Blog Dave Porter's Personal Blog

Day 10 – Launceston / Beauty Point / George Town

November 5, 2014October 29, 2014 by Dave Porter

Tuesday – 28th October Today was mostly having a rest day, after surviving a rough and windy night @ Beauty Point. We ended up staying at the Peppers Resort to ensure a good nights sleep which was lovely. Peppers Website …

Day 9 – Melbourne to Devonport / Launceston

October 29, 2014October 27, 2014 by Dave Porter

Monday – 27th October We enjoyed the ferry over to Devonport – particularly the sunset as we left Melbourne & the good feeling on board – everyone was having a great time on the deck with Chardonnay or beer in …

Gallery #1

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014 by Dave Porter

Just a few pics to show off – will add captions to them when I can – automatic slideshow! [rev_slider holiday-1]

Day 8 – Dandenong Ranges & Off to Tassie

October 26, 2014October 26, 2014 by Dave Porter

We are on board the ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ as I write this. We had a nice drive around the Dandenong ranges today, before hooking up the trailer and heading to Port Melbourne. Lots of great pics taken today – From …

Day 7 – Wantirna Park to Melbourne

November 5, 2014October 25, 2014 by Dave Porter

Update: I have uploaded my own video of Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition – see first YouTube clip below!

We are about to spend our second night at Wantirna Caravan Park.

We spent today in Melbourne City & this is a run down of our day.

Day 6 – Nhill to Melbourne

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 by Dave Porter

Well we made it to Melbourne – 3,400 odd kms. We are at the Wantirna Park Caravan Park, wedged between two Jayco’s. The first thing we did was jump in the pool and cooled down (quite hot here when we …

Day 5 – Road to Nhill :)

October 24, 2014October 23, 2014 by Dave Porter

Entry for Thursday 23rd October… ps ‘Road to Nhill’ is a 1997 Australian Movie… IMDb Entry for Road to Nhill The drive from Port Pirie was fairly un-eventful. We navigated through suburban Adelaide OK. Spent an hour looking around Mt …

Day 4 – Ceduna to Port Pirie

March 7, 2016October 22, 2014 by Dave Porter

Update 8:50 SA time (6:20pm WA time)

Hi all,

We left Ceduna quite late, as this was the day after the change in time zone where we lost 150 minutes.
(I hope we can spend the night there on the way back, the oysters were delightful)

Spent a frustrating hour trying to get a side mirror fitted, but got away eventually.

Day 3 – Cocklebiddy to Ceduna

October 22, 2014October 21, 2014 by Dave Porter

Morning all,

A very quick update.

Yesterday was really just a day of driving, and today will be much the same.

Off to see the Whales (hopefully) and then on to Ceduna.

Read MoreDay 3 – Cocklebiddy to Ceduna

Day 2 – Coolgardie to Cocklebiddy

October 21, 2014October 20, 2014 by Dave Porter

8:20am – Just a quick morning update (sorry no pics). We had a reasonable night considering the caravan park in Coolgardie is right next to the road – trucks come through every 10 minutes. We are mostly dry now, after …