead with its yip yip yapping and the othe...
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The real Nullarbor Plain from 'Koonibba Rest Area 03/06/2010'
posted by Kiwi_go_round
location: Eucla, Australia
June 1, 2010
With it quite cool in the mornings we had taken the trouble when we stopped the night before to try and align the van so that when the sun rose it would shine in on our bed come morning.  As luck would have it we got it pretty well right but unfor...
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Najada Rest Area from 'Najada Rest Area (Nullarbor) 01/06/2010'
posted by Kiwi_go_round
location: Norseman, Australia
May 30, 2010
After topping up the van tires we were off heading north towards Norseman.  The roadside scenery consisted of huge wheat growing fields dotted with lots of small lakes (ponds), something quite characteristic of the Esperance area generally.  ...
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Norseman the Norseman nag from 'Norseman East Rest Area 30/05/2010'
posted by Kiwi_go_round
location: Esperance, Australia
May 29, 2010
Brrrr – a chilly 3 degrees in the van come morning at Quagi Beach (according to our Gembrook calibrated thermometer).  We continue to be surprised at how cold it can get considering our current latitude is supposedly closer to the equator th...
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Esperance West Beach from 'Esperance Caravan Park 29/05/2010'
Excellent climb to the top from 'Pines Campground Kosciuszko National Park 28/10/2009 – 29/10/2009'
Two Tawny Frogmouths sitting side by side (zoom into the middle of the pic to see them!) from 'Port Douglas, Cairns etc'
Picture from 'Guam and Palau Easter 2009'
Picture from 'Guam and Palau Easter 2009'
Lock 10 from 'Mildura – Desert City Caravan Park 10/11/2009 – 12/10/2009'
Central electric from 'Buffalo Road Rest Area 16/05/2010'