So Mark & Linda, still in WA. Where are you currently?
Sunny Broome.
Been here for two months and loving it. Might even stay and see what the wet is all about before the Gibb River Road.
-- Edited by Mark on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 12:15:36 AM
Dunmowin said
04:50 AM Jul 10, 2013
Mr D and I today celebrated our 2 anniversary of being on the road. Since leaving Brisbane 2 years ago, we have travelled out to Birdsville, where we worked at the Birdsville Races, fished in the Diamantina River and caught our first yellow belly, worked on a 70,000 acre cattle station near Winton, driven trucks for the bean harvest in Bowen - all that in the first 6 months.
Following a quick and wet drive across NSW, we entered SA near Mildura, spent three months in the Flinders Ranges, while we worked at the Prairie Hotel in Parachilna, seen edacarian fossils in the ranges, driven the Ooodnadatta Track - and had a story published, travelled the length and breadth of the three main peninsulas - worked for Viterra for the grain harvest, did some casual work for a caravan park at Port Vincent, and after spending over 12 months in SA, we headed towards WA.
A nice drive through the Nullarbor earlier this year, a quick stint working in a caravan park in Kalgoorlie, squatting on friends land for a month in Esperance, and currently working at William Bay Country Cottages.....
Some bucket list items have been ticked: Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, swimming with the sea lions near Port Lincoln, A flight over a flooded Lake Eyre, The Great Australian Bight, Climb a sand dune in the Simpson Desert, drive the Eyre Highway (Nullarbor Plains)
Wow, all that in two years, and only just scratching the surface. We had a three hour lunch date at the Lakehouse Winery in Denmark today to celebrate.
the rocket said
05:03 AM Jul 10, 2013
well done. will have to catch up in the playground sometime. cheers.
herbie said
05:43 AM Jul 10, 2013
Congatulations on your two years on the road,and hope you have many more.
As you said you have not scratched the surface yet...same as us thirteen years and need another thirteen and just might ( I said just might ) see enough.But then again there is always that hidden gem some place that someone else has discovered and tells you about and off we will head once again.
Maybe we are doing some thing wrong, buy not being able to see all of Oz in three months like some people profess to do (not )
Regards Herbie.
Dunmowin said
05:52 AM Jul 10, 2013
Thanks Herbie and Rocket, Agree, you will never see everything, there is always another road to travel, you can't see and take it in the first time around, the plan is to draw on the map until we cannot see the original (ha ha) yes, there are some who profess to have "done" Oz in three months. they are the ones who suffer from white line virus. good luck to them, that is not how you experience our beautiful country.
Shogun said
06:54 AM Jul 10, 2013
Congrats on the 2 years Dunmowin and wow to Herbie..13 yrs that's amazing.
As I will be setting off within the next 6 months for who knows how long, it inspires me to see people like you out there for so long
Cheers
Brett
Mark said
07:01 AM Jul 10, 2013
Glad to here we are not alone, we've just done two years now and not got out of WA!!
What a life eh!! A bit of work and a bit of play, wonderful. My only regret............... we didn't do come to Australia sooner.
Dunmowin said
07:05 AM Jul 10, 2013
So Mark & Linda, still in WA. Where are you currently?
GaryKelly said
06:55 PM Jul 10, 2013
Yes, it is inspiring to read reports such as Dunmowin's and Herbie's. I figure 3 months is nothing, and now Herbie tells me even 13 years isn't enough!
mongrel said
07:19 PM Jul 10, 2013
I like your outfit Shogun .When it is time for me to buy our setup .my choice is the Optimum. Very nice unit indeed. Finally got the wife on side .It's now sorting out health issues that at this point in time stops us Alan.
Andrea said
02:54 AM Jul 11, 2013
I thought we'd covered quite a lot in our five years on the road but I think you've been further in two years, Lorraine, than we have in five - but isn't it a great lifestyle?!
Congrats on your anniversary, and on celebrating in such a fitting way.
Andrea & John
Shogun said
05:49 AM Jul 11, 2013
Thanks Mongrel
I pick it up early next week and then with a few trips this year for a couple of weeks then next year Im away :)
Mitch at Prestige Jayco Geelong have been fantastic and i would highly recommend him when you are in the market for one.
Sunny Broome.
Been here for two months and loving it. Might even stay and see what the wet is all about before the Gibb River Road.
-- Edited by Mark on Wednesday 10th of July 2013 12:15:36 AM
Mr D and I today celebrated our 2 anniversary of being on the road. Since leaving Brisbane 2 years ago, we have travelled out to Birdsville, where we worked at the Birdsville Races, fished in the Diamantina River and caught our first yellow belly, worked on a 70,000 acre cattle station near Winton, driven trucks for the bean harvest in Bowen - all that in the first 6 months.
Following a quick and wet drive across NSW, we entered SA near Mildura, spent three months in the Flinders Ranges, while we worked at the Prairie Hotel in Parachilna, seen edacarian fossils in the ranges, driven the Ooodnadatta Track - and had a story published, travelled the length and breadth of the three main peninsulas - worked for Viterra for the grain harvest, did some casual work for a caravan park at Port Vincent, and after spending over 12 months in SA, we headed towards WA.
A nice drive through the Nullarbor earlier this year, a quick stint working in a caravan park in Kalgoorlie, squatting on friends land for a month in Esperance, and currently working at William Bay Country Cottages.....
Some bucket list items have been ticked: Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, swimming with the sea lions near Port Lincoln, A flight over a flooded Lake Eyre, The Great Australian Bight, Climb a sand dune in the Simpson Desert, drive the Eyre Highway (Nullarbor Plains)
Wow, all that in two years, and only just scratching the surface. We had a three hour lunch date at the Lakehouse Winery in Denmark today to celebrate.
well done. will have to catch up in the playground sometime. cheers.
Congatulations on your two years on the road,and hope you have many more.
As you said you have not scratched the surface yet...same as us thirteen years and need another thirteen and just might ( I said just might ) see enough.But then again there is always that hidden gem some place that someone else has discovered and tells you about and off we will head once again.
Maybe we are doing some thing wrong, buy not being able to see all of Oz in three months like some people profess to do (not )
Regards Herbie.
Thanks Herbie and Rocket, Agree, you will never see everything, there is always another road to travel, you can't see and take it in the first time around, the plan is to draw on the map until we cannot see the original (ha ha) yes, there are some who profess to have "done" Oz in three months. they are the ones who suffer from white line virus. good luck to them, that is not how you experience our beautiful country.
As I will be setting off within the next 6 months for who knows how long, it inspires me to see people like you out there for so long
Cheers
Brett
Glad to here we are not alone, we've just done two years now and not got out of WA!!
What a life eh!!
A bit of work and a bit of play, wonderful.
My only regret............... we didn't do come to Australia sooner.
So Mark & Linda, still in WA. Where are you currently?
I thought we'd covered quite a lot in our five years on the road but I think you've been further in two years, Lorraine, than we have in five - but isn't it a great lifestyle?!
Congrats on your anniversary, and on celebrating in such a fitting way.
Andrea & John
I pick it up early next week and then with a few trips this year for a couple of weeks then next year Im away :)
Mitch at Prestige Jayco Geelong have been fantastic and i would highly recommend him when you are in the market for one.
Cheers
Brett
Tess