We’ve Had a Tree Change
After a few days exploring coastal locations, we spent today in the forests and national parks arouond Pemberton. However, tomorrow we will be back by the ocean when we travel to Albany. Pemberton is an old timber town that has stayed a little of how it looked in the 1930s. As you drive down the […]
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Waves, Wildflowers and Wildlife
On Sunday, our road trip took us to the town of Manjimup in Western Australia’s area of forests and tall trees. These are dominated by Karri and Jarrah species. We weren’t in a great hurry as we had less than 200 kilometres to drive so we made a short return trip to Surfers Point near […]
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Our Last Day in Margaret River
After our drive to Augusta in the south yesterday, we decided that we should explore more of the local Margaret River area today. We started the day with Jill wanting to find some Margaret River Fudge to take home. The town is well recognized for this sweet product. We started at the Margaret River Fudge […]
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Augusta
Yesterday was a nice sunny day with a temperature of 18C, but it felt warmer. We spent our day drinving 45 kilometres down to the town of Augusta and calling into a number of coastal sights on the way back to Margaret River. The road follows the coast and fossilised sand dunes through scenic forest […]
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Down the Coast to Margaret River
Before leaving Busselton, and on my good friend Ken’s advice, we checked out the unique Origins Market. It’s a bit like markets we have seen overseas (Dubai for instance) where a community of local makers, artisans and produce sellers offer fresh produce, local artisan products, and gourmet foods by selling their wares under one roof. […]
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Driving to Busselton
It was raining this morning when we first looked out of our hotel window in Perth and the car park was wet when we returned to our room in Busselton after dinner. Thankfully, in between, the day was was fine although the wind was strong and made it feel cold. Drving down to Busselton, we […]
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Exploring Perth and Seeing Family
We left the town of Cervantes on Sunday to drive south to Perth for a multi-night stop and a catch-up with with friends and family. Before going too far, we made another visit to the Pinnacles in Nambung National Park . We made a second trip around the 4 kilometre long loop road around the […]
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Exploring Around Cervantes
Yesterday, we only had a drive of about two hours south (along the coast) to the town of Cervantes which is famous for its Pinnacles in the Nambung National Park. We stopped quickly at the “Leaning Tree’ 15 kilometres south of Geraldton on the Highway. I had photographed this tree in a previous trip and […]
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Our Long Drive to See Wreath Flowers
There is a unique flowering Western Australian plant called the Wreath Flower. It only grows in a narrow band of country and its major hotspot is at Pindar to the west of Geraldton. We set out to see it today. Distances are different here. I asked at the Information Centre about where to see these […]
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Geraldton – The Furthest Point Away From Home
We are now at Geraldton, the furthest point from home on this driving trip. I didn’t write a post yesterday as after a drive from Jurien Bay and then cooking dinner, I ran out of time and energy We are staying in a cabin in a very large caravan park. We thought that it would […]
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We’ve Arrived on the West Coast
Our travel on Monday enabled us to reach the Western Coast at Jurien Bay on the Indian Ocean. We have now traveled the breadth of the country and the continent. Our drive took us through more of Western Australia’s wheat belt and we clocked up 4,000 kilometres today. We found that we need to be […]
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Wheat Fields and Wildflowers
Today’s route took us further west along the Great Eastern Highway from Kalgoorlie and towards the town of Souther Cross, where we turned north west. WE drove along back roads through many kilometres of wheat fields to the little town of Bencubbin. Half an hour away from Kalgoorlie, we came to another old gold mining […]
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