Battery Worries at Broome and Barn Hill Station
One of our reasons for delaying our departure from Broome was that I like using the electric induction stove instead of gas. Unlike gas, it barely heats up the caravan. Also, we can plug...
Journey with Peppa Blog Posts
Metal on metal scraping at Balladonia
Crossing the Nullarbor, the last town in the west is Norseman WA. From there, it is 1200km to Ceduna SA. About two hours east of Norseman we stopped to refuel at Balladonia Roadhouse. Moving...
Water Worries on the Nullarbor at Eucla
I hadn’t fully registered that driving across the Nullarbor, the distance between towns is 1200 km. We bought plenty of food in Norseman, but did not think to top up the caravan water tank. ...
A Big Day Out for Peppa – 12 September
Tuesday morning started like many others, with Peppa lying on Antigone’s chest. This is the view I often wake up to living in our caravan. Ying invited Antigone and Peppa to join her for...
Farewell to Broome
24/9/3023 – Today we farewell Broome after over 3 months there. It’s been great. Time to make many more friends, largely from the caravan park community, but also from the jetty and from parkrun,...
Parkrun
Broome has a new parkrun*, which started since we arrived here. I was running on the jetty one Saturday morning (1 July) soon after our arrival in Broome when I saw two people wearing...
Catching the Sun
One of the people who read ‘Catching the Moon’ showed me photos she had taken doing the same kind of thing with the sun. That was something that had never occurred to me. We...
Sled Cat
You’ve heard of Sled Dogs – How about a Sled Cat?! Last night we returned to Discovery Park Broome after 9 days away. We stopped at the camp of our friends Ying and Annika...
Catching the Moon
A month ago on 1 July, Antigone and I were cycling home to our caravan from Chinatown in the late afternoon. I suggested we ride via Kennedy’s Hill (about the only hill in Broome)...
Moving On
After the first couple of days, Peppa travelled well. During our trek across Australia, we noted two differences from normal: Peppa ate less enthusiastically than normal. Also, she was less bite-y and scratchy than...
