around the beautiful and diverse continent of Australia. We created this site so that, if our friends
and relatives get sufficiently bored, they can read it and keep track of us. Pam keeps a separate
journal called Pam's Perspective.
Australia is a land of contrasts as the pictures above illustrate. Centre the picture on your screen using the scroll bar on the right, then move your mouse pointer on and off the side of the picture to see Coober Pedy, a hot, arid opal mining town in the northern desert area of South Australia, and Bright, a tourist oriented town at the foot of the Australian Alps in Victoria. |
Finding your way around this web site:
This web site is in three parts:
1. The Main Section with narrative and pictures of our round-Australia
tour.
2. Pam's Perspective where Pam gives her views in the form of a diary.
Most days seem to end with Happy Hour.
3. Additional Items for text and pictures where we get sidetracked a
little.
Below this yellow text there is a small table which explains the simple
colour code which we use for the three index tables shown further down. Each
index has a different coloured background.
When an index table is displayed on
your screen, move your mouse pointer to the left column and select the
page you require. When the 'arrow' changes to a 'pointing finger' then
click the mouse's left button. The page you have selected will appear
on your screen. When you are ready to move on, scroll down to the bottom
of that page and you'll find 'navigation links' there; you'll find them
at the bottom of every page (except this one). They usually allow you
to turn back to the previous page, turn over to the following page,
or to come right back to this Index Page so you shouldn't get lost.
Note that underlined text which is not a heading is frequently a 'link'
to another page. If the mouse pointer changes to a pointing finger over
the underlined text, then you have a 'link'.
The first item in the Main Index is entitled The Map. The Map shows
the route we have taken around Australia. Clicking on the numbers on
the map will take you directly to the relevant page.
You are now on the Index Page.
There is a link back to this page at the bottom of every other page.
Index colour coding . . .
| Blue: Pages of text and pictures of the places we visit. | If you have read previous pages . . . Go straight to the current page |
| Purple: Pam's account of our travels in diary form. | If you have read previous pages . . . Go straight to the current page |
| Green: Items not fully consistent with our travels. |
| Click to Navigate | Main Index - and a brief description of each page's content. |
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Our “shakedown” trip to Shark Bay prior to starting the Big One. After unavoidable delays we finally set off across the continent. The Eyre Peninsula, the Yorke Peninsula, the Clare and the Barossa Valley wine regions. Adelaide and Victor Harbor. More Victor Harbor and south to Mount Gambier. Adelaide, the Riverland, Port Augusta, the Pichi Richi Railway, Woomera and Coober Pedy North to Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon and The Alice. North to Tennant Creek, Katherine, Kakadu and Darwin. In and around Darwin, then across to Queensland. Mount Isa, Charters Towers and Cairns. More Cairns. And yet more Cairns. Townsville, Emerald, Longreach, Charleville, Roma and St. George. From St. George to Toowoomba then Christmas at Jimboomba. Jimboomba to Lake Keepit via Glen Innes and the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Tamworth during and after the Festival then on to Sydney. Goodbye Sydney, hello Toowoon Bay and on to Newcastle, Taree and Ballina. From Ballina back to Queensland and good old Ross and Jan Taylor's place at Jimboomba. On north to Mooloolaba, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island and Woodgate Beach. A town called 1770, north to Gladstone then a fast run to Cairns. In and around Cairns. North on a safari to the last frontier - Cooktown. Our last month in Cairns. Perhaps. We move south from Cairns and skydive over Mission Beach. Cape Hillsborough, Emu Park and lots more. We decide to stay in Emu Park for Christmas. More of Emu Park then back on the road. From Tamworth to Port Macquarie then Katoomba. More on Katoomba then on to Kiama, Batemans Bay and the fabulous Snowy Mountains. Canberra, Orange, Mudgee, Dubbo and on to Lightning Ridge. We leave Lightning Ridge for Mitchell and on to Blackall and Longreach. We finally leave Longreach for Julia Creek and the Gulf. A rodeo in Georgetown, lava tubes in Mount Surprise, then Cairns. North to Cooktown then south via Cairns. Cairns south to Cardwell, Midge Point, Sarina and Emu Park. More Emu Park and then on to Biloela, Chinchilla, Stanthorpe, Casino, and Grafton. More Armidale, Port Stephens and then Narrabeen, Sydney. A bit more of Sydney then we escape back to the bush. Tamworth for our third Country Music Festival. Back on the road. Gilgandra, Cobar, Broken Hill, Mildura and Renmark. Still in Renmark then on to Adelaide and up to Alice Springs. We leave Alice Springs for Katherine and then Kununurra in the West. Well settled in Kununurra then moved on via the Bungle Bungles to Fitzroy Crossing. Derby and on to Broome. Two more weeks in Broome then Port Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. Onslow and then . . . more Onslow. Exmouth. More Exmouth then on to Coral Bay and Carnarvon. Shark Bay, Kalbarri and back to Perth. Back in Perth - but for how long? Starting the new year in Tamworth - for the fourth time. The Festival behind us, we get jobs in Tamworth. The tide has turned, the bank balance is no longer intent on suicide. Drama! Did Pete Mate have a stroke? Tests will reveal all. The temperature drops as winter approaches. Winter in Tamworth. And more winter in Tamworth. Guess what? Even more of Tamworth. See above. See above. We're itching to move on. Spring has well and truly sprung. Christmas approaches - already. A whole new year ahead Onwards towards Victoria - at last. The Alpine Region of Victoria More of The Alpine Region of Victoria The Bright Gala Day to start another month in Porepunkah Winter is here . . . and at last the snow! A once in a lifetime opportunity to see Lake Eyre with water in it. We tour the Great Ocean Road. |
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Andamooka Lasseter's Reef Never Say Die Daly Waters Kakadu Flowers Cool Waters Mardi Gras Cyclone Larry HARS Aircraft Keep the Flag Snowy River Air Show Gardens M.V. Krait Wild Flowers Kings Park Caravan Sealing Farewell Party |
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