Sandboarding at Lancelin
Day 1
Perth to Lancelin.
The trip began like a bag of liquorice allsorts. There was a touch of sadness leaving Perth but also a serious buzz about packing up the Mitsubishi Magna and the 1984 Toyota Turcell and getting ready to take on the long awaited beast of the West Coast.
The feeling of excitement soon turned to one of fear for the 2 baby wipe sharing fairies from Dundalk when the 25 year old Turcell soon started showing signs of its age.
Luckily the Turcell made it to our first stop, Lancelin. We rented out 3 sand boards at $10 each for 2 hours instead of the full day as the couple of hours was plenty of time. Great banter sand boarding down the sand dunes, but we felt a bit bad for Finto though as he struggled with his balance as his freakishly large forehead far outweighed the rest of his body weight causing him to tumble over to his left hand side on a consistent basis.
After a couple of good hours sand boarding it was time to find a spot for our first nights camping. We didn’t have to move to far as we set up amongst the sand dunes right next to the beach. Not too long later the tent was up and camp fire on. Darren had the potato massaman on the stove to fill the gaps in the bellies.
The chairs were pulled out and the bottles of Carlton twisted open. At roughly mid-night we put the fire out and made our way to the tent. Just as we were coming to terms with the cold it was time to get used to the rain as the tent collapsed letting all the rain in. Nightmare! Living the dream my arse, we might as well have been in the Aran Islands back home. So into the cars we ran and slept there for the night. All that aside, the first day was quality. Next stop, the Pinnacles in Cervantes.
Stay Tuned!
Distance Travelled: 165KM.
HAHA!! no turning back now lads-quite frankly the 25 year old turcell wont take ye back!!! At least yer leaving yer trail (of leeking oil) for many to follow!!!!
Finto your forehead is not THAT big!
well done lads cant believe you have started the trip already, have a good one lads and see you in broome shortly. ps stop at coral bay its awesome. pss and dont have too much fun.
sounds like your having fun lads, keep living the dream, and watch those sand flies on ya man hood
hahaha wow im impressed boys! you guys are gonna destroy the west coast really! cant wait to see ya again up in broome…..by the way they dont sell goon in broome so ya better stock up on your fav fruity lexia!
Sounds like you are having fun!! Can’t believe ur taking them cars all the way up North!! Love it!!
Well guys im impressed not only by yer use of the english language but how to enlarge certain things on photo shop!!!!!! keep them coming as my days in the outback have just become so much better. See dat der boom!!!!!
Too funny!!! keep the stories coming, i love reading them.
This country has had many great explorers take off on big journeys of discovery but I dont recall reading that any of the legends, like Burke and Wills ,would have begun their trip with a bag of liquirice allsorts…
hilarious…i love to hear bout all the rain and rough sleeping arrangements..makes being home seem soo much better!!!njoy ur trip boys!!
Sounds like a great trip lads, 1984 – sure thats nearly a new machine over there! Enjoy
Cant wait to do something like that… Well some of them anyway…… LOL
Ha ha go on ye legends… ev out done billy conolly im impressed!! im well jealous sounds like er having a ball…keep living the dream…..
It’ll take you goons about 3 years to travel up the west coast doing 165 km a day.
do you boys work out???
looks seroius craic
baby wipe sharing faires from dundalk .. im still laughing
Keep the stories coming lads,really funny!! Ur leadin the way 4 future travellers! Nigel i fear’Westlife til I die’, is soon 2 b replaced with ‘West coast til I die’. !! love wot ye r doin!!
looks good guys .what will they think next eh
Hi Nigel
See you are having a ball!!!! Sitting here with Noel Sal and Paddy by the way thanks for the frog. By the looks of things sal and myself might head out to the west coast we might bring noel and paddy, do you have to take your clothes off after a long journey just imagine!!!!! a sight to be seen. look after your self. x mags and sal