Time for new shoes

Off with the factory standards and on with the Coopers Tyres more suited for the on and off road conditions.. that makes it a bit more blokey........3 weeks to go.

4WD course on Monday

Lost already

How can I navigate the country when I need a five and six year olds to help me get out of a maze 

Thanks Cadel & Seth

Pinnacles WA = Such an awsome place. Must come back with my new camera...

Located in the Nambung National Park located 200 km north of Perth are the Pinnacles.

Rising mysteriously form the dunes sands are thousands of limestone pillars up to four metres tall: a landscape in eerie contrast to the surrounding heath. Some are jagged, sharp-edged columns rising to the a point; others resemble tombstones.

Unfortunately the visitors centre was closed but i believe that it time gone by.. hundreds if not thousands of years ago the land was part of the ocean.  over the centuries the oceans have moved receeded and have left these amazing structures open to the weather to be eroded.

What an amazing place.....

Sorry Roy and Ben ....I never really took notice of your previous visit on this one.

Recommend a must do if your going to Perth. 8/10

Lancelin WA = Further 4 WD training whilst the kids play in the sand

For further basis David took the family and i to Lancelin which is about 150km north of Perth to play in the sand hills. An amazing experience if you have never done so.

We started with Red Emporer grilled  for David and I and schitzel for Monique at the local pub with beautiful water views. With full tummies we were then off to play.

I leant not how to get bogged and how to get out when you do. Good one David.
Tyres went from 40psi to 10psi during the day.

Monique and Kids had fun on the slopes during the same day. Pitty the cardboard sleds wouldn't work.

Another great trip 9/10

Lunch at the local pub Lancelin

Mundaring WA - = Ed teaches me the basics of "off Road '' on the Power Line Trail

So the first time ive been off road to learn new skills. My 4WD course is next week but i though i would take this opportunity to get some tips in the dirt and have some fun with the boys.

We drove 10km on the dirt 4WD trail taking the easier routes, but it must be said your standard car wouldn't have gone 1km.  Very colourful fauna in this part of the world.

Perth WA - Journey 2 = What do you do when you buy a new car....leave it.

Thanks to Qantas I had a free return flight anywhere in Australia to use by the end of the year. (remember the time that Qantas shut down last year)

Thanks to Ed & Monique who welcomed me to their family in Perth for a week of family fun.

With three kids under ten, Ive learnt what its like to be a parent and live the family life.

Fun week.

Botany Bay NSW - Journey 1 = Off to find where it all began...

Say good bye to Jays Polo which has been adopted by Jays mum Lynne.  Great to keep "Vera" Volkswagen in the family.

Hello big car....The natural place to test my new driving skills in my new beast and start my journey is where it all started for white man in Australia...Botany Bay at Kurnell the place that Captain Cook landed.
Next to see the Hawkesbury sandstone cliffs at Cape Solander also in Botany Bay national park followed by Lunch with Roy and Martin who joined the trip.
After lunch a drive through Cronulla. ( cant believe i had never been their either)

Everyone should take a day out to Kurnell. 7/10

It was fitting for Journey 1 to be standing where Captain Cook landed which is directly opposite where Jay is laid to rest......

Botany Bay National Park. The Endevour Landing Place

James Cook was the first European known to have explored the more habitable east coast. Cook had been sent to chart the transit of Venus from Tahiti, but he also charted much of the Australian and New Zealand coastlines. He reached New Zealand in October 1769, and mapped its coast. On 19 April 1770, the crew of the Endeavour sighted the east coast of Australia and ten days later landed in a bay now located in Sydney's southern suburbs.


For further interesting info on Australia's discovery that you may wish to refresh you historical prowess have a read of the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia

Cape Solander