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Uh oh we’re in for some stormy weather now for a few days ……its finally caught us again as we travel through the south west corner of WA. The countryside is very green and lovely with more and more trees. … Continue reading →

Onwards we drove four and a half hours further south, steered round Perth (visited in 2001) so that we could get to a city called Bunbury. Bunbury is about 200km south of Perth and regional city on Geographe Bay. It was … Continue reading →

We camped at Cervantes beachfront on a stretch of beautiful coastline but plagued by loads of pesky flies and native bees (non stinging) ……aagh! Apparently in late Spring as its warming up they hatch out …..great! Still it was worth … Continue reading →

Paul had caught a good quota of colourful fish off the Blue Holes Beach at Kalbarri on our last day there. One was particularly blue with yellow fins – we think it was a Blue Groper but not sure. It … Continue reading →

Aagh! It rained last night – we’re not used to this!! Today its dry but overcast and there is talk of thunderstorms later……! So its a good day to do some trail walking in the Kalbarri National Park. We set off … Continue reading →

Kalbarri is a lovely small town on the coast. The campsite was right in the centre (so we could walk everywhere) and right opposite the Murchison River at the point it meets the Indian Ocean. Beautiful and of course great … Continue reading →

We wrenched ourselves away from Monkey Mia basking in sunshine, to head further south to Kalbarri. The journey was very interesting with lovely wildflowers (all in bloom) on the road side and we narrowly missed getting a photo of an … Continue reading →

The four of us took a 4WD trip into Louis Peron National Park which is to the north of Monkey Mia running on a peninsula to the Shark Bay Marine Park. This area was named after French Zoologist Louis Peron … Continue reading →

Paul and Nandor went fishing so Sarah and I had a trip on a 40 foot catamaran to see where the unique black pearls of this area are cultivated at the floating Blue Lagoon Pearl Farm in the bay. The … Continue reading →

After three days at Carnarvon we all packed up, stocked up on provisions and headed down to Monkey Mia of dolphin fame. The drive there was quite spectacular given how windswept and flat it is along this coastal highway. The … Continue reading →

Nandor and Sarah caught up with us at Carnarvon and we all had a great day trip out to look at the Blowholes at Quobba Station. Quobba lies south of the Ningaloo Reef where the sea deepens off the end … Continue reading →

Leaving the rugged beauty of Coral Bay we headed south to a town called Carnarvon (not like the Welsh one and it certainly had no castle) on Sunday 16th October. The weather now getting cooler and we know it is … Continue reading →

We left Exmouth and headed further south to Coral Bay (at the southern end of Ningaloo Reef) which we had been told is another beautiful spot with more reef to explore, white sand and shallow crystal clear water. Another long … Continue reading →

Another day in the national park. A beautiful blue sky today made Turquoise Bay even bluer than our previous visit. We did’nt see any sharks this time but saw multi coloured fish, starfish and giant clams ………it was wonderful and … Continue reading →

A rare overcast and slightly drizzly day but we headed to explore Cape Range National Park and a closer look at Ningaloo Reef. Firstly heading to the furthest point on sealed road to Yardie Creek Gorge. This gorge is the … Continue reading →

Ar last we reached Exmouth gateway to Ningaloo Reef. Exmouth is on a peninsula which is one of the driest places in the world with Ningaloo Reef (home to whale sharks, humpback whales and coral reef only metres from the … Continue reading →

Following the coast further south we discovered a great fishing spot at Point Samson north of  the town of Dampier where they filmed Red Dog. Point Samson is a small town based on a fishing fleet so we thought luck … Continue reading →

We were aiming for Ningaloo Reef but this was over 900km away with not many great spots along this stretch of coast so an overnight stop at Cooke Point campsite at Port Hedland had to be done as we still … Continue reading →

As we leave Broome the distances down the west coast between places are long and the road straight with flat arid landscape skirting the edge of the Great Sandy Desert. We find one of the only campsites along this stretch … Continue reading →

At last we reach fresh sea air after the arid landscape of t’outback. Broome is a small booming tourist town on the coast of the Indian Ocean, with the beautiful Cable Beach (of camel fame) with its white sand and blue … Continue reading →