1. THE END OF THE ROAD After living in the slow lane for the last 12 months, the concept of life in the big smoke is just too much to bear for these two travellers. We have rented a house at Red Hill; a kind of try-before-you-buy idea for 12 months before we make a big commitment to a new house. So, the van will shortly be on the market and the nomadic life becomes a little more stable. it may be difficult, but to wrap this blog up properly, it is only fair to do one last “best’-of”. Here goes: BEST BEACH: Ah, so many to choose from. Hill Inlet at Whitehaven has to win though - ridiculously beautiful and unlike anywhere else we have ever seen in the world. FAVOURITE OVERALL DESTINATION: A close call between Coral Bay, Byron Bay and the Kimberley. We have made no secret of our love of all things aquatic at Ningaloo Reef and Coral Bay, or the laid back charm of Byron, but the Kimberley was a bit of a creeper. We didn’t realise what a beautiful and uniquely Australian landscape it is until we came back to the east coast. OVERRATED DESTINATION: Sure - there are plenty of places we couldn’t go back to again, but there really was nowhere on the trip that we regretted visiting - all part of the experience. BEST TOURIST EXPERIENCE: This one we can’t answer. Would love to have said the whale sharks, but there were so many amazing things - from Kakadu cruising to the scenic flight over the Bungle Bungles, it is just too hard to pick.   BEST CAMPGROUND: Contos in Margaret River, Seal Rocks in NSW, Noosa North Shore and Red Bluff in WA had all of the elements of the perfect campground covered. A couple of new categories for the final wrap up as well. WHERE WE WILL LIVE WHEN WE WIN TATTSLOTTO: Yallingup, WA. Sunshine Beach or Noosa North Shore. Byron Bay and Palm Beach in Sydney. Any or or all those will be just fine thanks. OUR RECOMMENDED HOLIDAY THAT EVERYONE MUST DO AT LEAST ONCE: An itinerary that a few European tourists seemed to take would be a brilliant way to experience some of the best parts of our holiday in a relatively short time. You fly to Darwin, hire a fully equipped 4WD camper and drive across to Broome. On the way you pass through Kakadu, Litchfield national park, El Questro, Windjana Gorge and all of the adventure that goes along with the Gibb River Rd, the Bungle Bungles and then onto Broome, with a side trip up Cape Leveque.  In just a couple of short weeks for a relatively small cost, what you can see is unparalleled anywhere. Just a suggestion! KMS COVERED: 32,839 Not quite sure there is much to blog about from Red Hill, so that may just be the last blog for now.  Yes, it is a bit cheesy to finish off with a quote, but having read it somewhere this week, it sums up our thoughts on this year perfectly: “Don’t get too busy making a living that you forget to make a life”. Amen to that.

    THE END OF THE ROAD

    After living in the slow lane for the last 12 months, the concept of life in the big smoke is just too much to bear for these two travellers.

    We have rented a house at Red Hill; a kind of try-before-you-buy idea for 12 months before we make a big commitment to a new house. So, the van will shortly be on the market and the nomadic life becomes a little more stable.

    it may be difficult, but to wrap this blog up properly, it is only fair to do one last “best’-of”. Here goes:

    BEST BEACH: Ah, so many to choose from. Hill Inlet at Whitehaven has to win though - ridiculously beautiful and unlike anywhere else we have ever seen in the world.

    FAVOURITE OVERALL DESTINATION: A close call between Coral Bay, Byron Bay and the Kimberley. We have made no secret of our love of all things aquatic at Ningaloo Reef and Coral Bay, or the laid back charm of Byron, but the Kimberley was a bit of a creeper. We didn’t realise what a beautiful and uniquely Australian landscape it is until we came back to the east coast.

    OVERRATED DESTINATION: Sure - there are plenty of places we couldn’t go back to again, but there really was nowhere on the trip that we regretted visiting - all part of the experience.

    BEST TOURIST EXPERIENCE: This one we can’t answer. Would love to have said the whale sharks, but there were so many amazing things - from Kakadu cruising to the scenic flight over the Bungle Bungles, it is just too hard to pick.  

    BEST CAMPGROUND: Contos in Margaret River, Seal Rocks in NSW, Noosa North Shore and Red Bluff in WA had all of the elements of the perfect campground covered.

    A couple of new categories for the final wrap up as well.

    WHERE WE WILL LIVE WHEN WE WIN TATTSLOTTO: Yallingup, WA. Sunshine Beach or Noosa North Shore. Byron Bay and Palm Beach in Sydney. Any or or all those will be just fine thanks.

    OUR RECOMMENDED HOLIDAY THAT EVERYONE MUST DO AT LEAST ONCE: An itinerary that a few European tourists seemed to take would be a brilliant way to experience some of the best parts of our holiday in a relatively short time. You fly to Darwin, hire a fully equipped 4WD camper and drive across to Broome. On the way you pass through Kakadu, Litchfield national park, El Questro, Windjana Gorge and all of the adventure that goes along with the Gibb River Rd, the Bungle Bungles and then onto Broome, with a side trip up Cape Leveque.  In just a couple of short weeks for a relatively small cost, what you can see is unparalleled anywhere. Just a suggestion!

    KMS COVERED: 32,839

    Not quite sure there is much to blog about from Red Hill, so that may just be the last blog for now.  Yes, it is a bit cheesy to finish off with a quote, but having read it somewhere this week, it sums up our thoughts on this year perfectly:

    “Don’t get too busy making a living that you forget to make a life”. Amen to that.



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