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With gusto !
This is only my second post here, so I hope it's in the right area!
In April 2007 I'd been working for the same company 10 years so I got 3 months long service leave. In July of 2007 we were getting married. In August 2007 it was going to be my 30th birthday.
To celebrate all three milestones we decided to take 2 months off and travel Western Australia's Kimberley region (I should mention we're from Perth, Western Australia, so it's technically our backyard
)
My 1996 Nissan Skyline coupe wouldn't cut the mustard for this trip, so we sold her and got ourselves 2001 GU Nissan Patrol with the bullet proof 4.2l turbo diesel engine.
This is the Patrol stock standard as we got her
We fitted the Patrol out with a roof top tent, side awning, drawer system, dual battery, 60ltr engel fridge and 6 ******** Cepek FC-II (285/75/16) and a few other goodies to make the 2 month trip enjoyable.
Testing out the setup
The drawers (without the fridge)
So, anyway, enough of the setup, let's get onto the trip!
Our first night on the trip was at a little place north of Geraldton called Coronation Beach.
We didn't take many photos on the way up as we were in a rush to get to Broome for my new wife's birthday on the 19th July. We did stop to take a shot of this massive termite mound.
We also had to take a shot of this sign as you don't see ones like this in the suburbs!
Just south of Broome there is an old well where the afghans used to rest with their camels and they planted some date palms which are now massive.
Then we were in Broome! This is a shot from Gantheaume Point, with us sitting in Anastasia's pool.
A beautiful sunset shot at Cable Beach
Freaky crab sand trails at Cable Beach
After a couple of days recharging our batteries (and stocking up on beer) we took a trip up to Cape Leveque.
Our first stop was at Beagle Bay. Here's the obligatory shot of the altar made from mother of pearl. (for more info on the church in Beagle Bay, read http://www.broomediocese.org/beaglebay.html)
A shot of the long, straight, narrow and boring Cape Leveque Road. I think this shot was taken just before a section where we were almost wiped out by a fuel tanker coming down from Cape Leveque. We were on a temporary road as they are laying tarmac from the top down and the shoulders were about 1m high and thankfully we found a break and ducked in with about 30 seconds to spare as the tanker came barreling down.
This is one of my favourite shots that I took on the trip. Our first night at Cape Leveque and we watched the sunset and saw a jet stream in the air.
We only stayed in Cape Leveque for two nights and the second day we spent walking several kilometers on the beach and building sand castle and doing what newly weds do (arguing of course). On the way back down we stopped at Munget, which is close to Middle Lagoon. We met Lenny (the traditional land owner) and he took us for a ride on his camels (much better than the touristy Cable Beach camels in our opinion!)
We headed back to Broome for two nights to relax again and repaired some damage to the car (the rear taillight in the bumper had shaken loose - is there anything cable ties can't fix?!).
We then decided to hit up the Gibb River Road.
We stopped off at Derby on the way to check out the old boab prison tree
Our first night on the GRR was at Windjana Gorge and boy was it beautiful.
We spent several hours walking random trails at Windjana Gorge and came across some aboriginal art.
Then we stayed at Silent Grove in the King Leopold Ranges on the GRR
At the back of our campsite, there was a track leading down to Bell Creek
And low and behold, there were some VERY friendly turtles! There are five in this shot, but at it's peak, we counted at least 18 unique turtles! They were so friendly, they would come out let you pat their shells.
Then we took a walk to Bell Gorge
In April 2007 I'd been working for the same company 10 years so I got 3 months long service leave. In July of 2007 we were getting married. In August 2007 it was going to be my 30th birthday.
To celebrate all three milestones we decided to take 2 months off and travel Western Australia's Kimberley region (I should mention we're from Perth, Western Australia, so it's technically our backyard
)My 1996 Nissan Skyline coupe wouldn't cut the mustard for this trip, so we sold her and got ourselves 2001 GU Nissan Patrol with the bullet proof 4.2l turbo diesel engine.
This is the Patrol stock standard as we got her
We fitted the Patrol out with a roof top tent, side awning, drawer system, dual battery, 60ltr engel fridge and 6 ******** Cepek FC-II (285/75/16) and a few other goodies to make the 2 month trip enjoyable.
Testing out the setup
The drawers (without the fridge)
So, anyway, enough of the setup, let's get onto the trip!
Our first night on the trip was at a little place north of Geraldton called Coronation Beach.
We didn't take many photos on the way up as we were in a rush to get to Broome for my new wife's birthday on the 19th July. We did stop to take a shot of this massive termite mound.
We also had to take a shot of this sign as you don't see ones like this in the suburbs!
Just south of Broome there is an old well where the afghans used to rest with their camels and they planted some date palms which are now massive.
Then we were in Broome! This is a shot from Gantheaume Point, with us sitting in Anastasia's pool.
A beautiful sunset shot at Cable Beach
Freaky crab sand trails at Cable Beach
After a couple of days recharging our batteries (and stocking up on beer) we took a trip up to Cape Leveque.
Our first stop was at Beagle Bay. Here's the obligatory shot of the altar made from mother of pearl. (for more info on the church in Beagle Bay, read http://www.broomediocese.org/beaglebay.html)
A shot of the long, straight, narrow and boring Cape Leveque Road. I think this shot was taken just before a section where we were almost wiped out by a fuel tanker coming down from Cape Leveque. We were on a temporary road as they are laying tarmac from the top down and the shoulders were about 1m high and thankfully we found a break and ducked in with about 30 seconds to spare as the tanker came barreling down.
This is one of my favourite shots that I took on the trip. Our first night at Cape Leveque and we watched the sunset and saw a jet stream in the air.
We only stayed in Cape Leveque for two nights and the second day we spent walking several kilometers on the beach and building sand castle and doing what newly weds do (arguing of course
). On the way back down we stopped at Munget, which is close to Middle Lagoon. We met Lenny (the traditional land owner) and he took us for a ride on his camels (much better than the touristy Cable Beach camels in our opinion!)
We headed back to Broome for two nights to relax again and repaired some damage to the car (the rear taillight in the bumper had shaken loose - is there anything cable ties can't fix?!).
We then decided to hit up the Gibb River Road.
We stopped off at Derby on the way to check out the old boab prison tree
Our first night on the GRR was at Windjana Gorge and boy was it beautiful.
We spent several hours walking random trails at Windjana Gorge and came across some aboriginal art.
Then we stayed at Silent Grove in the King Leopold Ranges on the GRR
At the back of our campsite, there was a track leading down to Bell Creek
And low and behold, there were some VERY friendly turtles! There are five in this shot, but at it's peak, we counted at least 18 unique turtles! They were so friendly, they would come out let you pat their shells.
Then we took a walk to Bell Gorge
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