http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog Jane & Dave blow the budget Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:42:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [photopress:dun_house_4.jpg,full,alignleft] [photopress:dun_house_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft][photopress:dun_house_2.jpg,thumb,alignleft][photopress:dun_house_3.jpg,thumb,alignleft] On Saturday Jane and I left Perth and headed south again (Jane drove most of the way) to pick up the keys of our new (rental) house in Dunsborough. A real, live, honest to goodness house, with walls and doors that don't zip up and real plumbing and hot water ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/11/20/the-end-of-the-road/ [photopress:map_3_yalata_perth.gif,full,alignleft] Ok, bit of a delay in writing this - sorry. Anyways, back to the road trip. After the last post, which I wrote at around 8am at the SA/WA Border Village after already covering 300km, I kept on trucking for the day. I'd fueled up at the Border Village, and ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/11/18/heading-back-to-perth-part-3a-and-3b/ [photopress:map_3_benanee_yalata.gif,full,alignleft] The second day of the drive back towards WA went a bit smoother - maybe I'm getting into the long-haul zone. Could be the fact I'm wearing a filthy blue singlet, swearing at traffic a lot and living on Chiko rolls and roadhouse sustenance (Gray, you must have snuck a ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/11/13/heading-back-to-perth-part-2/ [photopress:map_1_syd_benanee.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:map_2_syd_benanee.gif,full,alignleft] I'm on my way back to WA and Jane! I finally finished up in Sydney - apologies to all the people I didn't have a chance to catch up with - and hit the road this morning around 9am. It's been a long day. I'm now camped at a little ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/11/11/heading-back-to-perth-part-1/ Talk about culture shock. Probably why I haven't updated anything for a while, I've been sitting in a corner curled up in a foetal position and twitching spasmodically. Not really. Well, almost. I arrived in Sydney on Monday night previous, after catching up with Craig and Liza in Coffs Harbour on Saturday ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/11/07/back-in-the-big-smoke/ [photopress:lennox_5.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:lennox_2.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:lennox_3.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:lennox_4.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:lennox_1.jpg,full,alignleft] Does it get any better? ... and I surfed in boardies. Sorry, Jane. http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/10/26/lennox-head/ [photopress:brokenhead_1.jpg,full,alignleft] [photopress:brokenhead_2.jpg,thumb,alignleft][photopress:brokenhead_3.jpg,thumb,alignleft] I ended up staying the night in Byron, but the pulse of swell from the afternoon before didn't hang around until morning. So I started making my way south, stopping in to check first Tallows (nothing doing - still some size, but very messy) and then Broken Head - bingo! ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/10/26/broken-head/ [photopress:byrondonuts_1.jpg,full,alignleft] Organic doughnuts? They weren't open at the time, but Jane has a thing for doughnuts, so I felt compelled to at least capture the sign. So there you go, Jane, this one's for you. http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/10/26/only-in-byron/ [photopress:byron_1.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:byron_2.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:byron_3.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:byron_4.jpg,full,alignleft] I've spent the last few days in limbo, otherwise known as the Gold Coast. After hanging out in Burleigh on Sunday night, I'd headed further south, all the way to Tugun (about two suburbs away), when I got a call from Keenan - I'd thought he was living somewhere just ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/10/24/byron-bay-nsw-at-last/ [photopress:burleigh_4.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:burleigh_5.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:burleigh_1.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:burleigh_2.jpg,full,alignleft][photopress:burleigh_3.jpg,full,alignleft] Late yesterday afternoon I cracked - I'd driven from the Sunshine Coast past (and kinda through - I wanted to avoid a toll bridge) Brisbane, down to the Gold Coast and through the insanity that is Surfers Paradise. I was more than a little stinging for a surf, but Huey ... http://www.smallsilences.com/triplog/2008/10/20/burleigh-heads-qld/