Author Archives: Paul Richardson

Still not sure what it is Nullabor from WA side Nullabor South Australia side The road goes on and on

After a lie in (06:15) i got dad up to take me for a walk, the sun had just risen and a red sky was the welcoming site for this morning. After breakfast we set off with another 300 plus kilometers to Gawler. Gawler is to be our home for the next three nights withContinue reading “Iron Knob to Gawler”

After packing up we set off for a 360Km (223 Miles) drive to our over night stop at Iron Knob, this is a town which was associated with iron ore mining up to about three years ago. The town went from about 3000 residents to 130 today but a progress association of local residents isContinue reading “Streaky Bay to Iron Knob”

Bunbury to Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe to Balladonia Balladonia to Yalata Yalata to Streaky Bay

Today is 13th April and we are travelling to Streaky Bay 324km (201m) where we are booked in for three nights at the caravan park, so their will be no travelling and plenty of walks for me, Lucy and Bill on the beach. The weather is another dry sunny day ( down to 7 degreesContinue reading “Yalata to Streaky Bay”

Another early start 7:15AM and we are heading for a stop at Yalata for tonight, Dad has another 8 hours of driving while we cover 644kM (400M). The Nullabor petrol stations have plenty of fuel but at a cost of over $3.50 (1.84) a Litre. I believe that Mum and Dad have said that theContinue reading “Balladonia to Yalata”

Morning All, 5:30AM just got Dad up to take me for a walk before we get ready to leave at 7:00AM. It will be a long day in the car as there is very little to stop and see in the next 676kM (420M). We stopped for the usual reasons en-route before finally stopping atContinue reading “Ravensthorpe to Balladonia”

8:30 We are on our way and we are to meet up with Barry & Christine and their two dogs Lucy and Bill at Wagin. This being our first fuel stop as we are coming from different places. Wagin has a large Ram in the middle of town as this is sheep country and hasContinue reading “10th April – Ravensthorpe”

2nd April 2026 I’m BACK, it’s me Phoenix with my partner “ERNIE” now 2 years old. Mum & Dad have sold Eric the motorhome and have bought a new 4×4 and a 16ft (4.8768M) Snowy River Caravan and called him Ernie. We start our journey on Friday the 10th April 2026 travelling across to DeerContinue reading “My NEW Adventure”