Melbourne

Melbourne 23 February – 2 March 2018 At the end of the week we reached our final destination down under: Melbourne. That meant it was time to sell our car! At first our plan was to completely clean out the car over the weekend and take photos for an online ad. But during the week…

The Great Ocean Road(works)

Great Ocean Road 20-22 February 2018 Before we could start driving down the B100 along the coast from Warrnambool, better known as The Great Ocean Road, we had the car to take care of. The date of our flight back home was getting pretty close now, so we had to start preparing to sell it…

Southern South Australia and the Grampians

Coorong National Park, Mount Gambier, Grampians National Park 18 – 20 February 2018 South of Adelaide We woke up at Lake Albert Caravan Park to a very overcast and greyish day, and started driving along Coorong National Park, which basically is one hell of a big saltwater lagoon that stretches on for 130 km. That…

Adelaide

Adelaide, Barossa Valley, Mount Barker, Meningie 14 – 17 February 2018 After another long and hectic day we drove into Adelaide, right into the late afternoon traffic. Oh, how much I miss driving in the outback! You could just fall asleep behind the wheel and nothing would happen, but the cities are way too busy….

Northern South Australia

Nullarbor Plain, Baird Bay, Port Augusta, Lake Hart, Warren Gorge, Alligator Gorge 9-14 February 2018 Nullarbor After we crossed the border into South Australia, we set our clocks forward 2.5 hours and made sure to stop at the sign welcoming us to the state. This has become somewhat of a thing for us, even though…

From Albany to the Nullarbor

Albany, Porongurup NP, Stirling Range NP, Esperance, Nullarbor, WA/SA Border 5 – 9 February 2018 Albany So, the last post ended with us driving into Albany, where there were a few things we needed to do. 1) Groceries, 2) K-mart, to buy new camping chairs (jep, broke those again) and 3) a surf shop to…

The Rainbow Coast

Pemberton, d’Entrecasteaux NP, Walpole, Denmark, Albany 3-5 February 2018 Pemberton From the Margaret River Region we took a beautiful drive through the woods to Pemberton. Pemberton is located in a beautiful area, but we didn’t have too much on our list to do here. We went into the local visitor centre where we met the…

The Margaret River region

Busselton, Leeuwin-Naturaliste NP, Margaret River, Augusta 30 January – 3 February Busselton and the north of the region Back on the road again, we drove for a few hours to Busselton. Here they have a 1.8 km long jetty sticking out into the ocean, which we walked along for a while before checking into a…

Back down under!

Perth, Boyup Brook 12-30 January 2017 We’re back! Surprising our family and friends back home was amazing and we’re incredibly happy that we went home for the holidays to see everyone, but now we’re back in Australia to finish our travels here. Unfortunately, two days before our flight back to Perth we received an email…

Surpriiiiiise!!!

The Netherlands December 2017 Surprise, we’re home! At the beginning of December we secretly flew back to the Netherlands in order to surprise our friends and family and spend the holidays back home. What a change, from wearing shorts and sweating down under (both meanings of that phrase apply here) to walking through the snow…

Perth and Rottnest Island

Perth, Rottnest Island 28 Nov – 2 Dec 2017 Before the start of our next job in the Margaret River area we had some time to do a bit of sightseeing. Since we raced through Perth the first time, we decided to drive back up and spend a few days in the city, where we…

We’re doing vine!

Boyup Brook 14 Oct – 27 Nov Yes, yes, yes! We found work! After searching for a job for weeks it was finally time to replenish our depleted Australian bank account with some good old physical labour on a vineyard near Boyup Brook, south of Perth. It was simple work, pruning grapevines and lifting wires,…