It’s been a while since we had to wake up very early. We were told that there are some amazing lookouts at sunrise in the Grampians National Park. So we woke up at 4AM to drive to one of these amazing places: The Pinnacle The drive was pretty challenging with all the kangaroos hopping in…
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Australische humor is fantastisch! Naast de AWESOME borden langs de weg, is de dagdagelijkse humor ook gewoonweg ongelooflijk! Een specifiek soort Australische humor werkt als volgt: men zegt met een afgestreken serieus gezicht het totaal tegenovergestelde van wat men eigenlijk bedoelt. De helft van de tijd vraag je je af: “Meent die dat nu?!” Het…
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Driving the Australian roads keeps surprising you. It’s not always nature that is worth stopping for, once in a while you get blown away by man-made things. The beautiful paintings on these huge silos are just AWESOME! We saw this one driving from Mildura to the Grampians. Apparently there is a whole trail you can…
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There are times in life when you’re faced with the following situation: You’re staying at a hotel/motel (Holiday Inn…) that has a communal BBQ/hotplate for guests to use. You only have basic cooking gear with you, like salt/pepper, knives, forks and plastic plates (for example, because you left all the other stuff with your wife…
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Purple Swamphens are AWESOME! They look like the baby of an actual dinosaur and a funky turkey. They can swim, fly, and run like Forrest Gump! When they eat, they grab their food with their incredibly long toes, and tear off pieces like proper velociraptors. The one we had with us all afternoon, didn’t mind…
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Since some unexpected costs cut into our travel budget, we went looking for free campsites. In the past, we haven’t had much luck with these. Either there are millions of flies and mozzies, or there’s too much wind, or it’s too hard to get the tent pegs in, or all of the above… However, it…
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In de reeks “koken voor trippers”, een nieuwe variant op de dashboardbroodjes: kofferpizza! We zijn er achter gekomen dat, mits voldoende zon, onze auto ook andere plaatsen heeft waar eten kan worden opgewarmd. Voor restjes pizza is de koffer bijvoorbeeld ideaal. Volgende keer, met de feestdagen in het vooruitzicht: achterbank-glühwein!
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“Honey, I’m stuck at the racecourse… No, really!”, it sounds like a lame excuse a gambling addict might say, but in our case, it was actually true! After our small trip to Silverton and the Living Desert, we were heading into Broken Hill for a nice dinner, since we were saving so much cash by…
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It hardly ever rains in Silverton, an old outback silver mining town, now populated exclusively by artists, pub staff, and donkeys. It also served as the backdrop for many iconic Australian movies, the most famous of which was Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Of course we brought the Belgian weather-gods with us, and visited…
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Vaak zijn de goedkoopste plaatsen om te kamperen in outback Australië publieke plaatsen die maar een paar dagen per jaar gebruikt worden, zoals showgrounds, cricket ovals, en racecourses. Zo kan de gemeente de kosten wat drukken, en hebben reizigers een unieke en goedkope plaats om te overnachten. Een echte win-win situatie dus! Een nachtje kamperen…
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