Thierings on Tour
Follow along our journey as our family of 5 from Sydney travel around Australia for 30 weeks.
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Luckily the rain has stopped by the morning and the day was starting to be quite warm while we packed up. In the morning, we met an absolutely fascinating lady named Brooke McIntosh, who is currently running around Australia to raise awareness and money for mental health charity Blue Tree Project. Brooke’s story was so…
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Today was a good day with all the car troubles finally behind us and hopefully a fix that will last a bit longer than 200kms at a time… thank you to Rich and everyone who has gone above and beyond to help get us back on the road quickly and safely. Most of all, it…
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Today was a happy day, our beautiful Jazzy is 6! The day started with family cuddles in bed followed by a birthday treasure hunt around camp. It’s a tradition Jazzy started in Sydney and she didn’t want to miss out on the road. Our gorgeous girl had lots of birthday wishes, calls and kind words…
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There’s not too much positive to say about these days, so I’m going to lump them together for the first time this trip/blog. The initial car fix didn’t work, so it was back to the drawing board and more phone calls to find a solution. The Lovells rep had a helpful idea of taking out…
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This morning was a flurry of car organising activities for Chris, talking to the Sydney company who did the GVM upgrade, the Lovells head office who sent the coils, the mechanic in Broome who installed them and all the mechanics organised through Rich in Karratha. By midday we had a plan, so fingers crossed it…
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We were back on the road and heading towards Karratha and Onslow. I was so sad that we wouldn’t be going to Karijini on this trip as it was in my top 5 on our last trip around Australia. But getting around safely is more of a priority and hopefully we will have another opportunity…
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The wind was absolutely howling last night and this morning and it kept me awake for hours, as it felt like the van would tip in the wind, but of course it didn’t. However it did mean that when we woke up we were on a speedy pack up schedule just to escape the wind…
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It was time to leave our beloved Broome, even though it feels like there is still so much to see around the area… we shall definitely be back! We had a number of errands to run before hitting the West Coast and didn’t actually get out of town until much later than planned. The road…
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There were a number of errands to run this morning, including picking up the many parcels that will go towards Jazzy’s birthday treasure hunt, organising Father’s Day presents, the never ending washing, food shopping to stock up for the next stint away and finally a cheeky pedicure for me. My goodness, the poor lady dealing with…
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Today was a planned chore day and Chris was off early to drop the car at the mechanic to hopefully fix our ongoing CV boot issues that have been plaguing us since early July. Meanwhile the girls and I got through a bit of work and homework with a splash of playground and pool sprinkled…
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Today was the day and we got off with no troubles, which was a huge relief as we had no wiggle room in our schedule… We got a bus to the Lombadina airport and patiently waited for our seaplane to return. Jazzy couldn’t wait to get on and her patience paid off when she was…
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The day started with extreme disappointment when we woke up to a text to say our Horizontal Falls tour was delayed due to grounded aircraft in Broome. By the time we had walked over to reception to find out the latest we received another text message to say it was cancelled. I won’t lie, I…
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Waking up in paradise is something I could definitely get used to… the ocean sounds, the beautiful sunrises and the incredible scenery! You can see why people stay here a while and come back over and over again… The little girls had a wonderful time searching for sea sponges, shells, hermit crabs and rolling in…
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We had a very early start to join an Aboriginal cultural tour with Trevor this morning out of Djarindjin, which meant driving about 1h20 to get there. It was a much easier drive without the van on the back and we were excited to go and explore new parts of the Dampier Peninsula. Trevor is a local…
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What an absolutely magical place to wake up in! Jazzy was up just before sunrise, so my little explorer and I headed down to the beach for a little adventure and to see the beautiful sunrise from down by the water. It was stunning! We walked along the beach, Jazzy found shells and coral and…
Thierings on Tour 