The Longdon Family

The Longdon Family

About Us

We are the Longdon Family, David 39, Stephanie 38, Ebony 12, Hayden 8 and Jar Jar Binks the dog 4, we have decided to sell up everything and travel around Australia, we had a beautiful house and great job and have decided to give it all up to spend a year together as a family seeing this beautiful country Australia

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Monkey Mia......Wow......Fantastic!!!! 10th November 2010

Wow....... Monkey Mia what a fantastic place, it was like being on a tropical island, we stayed for one night and had a fantastic time, we met up with the Telford family again so the kids had a great time, Emma is 12 and Maddie is 10, so they all got along really well, the girls got a big surprise when they were snorkling a couple of Dolphins came in by surprise and decided to swim with the girls, when the girls saw them they screamed....lol, but they were so excited to see the Dolphins.

Red Bluff Camp site 10th November 2010

We stayed the night at the Red Bluff camp site, we had to get a permit to stay there, but we had a great spot on the river and we met up with The Telford Family we had met at Quobba, Dave did some fishing and Ebo nearly caught a huge fish but it got away (the one that got away)

Carnarvon!!! 5th November 2010

Dave and Hayden went for a ride on the one mile jetty at Carnarvon and Ebony and I went to the shops and did some shopping, we all had a great day visiting Carnarvon

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Quobba Blowholes 3rd November 2010

On our way to Carnarvon we decided to stop at the Quobba Blowholes, we were lucky the day we arrived the blowholes were huge they would have blown about 20mt in the air, the kids loved it and we all got nice and wet, we found a camp site just near the blowholes and ended up staying there for a week we enjoyed it so much, we had the best corol we have seen a stone throw from our caravan and we had the best views on the beach overlooking the little island and it was all free!!!

Coral Bay!!! 2nd November 2010

After our stay at Cape Range we headed down to Coral Bay, we stayed a couple of days and went snorkling, the beach was beautiful

Cape Range National Park 30th October 2010

Cape Range National Park was great, we stayed at the Yardie Creek Caravan Park because they allowed dogs and we drove into the National Park and went to all the beautiful spots and did lots of snorkling and fishing, the corol was beautiful and there was lots of lovely colourful fish.

Bundegi Beach!! 26th October 2010

We went for a day trip to Bundegi beach, it was a beautiful spot and we went for a swim and looked at the corol

Exmouth!!! 26th October 2010

We stayed at the Exmouth Ningaloo Resort for a few days, the kids had a great time, they had a lovely pool so the kids went in everyday

Onslow!!! 21st October 2010

We spent a few days at Onlsow, we went fishing and caught a few fish which we had for dinner, and we went for a drive to old Onslow, it was very hot and full of sand flys

Monday, November 15, 2010

Miraree Pool Rest Area 19th October 2010

Miraree Pool rest area is a stop over on the way to Exmouth it was so nice we ended up staying 2 nights and caught up on some school work

Cossack 18th October 2010

We went for a day trip to Cossack near Point Sampson, it was a beautiful historic town, we followed the history trail to see all the old buldings that were once there some had bee restored and made into a museum, Ebony decided to do a school project on the town and all its history

Point Sampson 17th October 2010

We spent a few days a Point Sampson, it was a beautiful spot, we went to the local tavern to have their famous seafood platter.

Free Camp Site 16th October 2010

We stopped at a Free Camp site on our way to Point Sampson, Hayden collected wood so we all sat by a bonfire at night

Munjina Lookout Rest Area 15th October 2010

We spent our first night away from Tom Price at the Munjina lookout rest area, it was a beautiful spot and Hayden got to make his shelter for his school work.

Weono George Handrail Pool 10th October 2010

We went for a day trip to Weono Gorge at Karajini National Park, we saw the most beautiful sights and climbed down into handrail pool which was a bit scary but well worth it, Ebony took her friend Chey and we all had a great day

Tom Price!!! 10th October 2010

We had a great time at Tom Price, and we made some wonderful friends

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

My last day at The Visitor Centre!!! 7th October 2010

I worked at the Tom Price Visitor Centre for a few months with Anne the Manager and Natalia, they both made me feel so welcome and I will miss them both, I had a great time telling people where to go and I learnt so much about the area, but it was time to move on and be a tourist again

Our Farewell Party at Tom Price!! 2nd October 2010

We met a wonderful couple Dick and Jude at the Caravan Park, they had been in Tom price for about a month longer than us and they were also working for the Shire, so we had on a farewell BBQ to Dick and Jude and The Longdon Family as they were leaving about the same time as us, so we hope to catch up with them down south somewhere, we met so many wonderful people at the caravan park and the kids made a lot of friends and had a great time, we are all really going to miss Tom Price, but we have some really great memories and friendships that will last a lifetime.

Mount Sheila!!! 25th September 2010

We all went for a drive up to Mount Sheila, it was the most beautiful view of nothing!!

Tom Price Pool Opening!!! 24th September 2010

Dave worked for three months getting the Tom Price pool ready to open, Steph helped out with the painting and Dave did the carpentry work needed to complete the job, we worked long hours to get it finished in time for the opening on the 24th of September, and it was all worth it in the end we all had a great day, the sun was shining and DJ Ray the Manager had the music playing away, the Shire put on a sausage sizzle, it was a great atmosphere and it all went off really well.