Monthly Archives: April 2025

Western Australia adventure – 29 April 2025

We are up early to do the weather reporting for the Bureau of Meteorology, this will be a 7am and 10am duty every day until we leave. A few more maintenance tasks and then we take a trip down Kanidal … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 28 April 2025

Much of today was spent doing handover duties. Being so remote brings many challenges, nobody delivers to our location without significant planning and logistics. Invariably technology breaks and problem solving becomes paramount in the repertoire of skills required, whether it … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 27 April 2025

We are settling into our new surrounds, there is plenty to keep us busy and interested. Some mallee and associated species are in flower and this is attracting a range of birds. The weather has been typical for a cool … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 25 April 2025

It’s an early start to attend the ANZAC dawn service at Eucla, it is a small but thoughtful service. Well done to the WA police and Eucla roadhouse for their organisation and running of the service. There is time to … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 24 April 2025

We enjoyed a cool clear sky this morning while eating breakfast and even beating the sunrise. It’s a long drive across Nullarbor but we enjoy the gentle hills covered in mallee and the saltbush/bluebush that stretches across to a vast … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 22 April 2025

We are on the move. Leaving Port Lincoln we have travelled through Cummins, across the Bratten Way to Elliston for a cuppa then onto Streaky Bay. Along the way we note many farmers are out planting their hopeful future winter … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 20 April 2025

Today we explored the Lincoln National Park and the Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area, an extensive area of Mallee woodland, grassland, coastal heathland and stunningly wild and beautiful coastline. The extreme wind and passing squalling rain only added to the … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 19 April 2025

While in Port Lincoln we take time to explore the local region. We travel to Port Neill to visit the Easter markets, there were some great finds to be found and purchased. This is a friendly community with a number … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 17 April 2025

We wake to gentle surf at Lipson Cove in the cool of the morning, its low tide and there are hundreds of shorebirds perched on the exposed rocks. We make for Port Lincoln to meet more family so we are … Continue reading

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Western Australia adventure – 16 April

We have a slow start and by 10am we had left the peaceful campsite of Stoney Creek Bush Camp caravan park. We had time to do a bird survey, plenty of them from the parrot/galah family. We use the iPhone … Continue reading

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