Australia - The Big Lap - 1st Half

LIVING  RETIREMENT  LIFE  TO  THE  FULL

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Finally!  We have retired from our stressful jobs - aussirose was a Legal Mortgage Recovery Officer in a WA Bank and Howard was a Bus Driver.  Tookie - the Bird with an attitude, is along for the ride.

We headed south from Perth first just to ensure everything is in order before venturing into the northern unknown.

It was a mixture of emotions departing with our stuff and saying goodbye to the kids but that is not forever and we hope they enjoy following along with us on our journey until we see each other again.

Janine, Howard, Dylan, Tom (Kelli's Husband), Jesse
Ann, Kelli and Grandson Gabriel

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Each place name below has a link to the corresponding page so you can click on something that takes your interest and follow along on our adventures.

This page is the first half of our Big Lap.  It takes you through WA and into NT, then down and through SA, along the coastline and into VIC.  We go along the bottom of VIC to the east side and up and into NSW.

In NSW, we got as far as Tamworth and had to stop due to inclement weather.  So we decided head on down through NSW, into VIC and across on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry into Tassie where we stopped and worked for two and a half years.  Unfortunately the cold weather in Tasmania seemed continue without letup and we decided that this is not the place for us.

This is the roundup of the 1st half of our Big Lap.  When you get to the end of this page, there will be a link to the 2nd half.

So, true to Aussirose storytelling, please grab a drink and some snacks and I hope you enjoy our story.  

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Donnybrook

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Greenbushes

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Pemberton

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Walpole

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Denmark

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 Albany

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Bremer Bay

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Wellstead

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Mt Barker

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 Lake Ewlyamartup

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Dumbleyung

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Lake Towerrinning

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Quindanning

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Narrogin

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Kulin

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Corrigin

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Beverely

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 Quairading

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 Cunderdin

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Northam

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Yanchep National Park

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Paynes Find

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Yalgoo

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Geraldton

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Gladstone Bay

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Carnarvon

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Coral Bay & Exmouth

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Nanutarra

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Paraburdoo

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Tom Price & Karijini

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In The Rocks - Between Karijini & Pt Hedland 

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Port Hedland

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Marble Bar, Coppins Gap & Coongan Pool

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De Grey River, 80 Mile Beach, Barn Hill Station

 

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Broome & Cape Leveque

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Derby & Horizontal Falls

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Gibb River Road - Part 1

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Great Northern Highway

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Kununurra & Wyndham

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Gibb River Road Part 2

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Lake Argyle

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Katherine

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Darwin

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Litchfield National Park & Waigit Beach

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Mataranka

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Down the Centre, Mataranka to Alice Springs

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Alice Springs & MacDonnell Range

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Uluru

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Coober Pedy

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Flinders Ranges

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Clare Valley Wine Country

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Adelaide

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Victor Harbour, Strathalbyn & West Coorong

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Murray River & Coorong East

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Kingston SE, Robe & Beachport

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Mount Gambier, Mt Schank & Port MacDonnell

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Koroit, Port Fairy & Warnoombool

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The Grampians

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Timboon & 12 Apostles

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Winchelsea & Great Ocean Road

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Stony Point & Mornington Peninsula

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Loch, Phillip Island & Wonthaggi

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Gippsland

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Eden, Ben Boyd NP, Merimbula, Pambula

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Wallaga Lake, Tathra, Narooma & Tilba Tilba

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Moruya, Mossy Point, Batemans Bay

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Berry, Shoalhaven Heads, Gerroa, Gerringong

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Sydney, All About Memories

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Tasmania, Launceston 

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Tamworth

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Coonabarabran

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Dubbo & Forbes

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Young & Gundagai

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Wodonga & Beechworth

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Wangaratta, Glenrowan & Greta

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Seymour & Shepparton

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Spirit of Tasmania

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The End

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Link to 2nd Half for VIC, NSW & QLD

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