A family holiday for 6 months around Australia. Switching off for a while to remind ourselves of why we are doing what we do. Enjoying time with our little family that we have created. Creating some great memories and taking some awesome photographs as well.
Showing posts with label Family Photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Photos. Show all posts
Monday, December 21, 2020
Monday, May 21, 2012
Alice Springs
Alice Springs
21-5-2012
We have arrived in Alyce Springs.
After being in the Red Centre its going to be nice to chill out at the Alice for a while. The kids need a break from being on the road so we made sure of a nice van park for a few days...
During our stay we catch up with Brian & Merrilyn for a quick tour of The Local Botanical Gardens. Decided to capture some of the outback Flora
Alice from the Anzac Hill Lookout
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Ayers Amazing Sunset
Sunset At The Rock
If you go to the centre of Australia it is guaranteed that you will watch the sunset at Ayres Rock. It will not disappoint you in any way. Every car will park at the designated parking area for the best view and then it's just a waiting game.
This 30-minute video is sped up to 1 minute to show the dramatic change of light that happens at sunset. In the last few moments, you really are freaked out by what the Rock does.
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| An amazing place to be in the afternoon |
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Heather goofing around with the camera
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The red Centre
Ayers Rock - ULURU
THE RED CENTRE
After 7 weeks we pull into the very very red centre of Australia. This video below is one of my all-time favourites.
We weren't to know but this photo of the girls collecting some red sand was later printed at 1.5 meters, framed and still hangs on our upstairs wall.
After 7 weeks we pull into the very very red centre of Australia. This video below is one of my all-time favourites.
We weren't to know but this photo of the girls collecting some red sand was later printed at 1.5 meters, framed and still hangs on our upstairs wall.
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Thats one almighty rock
Our good travelling buddies. Lots of laughs with these guys
and we camped next to each other at the camping grounds
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Thats one almighty rock
Our good travelling buddies. Lots of laughs with these guys
and we camped next to each other at the camping grounds
Location photos - Digital 1 photography
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Curtin Springs
Curtin Springs
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On one side of this huge sign, you stand in the Northern Territory
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| We Stand Divided. One foot in Either State. |
None of us has seen anything beyond this point in our lives so it's rather exciting for every little detail along the way. Curtin Springs is one of the last stop-overs for most travellers heading to the Rock. The distance is too far so everyone tends to stay here and leave in the morning for a fresh start.
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| The Boomerang Entrance sign |
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| Funky Street Art |
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| Main Street Sign Post |
There was a guy who had ridden the entire Stuart highway on this posty bike. What a nutter!
Town Amenities were what you can expect here at Curtin. Very Dusty too. They did have internet here but WOW... i think we paid $5 (per 10 minutes) into some sort of vending machine and the screen looked 100 years old. but the speed was dial-up and took me 15 minutes to even check emails etc. obviously for desperate people only.
Thought I might walk the town with the girls to get a couple of photos in. feeling quite anxious about seeing Ularu and having the girls with us for this fantastic family adventure
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| Little Lily is always smiling |
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| And Mia is the chatterbox. |
We are definately not missing the work and running a business. As for real estate photos, i cant see anything worth taking in Curtin Springs. haha
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy - A dusty town
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| We had to snap this one |
Coober Pedy
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A day out today in Coober Pedy. We started at the feeding of the orphan kangaroos which was great fun for the girls (see video) and saw some aboriginal artwork at the gallery.
It was mothers day today and we sat for lunch in the underground hotel and enjoyed brunch.
Coober Pedy was a dusty hole of a place with no real comforts to speak of but a tone of character, a definate must see if travelling Australia... We stayed at the Riba's underground caravan and camping park which included a Mine tour in the evening it was very cool. We did some water divining and learnt about staking our own claim in the opal business. girls were terribly bored after 10 mins but it was their bed time and both were sleepy. This caravan park also caters for campers who want to camp underground in the hillside dugout tunnels..
