Red Cliff offered some beautiful scenery, as we camped on its ridge overlooking the beach below. The view of the cliff was to our left with many grey kangaroos feeding all around us. Our venture to the cliff and through the park gave us ample opportunities to photograph the largest variety of roo we’ve seen so far in Oz. The male looked as if he could bench press more the Jay and the first one to evoke a little fear. This was also the...

Since the hard working mango season is behind us, we plan to hit up many National Parks in NSW to wind down and breathe in the nature.  Our first adventure in NSW National Park was Black Rock Beach, where our first sighting of a black kangaroo with a bear like face appeared but was too skittish for a photo. After driving down a 15km dirt road, you come up to bushy sand dunes with sandy paths that lead you to the black rocked out beach....

We arrived in Ayr looking for accommodations for the mango season, but were met with some resistance. The BIG4 caravan park was apparently full. Looking at the empty spaces, the receptionist said those spaces are for tourist only. Shockingly, a homeless Canadian traveling through Australia is not a tourist when they find casual work. All the RV parks in town only wanted short term travelers and the one with long...

After Byron Bay, we drove to Somerset area in QLD to begin another few forestry jobs for the same blokes. This time we found out after arrival, we would be spraying chemicals, bah and the wind and rain would become a factor on whether we were able to work or not. And so with herbicides and seed killers strapped to our backs we sprayed over 20 hectares for $80 a hectare. The ground was quite clean compared to what we were used to but the...

Decisions, decisions, decisions. We were at a crossroad and had to choose our next route. We had three options: go back the way we had come to Darwin and head back to Cairns, head west and see what the west coast is all about, or head straight south to Adelaide. We had read that citrus picking should be going on in the area around Adelaide and chose to head south in search of work. We slept in the middle of the desert on a little side road...

August 5th – We had seen enough of SE Asia to appreciate our Western culture and were excited to return. Lucky for us, Abby at the caravan park in Darwin stored our car safely in her spare parking spot. We woke the trustworthy teen at 7am, excited to be off on the road again, paid her the remaining $100 that we owed her and put in the idea that she should make her way to Laos one day soon. So the bludder on our morning was the car...