Ticino Camping Trip – Day 2

This was the day we actually did stuff. We woke up with some mediocre coffee and bready things for breakfast, then went into town and took the funicular up to Madonna del Sasso, a church/sanctuary up in the hills. It …

Ticino Camping Trip – Day 1

We woke up at 6am to leave for the train station, even though our train to Locarno was at 8:00. Uf.. tired… coffee. And by we, I mean me, Emi, Emi’s flatmate Pascal, and their Danish friend Jasmin.

And the …

Royal NP overnight hike

I just spent the last 2 days hiking the coastal track of Royal National Park. It was a very long and trying 30km, both physically and emotionally. But somehow we all survived and reached the end, which I am now …

Fraser Island – Day 1

4:50am wake-up call. Shoot me now.

2.5-3 hours were spent organizing and checking our equipment, packing, getting oriented, watching another video, learning about our car, and going over our map. It was definitely too much to think about at that …

Kimberley trip summary

Part 2 of my Western Australia odyssey began bright and early on the 12th of July when a big 4wd bus came to pick up the 5 of us at 7am. I have to say, day 1 was quite daunting …

Lake Argyle to Kununurra

Leaving the Bungles and Purnululu NP was a horrible experience. First, we left 1.5 hours behind schedule because Freckle had to fix Frank the trailer. I now understand why I had to pay so much money to traverse the Kimberley. …

Bungle Bungles

I wanted to love the Bungle Bungles, I really did. So then why didn’t I?

After finally completing our trek across the Gibb River Rd, we turned south on a paved road and headed toward Purnululu NP, home of the …

The Kimberley

PRISON BOAB TREE
Hardly worth mentioning, but it was our first stop. Boabs are these really fat trees (shaped like pineapples) with windy branches. This one was especially big, and had been hollowed out inside to keep aboriginal prisoners back …

80 Mile Beach

I slept pretty well last night, but woke up with a sore throat and stuffy nose. The sore throat went away, but I think all the dust around has been bothering me – my nose feels tingly and my eyes …