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Little River Walk Denmark

Driving there

A 5km walk along the Wilson Inlet at Denmark, wandering through everything from swamp, to tall Karri forest.  This was a beautiful winters day when the rain held off for most of the day and I got some nice photos. Continue Reading

Photo collection

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A selection of photos I’ve taken over the past few weeks. All photos are untouched straight off the camera (click on them for larger images). Continue Reading

Buying local

Fresh veg here

Fresh veg here

We’ve all seen it before, the sign on the side of the road inviting you to come and buy some locally grown produce. Often in a days driving you’ll pass by signs offering a huge range of products, driving from where I am in Denmark across to Albany a distance of just over 50km I passed roadside stalls selling vegetables, assorted fruits, jams and preserves, eggs, honey, fresh flowers and olive oil. Continue Reading

Fishing for food

Beautiful fishing spot

Beautiful fishing spot

Part of my plan while living in the motor home was to supplement my food supplies with freshly caught fish, it’s taken me a month to get my act together and actually go fishing, but what a beautiful place it was to fish.

This is the east end of Mazzoletti’s beach and I’ve been coming to this spot to fish for probably 30 years or more with mixed results in the fishing stakes, but it’s always a pleasant place to be. Continue Reading

A Walk in the Bush

Blue Flower

Blue Flower

The forest down here in Denmark is diverse and exceptional. Here are some photos I took during a couple of walks through the bush. Continue Reading

You have to start somewhere.

So long term plans were that I wanted to head to Tasmania to have a look around. Tasmania, the land of beautiful forests and waterways, cheap property and “old school” values and sense of community. Also notably I guess more recently, voted the top bogan state in Australia.

She was a good looking coaster bus, in a rugged sort of way.

She was a good looking coaster bus, in a rugged sort of way.

After much searching around for vehicles I decided to go for Tru Blue a 1993 long wheel base Toyota coaster lovingly set up by an elderly couple who had owned her for about 10 years.  One of the main aspect that attracted me to this vehicle was the quality of fit-out and the solar set up. Continue Reading