Lloyds on tour Fact File (to Exmouth)
Car Facts.
15,000 kilometres have been covered from Wollongong to Exmouth
We average 5.5 kilometres per litre of fuel.
2500 litres of fuel have been used.
Prices for fuel have varied between $1.26/litre in Bendigo and $2.22/litre at a roadhouse on the Nullabor Plain.
We have paid on average $1.55/litre.
The fuel bill so far is $3875.
Accommodation Facts
NSW - 23 days @ $46 per night
VIC - 19 days @ $40 per night
Spirit of Tasmania -2 trips @ $200 per night
TAS - 43 days @ $26 per night
SA - 18 days @ $11 per night
WA - 34 days @ $ 32 per night.
Favourite Foods to date.
Harry - Honey Chicken and Pancakes for breakfast.
Jackson - All of it, especially the fish we are catching.
Karen - Mud Crabs & Tiger prawns from Exmouth.
Richard - Mud Crabs and Baldchin Groper.
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The Lloyds on tour would like to thank Carina Vitelli for a number of fabulous photos she has passed on via her Lloyd folder, they are some of our favourite photographs.
Our final day in Exmouth - We snorkelled at Turquiose Bay and trekked through & on the Exmouth Gorges.
It was hard to believe that these amazing gorges were found just outside of Exmouth, it didn't look much as you drove by BUT, once you ventured a little further.........
Hedge hog grass, or spinafex.
We left Exmouth and headed for Tom Price, a large mining town.
B = Beasley Creek overnight stop in a free camp.
C= Parabadoo, an important fuel fill up.
Termite nests are everywhere.
Our camp spot for the night.
Damper filled with maple syrup and cream are on the menu. Oh , and marshmallows as well.
Breakfast time.
Once , at Tom Price we decide to climb to the top of W.A's tallest point, Mount Nameless. A funny name considering the local Aboriginal people had already had a name for this peak. We were able to use the trusty 4WD to take us to the top.
Jules prays that the car can take the bumps.
Halfway up and the mine looks tiny.
Our park for the night.
Tom Price township.
If you are looking for a job that pays well, this is the place, a dump truck operator can earn up to $150,000 p.a.
Made it.
"Hedge hog " grass is everywhere.
What a planker !!!!!!
After Tom Price we stayed a few nights in the Dales Campground
in the Karijini National Park, this was brilliant.
Jules , our mascot has found a neat place to take in the views. Harry wishes he could hop up there to.
Karen's shower.
Our best bee keeper impersonations.
Nanna tractor and the girls from Karen's workplace gave us these fly nets, they were Magic. Kept the flies at bay. It took some getting used to though. We kept trying to eat and drink through them, which in turn attracted more flies.
The Toilet trail.
Jackson ponders how much he is missing school.
Yep, I'm over that thought.
Scott and Richard dive into Fern pools to have their tub for the day.
The water was rather warm!!!!!!!
Fortescue Falls.
Gorge trekking.
Harry and his little buddy Owen, or is it Ewan or Ian, No , it's Owen.
Back at Camp.
Camp school, the morning session, the kids are going for their
Junior Karijini Ranger badge, all passed with flying colours.
The dump spot, perhaps the cleanest pit toilets in the country, they were seriously good,
Our great buddies , the Vitelli kids. Owen, Angus, Harry , Jackson and Hannah.
Back for another shower.
The Circular Pools.
Day two - the kids built a bark hut complete with fences.
Dales Campground, we were lucky enough to score a double site with the Vitelli family.
Skimming stones - part of our P.E program.
The kids get into the lesson.
Pardoo Station is 145 kilometres North of Port Hedland.
Jules leaves Dales Campground a happy & tired Lemur.
We are heading for Pardoo Station for the next two nights. This is a working cattle station with powered sites for the weary travellers. We had a home cooked pork roast on the Sunday night and went fishing and mud crabbing for the remainder of the time.
Graham and Chris, the Busselton boys shared some of their catch with us. They tasted great. The next day they took us out to learn how to mud crab, we scored three of the big buggers. The kids also got up close and personal with a number of sea turtle found in the mangroves.
Angus wrestles this one.
Postcards ???????
Island beach, some 12 kilometres from the station.
