During the night, it did rain, and Diana lay awake for a couple of hours waiting for the giant deluge she imagined would dump upon her because she was in a tent. However, because we’d known the rain was coming, Trav had checked and double-checked the tent for weather-sealing (as well as he could in [...]
Category Archives: Travel
Augusta – Walpole
Posted by Trav on March 5, 1999
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For the first time in the past eight mornings, we woke to find dull grey, leaden skies, instead of the usual sunny brilliance we had become accustomed to. It was not raining, but trying very hard to get started, with some small drops hitting us as a reminder to pack the tent up quickly. While [...]
Signs you’ve spent too long in the woods
Posted by Trav on March 5, 1999
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Our SPOTD award went to the CALM ranger on-duty at the Gloucester Tree that day, working to collect the $5 entry fees for vehicles entering the park. When we showed him the Holiday Pass we’d bought instead of having to pay each time we went to a park, he replied that it was no good [...]
Bunbury – Margaret River – Augusta
Posted by Trav on March 4, 1999
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Although we’d asked the takeaway shop owner about the local tourist attractions last night when we were ordering dinner, we decided to pass on her suggestion of visiting her street with four drug dealers and two prostitutes. After a bit of reading in the official (though duller) Bunbury Tourist Bureau, we decided to drive east [...]
Which way is north?
Posted by Trav on March 3, 1999
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We’re in the south-west corner of Western Australia today. Although we’d asked the takeaway shop owner about the local tourist attractions last night when we were ordering dinner, we decided to pass on her suggestion of visiting her street with four drug dealers and two prostitutes. After a bit of reading in the official (though [...]