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 […]
A quick road trip in June took us to Broken Hill, Silverton and Mungo National park – three very unique paces that reveal the quirky character and timeless history of Australia. What to tick at Broken Hill Broken Hill is a historical but also strangely groovy silver, lead and zinc mining town on the edge of the desert at the central-western edge of New South Wales. There’s a lot of buildings and […]