Telford Travels

In 2008 Pat and I travelled 35000 kms over 8 months through the east coast and north of Australia. We maintained contact through a series of emails which detailed our exploits including some remote parts of Queensland, the Nothern Territory and Western Australia ending in Broome.

While not recorded our travels did continue from Broome up the Dampier Peninsula (Cape Levique) and across the Tanami Track from Halls Creek to Alice Springs. From Alice Springs we travelled to Tenant Creek and via the Barkly Highway to Rockhampton and home down the East Coast.

Two highlights of the trip home were a visit to Woolfe Creek Crater (Pat and I still have not seen the movie) and Rubyvale just out of Emerald in Queensland where the Saphire ring was purchased.

It has always been our intention to complete the journey around west coast and the following is a travel log of this journey.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

North West WA




It is the end of the financial year and I think it is Wednesday, 27 degrees and we are in Karatha after spending the last couple of weeks at Karajini National Park, Newman, Tom Price and Millstream National Park. The scenery has been nothing short of spectacular. Much too hard to describe and photos do not do it justice.


We checked out some of our investments at Newman and Tom Price and being an ex trucky I practically got a hard on over some of the trucks and trains they operate over here. It is all big and I mean big.
Pat’s arm has been improving. It is now six weeks and although we were concerned she would miss out on some of the gorges in the Karajini as they are difficult to access, she soldiered on and we did some great walks at both National Parks and of course we met a heap of new best friends.

Tomorrow we start heading south to Exmouth and the Ningaloo reef before heading to Perth where we have heard temperatures are not much better than Melbourne. The Hutchies are coming up from Coral Bay on their way to Broome and our paths should cross somewhere along the road in the next couple of days.


Wittenoom the town which they are trying to hide There are no road signs




















































































The new look Pat Honda Goldwings 1800cc Road bike. Note the new Burgal Arab at the back which the owner tows behind the bike







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