Girragirra

11/08/2026

We’ve had a few stops and starts on our travels.

Love that our bikes let us poke around a bit rather than driving everywhere, and we’ve worked out how to keep them and us recharged.

The downside is falling off and breaking things - in my case a collar bone! But don’t let that put you off - bikes ✔️✔️

The corrugations on the East Arnhem Road broke a few things on the hutichie too. Luckily Kim is handy! Roger that✔️✔️

There’s a lot be said for spur of the moment diversions - within reason. If you decide to head up the Gove Peninsula to Nhulunbuy
1. Make sure you have your permits in place for the best experience. Get them online well before you go. Deciding you might just “duck up there for a look” based on a random conversation with a random truckie was, with hindsight, absolutely ridiculous.
2. Put a visit to the art centre in Yirrkala, the Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, at the top of your list. The works on display there are world class and you may just be lucky enough to see this extraordinary artist Yalmakany Marawili at work (put 4 zeros behind the first number on the price of her paintings )
3. Expect corrugations. Lots of corrugations.

06/08/2026

So this is the summary AI made of the post we popped up yesterday. 😂

“Elderly”, can that possibly be true?

06/08/2026

So this is us and this is home and because Fleur wanted to see what we can rustle up on the road, this was a messy random breakfast a while ago!

We are soooo happy that our beloved Girragirra is now home to a beautiful young family.

We know she will look after them and love that they love her.

To the many who’ve stayed with us,thank you! It’s been an absolute privilege to host you. Your stories stay with us and we treasure the deep friendships we have made over the years.

So what’s next?

We’d love you to follow along as we travel for a while in our trusty “utey tenty thing” (thanks for that moniker Fred Margot Horder) - otherwise known as the “hutchie”, another random name given to our camping rig, this time by Jandy Jan Wagstaff.

We’re currently homeless, our sole possessions the hutchie and Pete the kelpie. Once we settle back into our beautiful river town of Forbes, we’ll be creating a new permaculture style organic garden and doing a bit of sourdough baking and fermenting.

So hopefully, some useful stuff to share with you over the next little while?!

03/06/2026

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28/01/2026

Anyone know why these black kites visit us on super hot (40C+) afternoons?
I’m guessing they’re riding thermals but really have no idea.
Would love to hear what you think!