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| Learning about how to blow the earth away with high explosives |
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Water divining is key to finding opal in the ground
We desperately wanted to find some opal and for people keen to try their luck there is a noodling area near the main street of town. It looks like a big pile of diggings from opal mines that you can noodle through and if your lucky and look hard you can find opal... we were lucky and found a few bits to bring home. We bought the girls some opal earrings to remember their trip to Coober Pedy. This is our final night at Coober Pedy tonight and since it was mothers day.. no cooking for mum so we bought one of their much talked about pizzas . Heading off in the morning leaving all the street drunk aboriginals behind. The only downfall to this town is the local aboriginals scattered through the streets drunk and sitting in the gutters... not a good site for tourists. Noodling & The Breakaways if you click the 'you tube' logo the video will play larger .
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| The dog fence |
Nearing Coober Pedy
Heart lake (2 Videos)
After a great camp fire night with Brian & Merrilyn (our new found travel buddies) today saw us awaken to the picturesque Heart Lake. Although it is only a roadside stop-over, it is one of the better ones because of the lake.
We took a morning walk down to the salt lake with Brian and Merrilyn it was amazing to see such a huge lake without water but with its salt left behind... lots of great shots. Brian collected some salt to put in his salt grinder for dinner tonight.
After a great camp fire night with Brian & Merrilyn (our new found travel buddies) today saw us awaken to the picturesque Heart Lake. Although it is only a roadside stop-over, it is one of the better ones because of the lake.
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| Wayne on the roof of the land cruiser taking a sunset photo |
A Salty Lake
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After noticing that all the freight trains come right by this lake, I decided to video underneath one. This can be very dangerous and the video proves this.
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| Panorama of the sakt lake |
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| Rusty old train wheels from the mining done here years ago |
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| The girls running along the old platform area |
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| Brian & Merrilyn |
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| The glare from the white surface made it hard for the girls not to squint |
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| Salt lake education 101 |
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| The running man |
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| heather on top of the salt mound |
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| The Australian colours are starting to show |
Run over by a freight train
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We jumped back into the van pushed forward to Coober Pedy today.
Along the way we started to see lots of road kill.. a tone of eagles and Kites (small eagles). We were warned when leaving port Augusta to be aware of cows, roos and strangely enough eagle. As anyone of these could jump out in front of you at any time. its not uncommon to see 4 or 5 wedge tail eagles sitting on the side of the road eating a dead carcus.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Port Augusta
Our Port Augusta stay...(2 Videos)
We only stayed a couple of days in port Augusta. It was more a rest time for us and preparation time to head up the middle of Australia.
While we stayed here we permanently fixed our solar panel to the roof of the van as it was becoming increasingly difficult being placed in our bathroom every day.. this way it can function all day as its supposed to. The batteries are of a super size and can easily last all day without a direct sun positioning.
We went for a boat cruise up the inland water way. Watched dolphins playing and shot some photos through the uppermost part of the inland sea.
We headed off without the license (as it was left in Victor Harbour) after a quick stop at the outback information center.
While we stayed here we permanently fixed our solar panel to the roof of the van as it was becoming increasingly difficult being placed in our bathroom every day.. this way it can function all day as its supposed to. The batteries are of a super size and can easily last all day without a direct sun positioning.
We went for a boat cruise up the inland water way. Watched dolphins playing and shot some photos through the uppermost part of the inland sea.
Outback River Cruise
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| Ice creams for the girls |
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| The Old bridge ferry |
This old ferry carried parts up and down the waterway for building supplies. After finishing the bridge they realised that is was on the wrong side of the bridge so could not be taken back to the open ocean. they just left it to decay.
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| The new Shopping village at sunset |
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| The outback centre snake Drove on to lunchtime stop for some red dirt pictures and a family shot... arrived at heart lake to see the sunset and get a shot in. Camp fire night with Merrilyn and Brian.
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