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Blog 20 – Harcourt to Traralgon

Posted on November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 by gayle.decosta

When we left you last week, we were camped at “The Oak Forest” in Harcourt. The mountain bike trails and the view from the top Of course we tried some of the bike tracks, starting with the “easy” ride first.  As there was only 1 easy ride we progressed onto Continue Reading

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Blog 19 – Adelaide to Mildura

Posted on November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 by gayle.decosta

Time to head from Adelaide as we had a deadline to meet in Mildura on Tuesday Afternoon.  We weren’t in a big hurry as we had a planned stop for the night before heading onto Mildura on Tuesday, thus not a great deal of km’s to be covered. Firstly we Continue Reading

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Blog 18 – Clare Valley to Adelaide

Posted on November 3, 2024November 3, 2024 by gayle.decosta

What a start to the week.  The Clare Valley has so much to offer.  If we didn’t have a deadline in Adelaide we would of definitely stayed longer and we will definitely be back.  Before heading off we decided to go for a bike ride.  50kms of wind, hills, gravel, Continue Reading

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Blog 17 – Mandurah to Perth (Truck Dilemma) onto Adelaide

Posted on October 28, 2024October 28, 2024 by gayle.decosta

With our second show done and dusted we headed to Perth.  A few weeks ago I mentioned that our clutch fluid had run dry, well it happened again and this time in a hurry.  We are due in Adelaide for a show and weren’t willing to risk the drive across Continue Reading

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Blog 16 – Jarrahdale to Busselton – Camping Show Number 2

Posted on October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 by gayle.decosta

We had a great drive to Jarrahdale, winding up through the hills and forests, passing a Monastery, a prison farm camp and driving across the Serpentine Dam.  The free RV camping area was huge and very popular but we didn’t have any trouble finding a great spot.   We took Continue Reading

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Blog 15 – Thomson Brook Winery, Bunbury and Jarrahdale

Posted on October 14, 2024October 14, 2024 by gayle.decosta

We are making the most of our time in WA while waiting on the next camping show.  This show is in Mandurah, only 153kms from the last show in Busselton.  We had 3 weeks to tackle that 153kms and what a great way to start – a 2 night stay Continue Reading

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Blog 14 – Busselton to Greenbushes

Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024 by gayle.decosta

We travelled a hefty 92 kilometres this week with a total of 2 stops.  Let’s face it the fuel account could do with a reprieve for a bit. Our first stop was Bridgetown.  A lovely little town with heaps of character.  We took a walk around and capitalised on them Continue Reading

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Blog 13 – Busselton for the Caravan and Camping Show

Posted on September 29, 2024September 29, 2024 by gayle.decosta

We are lucky enough to have spent a week in Busselton WA and it was great.  Obviously, the main reason we were here was to attend the Caravan and Camping Show but we took advantage to look around and check out the area.  Fred and I got the bikes out Continue Reading

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Blog 12 – Locked and Loaded, We’re on our way to WA

Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024 by gayle.decosta

After a few days on the road, we arrived at Morisset and set up at the Showgrounds.  This would be our base for a few days while working on De Trailer, catching up with Brad and Vicki and finally loading up to head to our very first show in Busselton Continue Reading

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Blog 11 – Holy Camping Mats Batman – Our Next Adventure

Posted on September 15, 2024September 15, 2024 by gayle.decosta

Our last blog left us heading to South Australia, specifically the small town near Mt Barker of Flaxley.  Here we were to become the proud owners of a trailer, ex horse float actually.  Our family has grown and we now travel with De Trucksta happily towing De Trailer.  Gotta keep Continue Reading

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Fred and Gayle love to get away camping.  Tents progressed to a Motorhome, aka Merlin, and they loved it so much that they are now renovating a retired school bus to live full time on the road. Meet De Busta!

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