Journey details: 7 days, 6 nights – 3 national parks, 4 towns Tue 27th April to Monday 1st May. From Esperance east to Duke of Orleans Bay and Cape Le Grand National Park (80km) then west to Hopetoun and Fitzgerald River National Park (296 km) then north to Hyden (265km) then south west to Bremer Bay. (348km) Total 989 km. See the video here Tue 27th & Wed 28th April […]
Week two of our Big Lap around Australia in The Duke was full of contrasts with dry dusty endless days on the road across the Nullarbor to colourful gold mines at Kalgoorlie, eerie open salt pans at Lake Bollard and then wide open wild seas at Esperance. Take a look at the highlights below: Tue 20/4. Great Australian Bight – Ceduna, SA to Nullarbor village 480km This long and straight […]
Our Big Lap around Australia started last Tuesday with The Duke hitting the road from Melbourne to Mildura for the night. It was supposed to be a quick slip across from Victoria into South Australia at Renmark-Paringa. We made sure we had our COVID-19 quarantine travel pass but we hadn’t paid close enough attention to the food quarantine requirements. A thorough inspection of the van by a uniformed quarantine officer […]