Making our way into Port Hedland we were hit by many of the sights and scenes we had been expecting. Over the years we have both seen various doco's and reports on the rapid rise of fame and also infamy that formed our first impressions of Port Hedland. Most of what we saw is pretty much standard stuff for any town that relies on the ups and downs of the mining industry for its survival. Even taking into account this and the fact that Kylz and I are pretty f...

The kilometres seemed to take forever to get through on our way to Barn-Hill and by the time we reached the turn-off I was sure we had used twice as much fuel as normal due to the constant head wind we had battled. At least Kylz had to wake up for a bit as she was once again required to open a couple of gates on the road in! Getting to Barn-Hill towards the end of the busy season saw us given our pick of sites. Now usually this is what you wish for at a cara...

We arrived in Broome after a fairly uneventful drive along the stretch of highway between there and Derby. Driving into Roebuck Bay Caravan Park, we could not believe the view we had just a stone's throw from our van. We were set up only one row back from the beautiful blue green waters of the Indian Ocean. Roebuck Bay Park offers nice big sites and very well maintained facilities and direct access to the beach as well as a short walk to the cafe and kids pl...

We had a few miles to cover on the day we left Parry Farm, and lucky for us we got another early start. Our first stop was at the intersection of the Vic Highway and the Great Northern Highway for a quick toilet stop and a check of the van. It was here that Kylie's love/hate relationship with WA roadside toilets really took hold. From the outside the dunny block looked fairly new but too flash if you know what I mean. I can't print any of what Kylz had to s...

Parry Creek Farm Stay is only about 20km south of Wyndam and 8km in off the main road along a reasonable sort of gravel road. All this meant we only had to cover about 80km from Kununarra on the day we left. As you leave Kununarra you travel out of town to the west over the spillway for the diversion dam. Like we said previously the amount of water still coming downstream from the Ord River dam means that most of the overflow gates are open on the Diversion ...