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Category Archives: Australia

Hay River Route to Innamincka.

February 3, 2026by digbygotts Leave a comment

August 2023 It had been quite a difficult few years for my poor cars since 2020 when I traded Snow White troopy in for a brand new 4wd Hybrid Rav […]

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Australia, Lifestyle, Northern Territory, south australia

Cruise to the Galapagos of the South and Macquarie Island

January 30, 2026by digbygotts 1 Comment

December 2025 We flew to Queenstown direct from Melbourne a day early and checked into the hotel where we were to meet the Heritage Cruise staff. We were able to […]

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Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania

Winter Western Wanderings 2025

December 11, 2025by digbygotts 1 Comment

WA and its spring flowering has been on our bucket list for so long. Here we go.

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Australia, Northern Territory, western australia

Gray Nomad life 2024

December 3, 2024by digbygotts Leave a comment

This is the full story of our first trip as Gray Nomads with Snowbird and the Fox on the road for 6 months, mainly to avoid winter in Corryong. Featuring […]

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Australia, Far North Queensland, Northern Territory, south australia, Uncategorized

Simpson Desert Rescue and Recovery

October 19, 2024by digbygotts Leave a comment

We’d enjoyed our time in the Eyre Peninsula and the Flinders Ranges, but were excited to be heading on to another stage of the journey. The next month or so […]

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Australia, south australia

Losing the car

January 7, 2023by digbygotts 1 Comment

I’d often thought about visiting Blackbraes National park 180 km north of Hughenden. The area is always hot and uncomfortable, and I’ve always been on the way to somewhere else […]

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Australia, Far North Queensland, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Building a Fruit Farm

November 15, 2021by digbygotts 1 Comment

A History of Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm 1987 – 2014 Buying the Land We had visited Cape Trib in 1985 on our way to teach in the NT, and […]

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Australia, Far North Queensland

Outback teachers

July 27, 2021by digbygotts Leave a comment

Epenarra  school 1986 -1988 This is the long version of Alison and Digby’s story of their time going to live and teach in a remote cattle station school in the […]

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Australia, Lifestyle, Northern Territory

Building the Muddie

April 26, 2021by digbygotts 3 Comments

While not exactly a travel story, this is the adventure of building our first home. This coming decade, the 20’s, are going to see a lot of 50 year celebrations […]

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Australia, Lifestyle, Victoria

RIP Tim Ealey

November 2, 2020by digbygotts Leave a comment

Tim was my supervisor for my honours year, and then again as I started my MSc in Zoology in 1971. His death last week at 93 has prompted my mind […]

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Australia, Lifestyle, Victoria

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