EMU Track Blog

NOW: CARNARVON TO KALBARRI With the wind up, the blowholes at Quobba Point just out of Carnarvon were spraying and drifting high into the air.  A few brave young men were fishing from the cliffs but the warning sign recommends…

NOW: EXMOUTH AND NINGALOO Now that we we’re on the highway we expected to travel a long way quickly but the sign said 200, yes two hundred, kilometres of road works which we found fairly soon after the sign.  More…

NOW: THE PILBARA On the Great Northern Highway as we head into Port Hedland we know we are near a big town.  It was a little nerve wracking negotiating under and over passes, dual lanes and traffic lights!  I can’…

NOW: BROOME AND CAPE LEVEQUE It’s been nearly three months since we’ve been on a beach where you can swim in the ocean so Broome was a welcome sight.  Soon after arriving we walked on the claylike white sand and…

NOW:  DERBY AND THE HORIZONTAL WATERFALLS Our run from Fitzroy Crossing to Derby was our longest drive for weeks.  We even had some music on the Ipod and could hear it because we were on the sealed highway.  It actually…

NOW: WINDJANA GORGE NATIONAL PARK, TUNNEL CREEK AND FITZROY CROSSING Just as well there was some shade from a few scrappy trees at the Windjana Campground because it was hot, dry and dusty! The Devonian limestone here formed the King…

NOW: Ellenbrae Station, Kalumburu to Bell Gorge Between Home Valley and Ellenbrae Stations we saw three vehicles with flat tyres. So far we’ve kept all our tyres intact so fingers crossed. The road is very rocky and corrugated but we…

Now: The Kimberley – Wyndham to Home Valley As we drove into Wyndham we’d travelled all the way from Ceduna on the Southern Ocean to Wyndham on the northern edge of Western Australia and the Cambridge Gulf. On the way…