by Chris Steeden | Mar 15, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, National Parks, Western Australia, Whale Sharks
After being disappointed on our first trip to find a whale shark, two days later we were treated to an amazing experience. Serveral hours into the trip the search plane spotted a whale shark hooray! The skipper of the Kai-Aura gunned the engines and we were...
by Chris Steeden | Mar 13, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, Western Australia
Snorkelling on an outer reef off the shore from Coral Bay ….totally, totally out of my comfort zone, the crew of Coral Bay Ecotours were just amazing, they new I was extremely nervous, and continually checked I was okay. I do not think I could have taken this...
by Chris Steeden | Feb 28, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, National Parks, Western Australia
Watching sunset at The Pinnacles, very magic landscape, not many people about, the weather was very pleasant, even though it was still February. We found a great panoramic spot looking west, over the sunset, and enjoyed biscuits and cheese……very civilised indeed!!!...
by Chris Steeden | Feb 8, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, New South Wales
We always wondered what Lightning Ridge was like. So day one of our three month trip to Western Australia we headed off to cover the 1,300 klms to Lightning Ridge. Having a love of country pubs, we just had to stop at the Hebel pub, it lived up to our expectations!...
by Chris Steeden | Feb 8, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, New South Wales
Perhaps the most memorable feature of Broken Hill is that it is only a few minutes from the desert no matter which direction you travel. We spent the night in Broken Hill, at The Broken Hill Caravan Park. We quickly fell in love with the old charm of this inland...
by Chris Steeden | Aug 13, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Colorado, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA
I would not stand at the edge of near vertical cliff without a barrier so what are doing riding a nearly half a ton of motorbike on a crumbling bitumen road less than a meter away from one? Mt Evans, at 14,123 ft is the highest paved road in America and a ride not to...
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