The Big Trip 2026
Day 101 Port Augusta

The Big Trip 2026

Our account of The Big Trip 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Always was, Always will be Aboriginal Land.

29 September 2026

Ningaloo

We farewelled Karijini and headed west, stopping at the entertainingly-named town of Tom Price for lunch, a tasty pie from an Aboriginal community-owned bakery. We were aiming for Bullara, a working cattle station that has gone all out on the farm-stay / tourism business angle. In yet another example of our fantastic time management, we had a hard deadline of 6 pm, which seemed totally doable when we left in the morning. Then we had a few distractions in Tom Price, but we were still reasonably on track. Until for some reason Google Maps took us on a dirt road through major mining sites, which…