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EL QUESTRO WILDERNESS PARK KIMBERLEY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA There are two kinds of star gazing campers, those who like to sleep under the stars and those that like accommodation with stars (aka Glampers). Our brood falls in the later category. Whilst we appreciate the beauty of the outback, the red earth of the Kimberley that gets into everything and the clean crisp air you breath and water you drink, we have a huge appreciation for a flushing toilet, a fan and a hard floor under foot. Kununurra is located in the far north of WA, approximately 40km from the Northern Territory border. With a population of around 4'500, it caters to a large tourist trade as it is the gateway to the the Gibb River Road and Kimberley. We flew from Perth to Kununurra and hired a 4WD for our week adventure to El Questro , along the Gibb River Road. We were visiting during the peak tourist season and the July school holidays, so we had booked all of our accommodation and hire car well in ad...

USA ROADIE LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, LAS VEGAS, PALM SPRINGS & SAN DIEGEO 20 December 2014 - 10 January 2015 With three weeks break over the Australian summer holidays, we headed for the USA! This year it was just our immediate gang ie: two forty-somethings and two teenagers. As per usual we had spent months putting together our itinerary and booking as much in advance as possible in order to get the best times, tickets, seats and restaurant reservations. Don't forget we were travelling over the Christmas/New Year period, so reservations needed to be made in advance as places are often closed for the holidays or booked out months in advance. Not to mention, the Australian Dollar was pretty good when we started booking this trip, but had gone down quite considerably by the time we departed. We were quietly thanking our lucky stars we had pre-paid as much as possible. The trip from Perth, Western Australia to LA via Sydney is really, really ...