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Day 90 52 days to go. Distance today 60km total 6843km. It’s 9pm Friday 5/10/2012 16km south of Armadale WA. Hi there!!! Us girls are having our first wild camp all by ourselves being big and brave. We were aiming for a rest area 16km south of Armadale a town 60odd kms south of Perth.Continue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 69 16km south of Armadale Sth Western Highway”

Day 90 52 days to go. Distance today TBC total 6783km. It’s 3pm Friday 5/10/2012 Perth. WE’RE BACK!!!!!!!!! And good to go for the next 7000km from Perth round to Brissy. Family time’s been awesome. The last days have flown but spent doing lots of nothing but very cool stuff with loved ones just perfect!!!!!!Continue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 68 Perth”

Day 79 65 days to go. Distance today 110km total 6783km. It’s 5.30pm Monday 24/9/12 Perth. PPPPPPEEEEEERRRRRRTHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Yayayaya Rube said to say hi and that she kicks ar$se. Love my girl and yes she does absolutely truly truly!!!!! She’s packed ready for pampering as promised. We danced the last 50kmContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 66 Perth”

Day 78 64 days to go. Distance today 140km total 6673km. It’s 7.30pm Sunday 23/9/12 Moore River Bridge Rest Area. What a beautiful spot to have our last Rest Area break before our R&R time reaching Perth tomorrow. Rube and I are camped right on the river and set up next to a park benchContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 65 Moore River”

Day 77 65 days to go. Distance today 110 total 6533km. It’s 8pm Saturday 22/9/12 Jurian Bay. Hi there fine folk. We’re sitting in the camp kitchen in the campgrounds at Jurian Bay. It’s soooo chill bill. I have all my thermals on and the grape and beanie. The weather continues to be temperamental withContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 64 Jurian Bay”

Day 76 66 days to go. Distance today 115km yesterday 115km total 6423km. It’s 7pm Friday 21/9/12 Cliff Head North Rest Area. Welcome to the beautiful Batavia Coast dotted with archepelo islands and reefs that provide its major industry of crayfish and rock lobsters. Wheat and sheep are another primary industry in the inland fieldsContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 63 Cliff Head”

Day 74 68 days to go. Distance today 115km total 6193km. It’s 8pm Wednesday 19/9/12 Murcheson River Rest Area. It’s late o’clock and Ive just got back to camp after spending a delish delish evening with Tiss and Gary. These are the couple I keep running into and have since Longreech. It’s been so niceContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 62 Murcheson River Rest Area”

Day 73 69 days to go. Distance today 125km yesterday 125km 6078km. It’s 7pm Tuesday 18/9/12 Billabong Campground. Yesterday morning I met Les the owner of the campground we stayed in Carnarvon. What an interesting man. We shared a cuppa and his love for Carnarvon and his work. He said the town still works veryContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 61 Billabong”

Day 71 71 days to go. Distance today 145km total 5828km.It’s 7.30pm Sunday 16/9/12 Carnarvon. Yaaaaaay we’re here on the coast what an effort and sooo haaaappppyyyyy. Only the last 50km today were head windy so we ipoded it and arrived in town about 3.30pm. Brenton and his daughter Emily stopped us along the roadsideContinue reading “Theaussiechallenge Post # 60 Carnarvon”