Remember a time, long, long ago, in far, far away lands when we were allowed to do a thing called travel? When state/territory borders were merely a photo opp and quarantine was something we only heard of watching Border Patrol on the TV?
To be honest, its a little creepy to the final words of our last blog in July 2019..... I know, this blog is a long one, thanks for reading it, and at the very least we hope the pics inspire you to explore your own back yard and beyond - its a magical country out there. Its like some weird prediction of things to come.....
Sending our love to all those who have been affected financially, mentally, physically and emotionally, and lets face it, on some level, weve all experienced some kind of trauma during this past 18 months. To our Vic & NSW friends and family we hope youre hanging in there, that your friends, family, neighbours are doing the right thing and this new normal can be something you
Last time we blogged all those years ago in 2019 we had been schlepping about in Darwin (heading in the general direction of WA) to see where the wind blew us - well, for those interested in the nuts n bolts read on, for those after a pictorial update theres plenty of pictures for you to enjoy as always (129 pics in fact!). Now, how to condense 2 years of life into some kind of footnote.......I guess just start where we left off......
From Darwin our next major town stop was Broome where we took in the tastes, sights, blue water and tropical feel of this wonderful oasis, catching the stairway to the moon once again, and we FINALLY made it up to stunning Cape Leveque, where a real highlight was a delightful lunch at the pearl farm. We had been the entire time in Darwin and beyond, and while up in Cape Leveque we applied for and got offered a job in the lower reaches of WA, in Denmark. This was also to be caravan park work, and as wed been there many times before, we knew it was also a
stunning (wine!) region too. The job wasnt to begin for months so, we decided to keep looking in case something a bit closer came up, that we could start asap. There were plenty of jobs in Broome, but was too hard to find or too expensive, so we kept heading down the coast, visiting all the places, such as Pardoo, that we couldnt get into with Boris the Bus.
In Karratha we managed to catch up with our friends Carolyn & Donna, who had gotten married since wed last seen them - yassss!, whom we met when housesitting for them in Stanthorpe back in 2016. Then onwards down the coast, where we took another into Marble Bar and travelled into gorgeous Carowine Gorge, then via Skull Springs Road to take in Running Waters and onto the old town of Nullagine. Having been to Newman before, we pretty much did a dry, dusty overnighter and restock there, and got off the beaten track once more to check out ruinous but amazing Peak Hill. Southwards past Meekatharra, we turned left at Mount Magnet to go check out a little favourite gold mining town called Sandstone (some of you will
have received a nude calendar years ago showcasing the local talent at Sandstone - sadly one wasnt in production this year.... another victim of covid!).
With a planned in Dongara to see the lovely Phil & Di, we admired the blooming wildflowers all the way down to the coast, arriving to a juicy leg of lamb with all the trimmings and an excellent few days stay with these guys. Walks on the beach, prosecco, relaxing breakfasts, scrabble and a calm chill that we always feel in the presence of these two - thanks a heap for having us and well see you next year hopefully!
The proper face to face interview for our jobs in Denmark was nigh, so we headed down to that beautiful part of WA to meet our new bosses and staff, who put us up in a cabin for a couple of nights due to the (commonly) atrocious weather on the south coast of WA in August! We also met with Sally and Rob whom we had arranged to house sit for during our time in Denmark for work.
