Family Road Trip

July 20, 2013
by Rodney Olsen
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It’s been a long time since we had a family road trip so I must say that I really enjoyed the day driving from Perth to Kalbarri today. It would be almost twenty years since Pauline and I were last here and Emily and James have never been to Kalbarri so I’m sure there’ll be lots of exploring to do tomorrow.

We stopped a number of times during our journey north from Perth, including a stop off at The Pinnacles.

The Pinnacles are limestone formations contained within Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes, Western Australia.

I think we might need to schedule a return visit when we can spend more time wandering through the area looking at the amazing natural structures. I took a bunch of photos of the Pinnacles, some of which I’ll post in coming days, but I’d love to spend more time there practising my very amateur photography skills.

Over the next few days we’ll explore a bit more of Kalbarri as well as heading a little further north.



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Instant Adventures

April 19, 2013
by Rodney Olsen
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It only happens once or perhaps twice a year but Wednesday turned out to be one of those days.

I always carry spares when I’m cycling but on Wednesday morning I had a flat tyre on the way to work. I changed the tube and started pumping when my spare tube failed. I’m usually quite self-sufficient when it comes to repairs on the road but this time I was stuck.

I phoned my wife, Pauline, and she dropped everything to pick me up and drive me to work. It was a kind of instant adventure for Pauline, but probably not one she was thrilled about.

That incident got me thinking about other instant adventures like the time that a friend who was starting a new job in Geraldton on a Monday rang us on the Sunday evening to say his car was broken down half way there. Pauline and I dropped everything, jumped in the car and headed up to collect him and drop him in Geraldton before turning around to drive home; a round trip of about 860 kilometres.

I had a similar instance years before with a friend returning from a trip down south. Following a frantic phone call about his broken down car, another friend and I headed a few hours south to rescue him.

A few months ago some friends on the east coast of Australia had an instant adventure when an elderly relative died in a very, very small town in the middle of Australia. The two brothers set off immediately to drive for several days to help their elderly grandmother who was now on her own in the town. They posted regular road trip updates on Facebook, including some very entertaining videos.

I’m wondering when you’ve had an instant adventure. When have you had to drop everything? Where did you end up? Was it a road trip or did you have to fly somewhere in a hurry?



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