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November 2008

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  The silly season is nearly upon us and we are starting to make plans for the long drive home for Christmas. At this stage we will be returning to the 'Rock' for possibly up to 6 months next year, then we will go to Vietnam for 5, maybe 6 weeks around June/July and then possibly head south to SA and Vic to do the 'Great Ocean Road' and up the NSW coast back to QLD before heading off again. The trip home this year will be a bit rushed as we have only given ourselves a week to drive home, get the caravan packed up and head for the Sunshine Coast for the holidays. We will need a holiday after that!! It has been yet another great month out here in the middle of the desert. We continue to do 'Sunset' out at the Rock at least once a week, a view you could never tire of. Socially things have hotted up significantly, with a number of social activities keeping us on the go. Last weekend we were actually out 3 nights in a row. Now that is overdoing it a bit. Of late we h...

October 2008

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This month will be a little light on on information, as for the first time for many, many months we have slowed down a little and actually had time to draw breath. That has made a nice change, because although we are on a working holiday, life has been a bit hectic. There is so much to see and do that you really have to stay on your toes and keep moving to fit it all in. So the beginning of the month saw the Priestley's move on for the homebound segment of their trip away. They decided on heading south to Port Augusta, across to Broken Hill and back up to Bundaberg. Surprisingly it was actually shorter to go that way than it was to go back north to the Three Ways and across to Bundy. Go figure. They had a week at the Rock and had a great time, exploring and with time to rest and chill out. That's the way a holiday should be, not like many others trying to see 7 cities in 7 days. That's madness. The more I speak to the traveling public, the more I think 1/2 of them are off t...

September 2008

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  Welcome to yet another month. They are rushing by so fast that it's making my head spin. While we were in Alice Springs at the end of August getting the ambulance serviced, we picked Marina up off the plane from Darwin. Marina has been mentioned previously in this web page. We first met her in Wadeye where she was staying with Brin and Sarah from work (the guys with the boat and motor bikes that we used). She was back visiting Wadeye again (its that sort of place), so we rang her to say she should come to see the Canyon as she was relatively close (about 1500 km, give or take a few). It was good to see her again and she ended up staying for a week. Marina is a very low maintenance guest who helps out 200% and really pulls her weight. She was a pleasure to have to stay. During her visit we did the Canyon rim walk (about a 3 1/2 hours walk) and it rained while we were up there. They say it only rains 3 days a year so I guess that made us wet, cold but lucky. We did actually get to ...