by Chris Steeden | Jun 3, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, Free / budget camping, National Parks, South Australia
Yangie Bay campground is within The Coffin Bay National Park, bookings are essential and can be completed on line at National Parks South Australia . Most campsites usually cost around $12 a night, plus your National Park entry fee. Yangie Bay Campground is located...
by Chris Steeden | Mar 15, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, National Parks, Western Australia, Whale Sharks
After being disappointed on our first trip to find a whale shark, two days later we were treated to an amazing experience. Serveral hours into the trip the search plane spotted a whale shark hooray! The skipper of the Kai-Aura gunned the engines and we were...
by Chris Steeden | Feb 28, 2019 | Australia, By Mel & Chris, Caravan roadtrip, Featured, National Parks, Western Australia
Watching sunset at The Pinnacles, very magic landscape, not many people about, the weather was very pleasant, even though it was still February. We found a great panoramic spot looking west, over the sunset, and enjoyed biscuits and cheese……very civilised indeed!!!...
by Chris Steeden | Jul 31, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Featured, Idaho, Motorbike road trip USA, National Parks
Leaving Twin Falls we followed Route 26 to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Wow! What an amazing place. We had researched this location, but nothing could have prepared us for this amazing landscape. Craters of the Moon is a vast ocean of lava...
by Chris Steeden | Jul 24, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, National Parks
Leaving Yosemite at the 10,000 ft Tioga pass it was rapid descent to 5,000 ft with an equally proportional ascent in temperature. Yesterday we exited the Yosemite National Park through the west entrance, we passed over Tioga Pass which was 10,000 feet in elevation....
by Chris Steeden | Jul 23, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, National Parks
We departed Carmel, again in the cool weather, following the road north, with the the sand dunes shadowing us for a while, then we headed East. We followed the highway through lush agricultural land till the GPS ” Missy ” thought we needed to travel the backroads,...