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Paleo Excitement
Twice this past week – yes twice I have flushed the toilet and a frog has jumped out! I swear there is nothing more unnerving – or at...
Alison Dwyer
Nov 5, 20223 min read
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Mud and Sinus Infections
Mud and sinus infections! 2 of the banes of my existence have been my companions over the last 2 weeks. I took that right turn at...
Alison Dwyer
Oct 23, 20225 min read
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Problem Solving
Well, I got to know Cairns better than I had planned to! I had left you there planning to give the car and the caravan a hug to reward...
Alison Dwyer
Oct 9, 20225 min read
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The Tippy Top of Australia
Well goodness me! I can now empathise and fully understand why Burke and Wills gave up. I tried walking through a rainforest and only a...
Alison Dwyer
Sep 21, 20225 min read
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Tropical North Queensland Outback
John McDowall Stuart was a successful explorer! This cannot be disputed or else the historical record will set you straight. Robert...
Alison Dwyer
Sep 5, 20226 min read
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The 150th anniversary of the joining of the Overland Telegraph
You know I have been wondering at the type of person who will pull up a car, truck or whatever dig around for some sort of top or shirt,...
Alison Dwyer
Aug 25, 20225 min read
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Katherine to Darwin
You would think after years of travel and blessed adventures I would learn that the brochure never precisely describes the destination...
Alison Dwyer
Aug 9, 20225 min read
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Broome to Kathrine - NT
I have a voyeuristic love for my CB radio. I leave it on CH 40 which is the most common channel, and I can eaves drop on others having...
Alison Dwyer
Jul 27, 20226 min read
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A New Broome
I fear that I must confess to a previous appalling lack of curiosity to and lack of knowledge of Australian War Time history. Did you...
Alison Dwyer
Jul 22, 20227 min read
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Monkey Mia - Derby Wow!!!
Let’s talk about termites! Yes termites. I have spent a number of days contemplating the habits of these little critters for their...
Alison Dwyer
Jun 30, 20226 min read
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To Exmouth and and everywhere in between
My learning curve continues often at a precipitous rate!! At one stage I crossed the 26 parallel (whooo!) and now I have crossed into...
Alison Dwyer
Jun 18, 20226 min read
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Nature's Gentleman
He helped me mechanically - my ineptness was distinctive; He was a kind man and very tough - he had hands of granite! He had kindness and...
Alison Dwyer
Jun 8, 20221 min read
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Blog 4 June 2022 - Margaret River - Geraldton WA
OMG, we live in a beautiful country! At times I can find so many things to moan about, but the beauty enforces a mindfulness that is...
Alison Dwyer
Jun 8, 20224 min read
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It's the 20th of May and we are rollin' again
Rolin' rollin' rollin' Rolin' rollin' rollin' Rolin' rollin' rollin' Rolin' rollin' rollin' Keep rollin' rollin' rollin' Though the roads...
Alison Dwyer
May 20, 20226 min read
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Ravensthorpe WA May Day 2002
I thank the universe on a daily basis these days for my nursing training. Thankfully any squeamishness I may have carried for bodily...
Alison Dwyer
May 1, 20223 min read
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Ravensthorpe Musings 15 April 2022
‘It is good weather for ducks’ they say! Bollocks! There is a lovely flock of ducks that mooch around a pond in the caravan park. I love...
Alison Dwyer
Apr 29, 20223 min read
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Norseman - Kalgoorlie - Ravensthorpe
Oh, my goodness much has happened since we pulled out of Norseman on Sunday 13 March ‘ 22! Firstly, though I must confess something. I am...
Alison Dwyer
Mar 31, 20226 min read
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No Trees
I really do think that the Mulga is the prettiest of trees! My partiality to them has grown following the rains. Their foliage, which...
Alison Dwyer
Mar 19, 20228 min read
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Yeh! We are on the Road Again!!
On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again’ Leaving poor Nigel behind and Bingley by my side ‘And I can't wait to get on...
Alison Dwyer
Mar 17, 20223 min read
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More Days waiting and another disappointment
Checking my blog, I find it 3 weeks since I have updated! The time it flies by and of course we are almost at the end of February! And...
Alison Dwyer
Mar 17, 20224 min read
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