Having been home for nearly a year now, the thought of writing this final chapter of our round Oz odyssey has never been far from my mind. Mainly due to some very gentle nagging from the Bard of Yabba Creek, Don McNaught!? Whether I can blame it on having a very busy year, or lack of motivation or just being unable to write the theoretical end of our journey it has taken this whole year for me to get around to it. Now arriving back home has been very excitin...

As most people reading this would already know our year long odyssey around Oz has ended and we are firmly planted back home in Mackay sweltering through a very humid time up north and possibly all of us wishing we were still free to travel this remarkable country as we please. But alas we have been bought back to earth by the big stick of reality, and let me tell you, it hurts! Between living in our van and shed while our house was painted and then moving ba...

Our travels around the Eyre Peninsula had so far revolved mainly around fishing and the theme was to continue as we left Cowell and headed north towards Whyalla. We had had a bit of luck with the King George Whiting and were hoping to catch ourselves some Snapper once we were set up and the season opened at midday on the 30th November. We stopped in Arno Bay for our lunch and were lucky to find a pretty new park on the waterfront that had room for the three o...

Our first stop after leaving Ceduna and travelling down the west coast of SA's Eyre Peninsula was the small holiday/fishing town of Smokey Bay. We pulled up on the water front and were all immediately walking around with big smiles on our faces! After the long days of not much at all along the Nullarbor we were all glad to be back on the coast. While admiring the view and checking out the waterfront caravan park, we ran into a bloke that Luke and Megan had m...

The morning had arrived when we would finally tackle one of Australia's most famous stretches of road. The Eyre Highway extends from Norseman in WA to Port Augusta in SA. The Nullarbor, as it is commonly called for the NP and plains that the road travels through, is an iconic road trip for all Australians and our group were all taking the drive for the first time. Saying goodbye to Greg and Kate again in Kalgoorlie we were all loaded up and keen for the driv...