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About Mike

A recently retired "Baby Boomer" , looking forward to having more time for my photography and travel.

Kalgoorlie

Time to catch up ! I’m at Kalbarri now, but first a few pics and words from a few days ago : Each truckload of material from the Superpit produces around $10,000 of gold, and every truck costs $4 million, … Continue reading

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Across the Nullarbor

“a hideous anomaly, a blot on the face of Nature, the sort of place one gets into in bad dreams” That is how the first white man to cross the Nullarbor, explorer Edward John Eyre, described the Nullarbor Plain. I … Continue reading

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Australia’s best backpacker hostel ?

Due to the inclement weather I stayed at the Port Lincoln YHA hostel last night, and I have to say it might be the best in the country. Great facilities, and spotlessly clean too ! Perhaps the town is n’t … Continue reading

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Been there, done that …. halfway across Australia

Warning, kitschy photos ahead ! As the crow flies, Kimba is halfway across Australia…..which means there is still a long way to the West Coast, and then more, much more, up to Exmouth for my whale shark adventure. Another kitschy … Continue reading

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Roadside mailbox, Cobb highway

This “stagecoach” is rather apt, as it is on the Cobb Highway, named after an old mail route of Cobb & Co’s stagecoaches from last century.

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Thousand star accommodation

A dark night with no moon, and definitely no street lights, just millions of stars in outback New South Wales…just the right place for a swag !

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