In this episode, we share a slice of South Australia. We move from Port to Port and visit one of Australia’s most bizarrest towns, Coober Pedy, for a prospecting experience. 

These are our reflections of Days 131 - 140 in our whirlwind Lap of Australia 

Catch up with our 6 month travel by checking out this Podcast, including:

📅The Daily Diary

🤓Fun Facts 

 💰It’s A Numbers Game

Itinerary Includes:

📍 Day 131 & 132 - Port Lincoln

📍 Day 133 - Coffin Bay National Park

📍 Day 134 - Port Augusta

📍 Day 135, Hawker and Wilpena Pound

📍 Day 136 - Woomera, Wirraminna

📍 Day 137 to 139 - Coober Pedy

📍 Day 140 - Port Pirie

The Visual Diary for Weeks 17 & 18 adds pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s6tWZClDNXsVCDaSkqK02jFM9WKsQpax/view?usp=drive_link

Faye Naylor’s house is for sale https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/article-15275465/Australia-POOL-living-room-Coober-Pedy-cheapest-town.html

We’re celebrating the miles (2,200 km actually) that we have journeyed since our last episode. We have reached South Australia, via the epic Nullarbor plain plus we’ve created golden memories in Kalgoorlie WA. These are our reflections of Days 121 - 130 at the 70% mark through our Lap of Australia

Catch up with our 6 month travel by checking out this Podcast, including:

📅The Daily Diary

🤓Fun Facts 

 ✞ Confession corner

Our itinerary features

📍 Day 121 - Coolgardie WA & Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA

📍 Day 122 - Kalgoorlie-Boulder WA

📍 Day 123 - Norseman WA

📍 Day 124 & 125 - Nullarbor Plain, Bunda Cliffs

📍 Day 126-  Fowlers Bay, Head of Bight, 

📍 Day 127 - Penong, Port Sinclair, Lake MacDonnell 

📍 Day 128 & 129 -  Streaky Bay SA

📍 Day 130 -  Port Lincoln, SA

The Visual Diary for Weeks 17 & 18 adds pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BHjg3MEN98EIvIwgWvAetl7I14g0gOe4/view?usp=drive_link

Amateur Fossickers Discover Gold:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-27/prospectors-flock-to-goldfields-after-large-nugget-unearthed/105409842

Fight for Port Lincoln’s Water Security https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/port-lincoln-desalination-plant-aquaculture-water-security/103959976

We’re in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and seen rugged coastlines, pristine beaches, and ancient forests. This is a 400 km exploration of Days 111-120 

The weather has taken a nose dive, but it has not dampened our sense of adventure. We’re itching to share this episode with you. 

Join us on our journey, now some 23,500km since leaving Sydney. We are 3/4 of our way on the Lap

This episode features:

📅The Daily Diary

🤓Fun Facts 

👣Off the Beaten Track Discoveries

🔟Our WA Top 10

The Visual Diary for Weeks 16 & 17 adds pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P_6zgyTHkbEe6fzVnraX-MBL4cciijdX/view?usp=sharing

Perth & Margaret River is a 600 km area, teeming with craft breweries, wineries, windswept beaches and beautiful surf breaks, There’s 2 lighthouses, plus room for adrenaline-fuelled adventures and a dream destination, just off the coast of the State Capital

This episode features

📅The Daily Diary

🤓Fun Facts 

 🪓Top 5 Van Hacks

The visual diary for Weeks 15 & 16 adds pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YxxRL5A8PdGcVydfP-metm5_H6u4S4JM/view?usp=sharing

Walks, Waves and Wildflowers feature in our monumental episode as we travel a further 800 kilometres south in Western Australia. We highlight Days 91-100 and explore the Coral Coast, journeying down to touch the Wheat Belt area and include:

📅The Daily Diary

🤓Fun Facts 

🌸Walks, Waves, and Wildflowers

We hit the halfway point of our Lap and 100 days on the Road.

The visual diary for Weeks 14 & 15 adds pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jTgPfQwIa0v7G3IdycCoxud_D096QfQn/view?usp=sharing

Western Australia - you are a water wonderland! Through Days 81-90, we have experienced WA at its wet and wild best. This episode features key highlight locations -  Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay and Shark Bay.

Episode 10 includes:

📅The Daily Diary

🐠Coral Care

❓Listeners’ Corner

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary for Weeks 12 & 13 to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14wvC578MI0FVg-M69-3R4zV6WhAoA_FD/view?usp=sharing

*Best* Whale Shark Tour - Ningaloo Whaleshark Swim www.ningaloowhalesharks.com

Carnavon “Don't Look at the Islands” Sculpture

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/lock-hospital-memorial-unveiled/11019356

From being awestruck by the luminosity of the night skies or the stunning gorge walks in the Karijini National Park, it's a treasure trove of discoveries from the Pilbara area of Western Australia.

These gems are like a Jewel in the Crown of Western Australia

Episode 9 includes:

📅 The Daily Diary

❓Questions & Answers in Listeners’ Corner

🎶Face the Music - our Jingle and AI

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary for Weeks 11 & 12 to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pYXqGFaeyoGaDVrdzJ-Smz_OU0Ee-h83/view?usp=sharing

Karijini Park Guide

https://cdn1.get-qr.com/files/68aeb6498144cc08011f5b44/1756280414324-a9656652118a2b15302903aaebbdc886.pdf

WA Trails

https://trailswa.com.au/trails/

This episode is called …What? Western Australia…. because it's certainly the way that we feel. Time is racing. We feature:

🧜‍♀️Horizontal Falls Focus

📚Ross’ Reading Review

🗝️Listener’s Corner

🧹Busy in Broome

We are sitting at Days 61- 70 of 188, making almost 40% of the way through our lap around Australia. We have spent 62 days - stayed in 30 towns/ caravan sites - travelled 8500 km on the road and completed another 'almost' 5000km in side trips. 

🔦References:

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nPihx2PxX0czVk3pwCJBQax610SWe1MI/view?usp=sharing

Blue Tree Movement ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-01/painting-the-country-blue-to-tackle-suicide-regional-australia/11538858

Colin’s Guide to Border Crossing Sept 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ER_OTXhVOsasCyRkPki4Ph3XY2ibd1v0/view?usp=sharing

DL stands for down low, but our DL is Darwin and Litchfield 😋 Days 51-60 have just whizzed by. We are 35% through our Lap of Australia. Here are our NT insights …..on the DL.

Including:

📅The Daily Diary

❓Questions & Answers in Listeners’ Corner

🚶‍♀️Life Lessons walking & hiking - The Over 50s Guide (well - anyone really)

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SpPhMt_ZYcba6uNcza5BTs86uEcIyxze/view?usp=sharing

ABC News - Solar Car Challenge

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-27/nt-world-solar-challenge-darwin-car-race-to-adelaide-technology/105689306?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=messages

ABC News - Douglas Hot Springs Closed https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/douglas-hot-springs-nt-closure-affected-by-bore-at-sacred-site/102920352

We are now beyond the 1/4 way mark in our lap of Australia.  Come with us on the journey

Over the last 10 days, we have been treated to seeing country through new eyes and experiencing a deeper connection to this ancient land

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/158eBPlgELgGcK2gGVPt66KcMP6faNA7t/view?usp=sharing