We left Lake Grace on the 22nd as planned, though a part for the Tvan that was posted to us hadn't arrived at the post office, so we arranged to have it sent on to Newman to collect. We headed out through Hyden onto the Hyden/Norsman road, we turned off around halfway to Norsman and headed up to Queen Victoria Rock for our first camp. There was only one other camper there, so we were able to be on our own. It was a bitterly cold night and we retired early. The ...

The start of 2020 found Julie and I travelling back from Melbourne in our Land Cruiser with our Tvan camper in tow. Our spirits were high and we were looking forward to travels later in the year to Europe. We started making plans of the countries we wanted to visit and the places we wanted to see. Then Covid-19 reared its head and we started wondering if we would get to Europe. As things got worse we decided we would have to cancel our reunion with our bike. So...

From Bishops Waltham we braved the weather and headed to Wales. First stop was a famous bridge, The Clifton Suspension Bridge built between 1836 and 1864. This bridge spans the Avon gorge and river near Bristol. From Bristol we crossed the Brecon Beacon National park and Black Mountains where there are remains of old Lime Kilns and mine sites, finishing up at a cousins place near Brecon. Here we learnt a lot about Michael's family history and marveled at Micha...

After spending a week in Fribourg we finally got our new fuel pump, at great expense, and were back on the road! We were now quite behind in where we wanted to be, but checking the weather forecast for the UK we decided we were in no hurry to get back there. The forecast for France was still better than the UK's, so we booked ourselves into a campground not far from Paris and spent a few days wondering around their walking tracks through the forest. It was won...

After leaving Crest we were heading for Fribourg in Switzerland to catch up with a friend, but due to timing and other factors we found ourselves stopping on the way, in Dole, again. The campground there is quite cheap and it is a lovely city. This time we found an Australian couple who live for six months of the year on an old Dutch boat they bought 10 years ago. They spend their six months cruising the rivers of Europe. From Dole to Fribourg wasn't far, so we...