That's our RV, just on sunrise, camped by the roadside near Coral Bay, Western Australia.
This website tells the story of how we got there and our continuing adventures living and working around Australia with our cat Zebbie, and our Sundance fifth wheel van.
Maisie's add photo.
Sunday, 24th June, 2012
Our search for a new cat continued on and off, now focused on the internet.
The first we found that seemed right was in Darwin, but the more photos we saw, the more she reminded us of Zebbie.
Van in Shed
Sunday, 10th June, 2012
We arrived back in Alice Springs on May seventh.
Our van was settled into the boss's shed so we could be on-site security for a while.
Henty Market
Sunday, 1st April, 2012
We'd seen a poster for a car boot sale at Henty hall on Sunday the first, so we decided to make that our weeks trip.
Daylight saving ended today, so we were up with plenty of time to get to the market.
Blue Lake - Mount Gambier.
Sunday, 18th March, 2012
Early last Saturday we went to Mount Gambier for shopping and visiting.
The weather was not the best, but we got a reasonable picture of the Blue Lake.
Market at Skipton.
Sunday, 11th March, 2012
Yesterday we drove to Ballarat for the annual Begonia Festival. We left early to make sure we got there by the opening as we wanted to see what goodies were for sale at the Begonia Club's stall.
We stopped at a small street market in Skipton where Lyn bought a plant. The first for the day.
Travelling near the NT/SA border.
Sunday, 4th March, 2012
We left Alice Springs on Tuesday morning. No rain, but as we proceeded south we were driving through ground that had recently had a lot of rain. The side of the road was sodden and the drains were full of water.
We stopped near the border to take a picture. Lucky we did since once we were through the border the scenery was back to a real desolate desert.
Plant box on back of truck.
Sunday, 26th February, 2012
It's been raining in the Centre, with forecast of much more, and so we are looking to leave before we get rained-in.
We spent the weekend getting ready for the move. We made a new box for some of the things we carry on the back of the truck, and fitted the hitch again.
Truck tray undercoated.
Sunday, 12th Febuary, 2012
From the moment we picked up our truck, the paint job on the tray has been a source of complaint. I had got a very good quote to sandblast the tray in Alice, but with our departure imminent, we thought we might give it a quick clean and spray ourselves.
Zebbie very unwell.
Sunday, 22nd January, 2012
Last weekend, our long time travelling companion, Zebbie the cat, started looking very unwell. It came on quite quickly with her showing no interest in her food, and finding it very hard to walk. She is twelve years old, but had been in great health - apart from being a little too chubby.
Lizard up a tree watching us work.
Sunday, 8th January, 2012
I'm sure you will have noticed that there has been no activity on this site for over a year now. In that time we have stayed and worked in Alice Springs again, and most of the things we did were the same as the previous year. Now we are making preparations to move, so this seems a good time to continue updating.
Shelly Beach, looking east.
Thursday, 11th November, 2010
Our site at the Shelly Beach Caravan Park was really nice. The park is on the land side of a high sand dune that keeps the wind away from the sites.
Over the sand dune is Shelly Beach, named for all the shells that cover the sand.
Our site at the Hall of Fame, Alice Springs.
Friday, 5th November, 2010
All weekend we'd been contacting people we knew around the country trying to find out where there was reasonable work available. Sunday night we heard that there was plenty of work in Ceduna working at grain storage on the wharf.
First thing Monday I rang the recruiter for the job and was told there would be work there for us,
Bonney Well.
Tuesday, 20th October, 2010
We left Tennant Creek early Sunday morning.
This time we bypassed the Devils Marbles and stopped at Bonney Well instead. There's not much left to see, but it is a good rest site.
Sign at the entrance to Mataranka.
Thursday, 15th October, 2010
We left Katherine before 8am this morning, heading South with Alice Springs as a possible destination.
Mataranka was our first stop to pick up some travel lollies from the shop.
Our site at Katherine Riverview Caravan Park.
Thursday, 14th October, 2010
The information on our job at Katherine finally came through on Monday, so Tuesday we moved down to Katherine to be ready to start the next Monday.
Originally we were going to stay at a park out of town, but some friends whe were going to the same job were staying in town, and we decided to go to the same park.
Our site at Coolalinga Caravan Park.
Sunday, 10th October, 2010
From our Daly Waters camp, we made straight for Darwin and were set up in the Coolalinga Caravan Park on Wednesday night. The park was actualy full since the wet had started very early this year. In fact it had just poured before we arrived.
Stopped on the Barkley Tableland.
Tuesday, 5th October, 2010
Most of today we were driving on the Barkley Tableland. It was not very interesting, just flat land with miserable looking scrub.
The turnoff to the old Newcastle Waters township came up and we decided to have a look this time rather than just drive past.
Sunrise at Ali Gurung.
Monday, 4th October, 2010
We were pretty close to the Devils Marbles, so after packing up at daylight after a very quiet night, we continued up the road toward the big stones.
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