After leaving Busselton, spent a few days catching up with rellies at Donnybrook, Bunbury and Perth. Great to see them again, Peter even met a cousin who is the same age as he is, but has never met.
Had a great day on Rottnest Island, perfect weather, mid 20's. Smooth seas, so Peter coped well with the crossing.
Have holed up in Toodyay for the long weekend in WA, and doing day trips. No rain seen for at least a week, and today we even had flies!!! The Avon River is so low, the kayaks have remained on the roof. At least they got used at Margaret River.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
WA-forests and trees
the tour continues in the SW corner. Lots of magnificent orests and increasing numbers of wildflowers. And of course, pristine beaches and national parks. Now staying in Busselton in a unit at a resort and doing day trips in the Margaret River area. Internet does not work well from resort, but works well at Prevelley Beach on the mouth of the Margaret River. Hence, a very short entry here, and no details on the photos.
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To see the photos, please click on the link below
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
WA - part 1 - the rainy part
It never rains but it pours, for us all the way across the Nullarbor Plain. Guess we should be happy, as not many people see this. And at least it wasn't hot, and we even had a tail wind from Ceduna to the WA border.
Spent our first night out of Adelaide at Streaky Bay, a magnificent spot. The second night was a free camp (Moodini Bluff), 100 km west of Eucla. Looked a really nice spot, but had rather too many water features when we arrived, and even more by morning after raining all night. Had to pack the van up wet, but we had lots of plastic to keep the bedding dry. The third night found us in Esperance, in a powered site to dry out the van.
From Esperance, we spent a day at Cape Le grand National Park, dodging the showers, in the howling wind, but what a magnificcent place. Pristine coastline, magnificent beaches. The sun even shone in the afternoon.
Starting to see more wildflowers, and trees in flower. However the camera has died, and was obviously dying before as some of our photos were awful. Tomorrow is Monday, so we will be able to buy a new camera, then we need to learn to use it, so you should get some more photos soon.
To see our photos so far click on the link below
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Had a good trip from Esperance to Albury - the sun shone. At lunch met a woman, Lois,riding her pushbike from Perth to Sydney on her own - don't think she knows how far it is, but wish her luck. Staying at Emu Beach, near the whales at Middleton beach.
Monday came, so we hit the local Harvey Norman to buy a new camera, a Panasonic Lumix.
Then, off to do the tourist trip to Torndirrup National Park, taking in the Gap, the stone arch and whaleworld. Passed on the wind farm, have seen lots of them before.
Then off to West Cape Howe National Park, specifically Shelley Beach. Magnificent. Wished we were camping there. And it didn't rain all day.
Continuing westwards, we see more and more magnificent beaches, and are now in amongst the forest at Walpole. However, the rain has returned, so we look a rare sight stomping around in our ponchos in the rain. Still warm and cosy in our van, but paying caravan park fees so we can run our fan heater at night.
Took a few photos, will add to them as the trip progresses.
To see the next lot of photos, click on the link below
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Spent our first night out of Adelaide at Streaky Bay, a magnificent spot. The second night was a free camp (Moodini Bluff), 100 km west of Eucla. Looked a really nice spot, but had rather too many water features when we arrived, and even more by morning after raining all night. Had to pack the van up wet, but we had lots of plastic to keep the bedding dry. The third night found us in Esperance, in a powered site to dry out the van.
From Esperance, we spent a day at Cape Le grand National Park, dodging the showers, in the howling wind, but what a magnificcent place. Pristine coastline, magnificent beaches. The sun even shone in the afternoon.
Starting to see more wildflowers, and trees in flower. However the camera has died, and was obviously dying before as some of our photos were awful. Tomorrow is Monday, so we will be able to buy a new camera, then we need to learn to use it, so you should get some more photos soon.
To see our photos so far click on the link below
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083307&id=1112916442&l=a5f26c2a51
Had a good trip from Esperance to Albury - the sun shone. At lunch met a woman, Lois,riding her pushbike from Perth to Sydney on her own - don't think she knows how far it is, but wish her luck. Staying at Emu Beach, near the whales at Middleton beach.
Monday came, so we hit the local Harvey Norman to buy a new camera, a Panasonic Lumix.
Then, off to do the tourist trip to Torndirrup National Park, taking in the Gap, the stone arch and whaleworld. Passed on the wind farm, have seen lots of them before.
Then off to West Cape Howe National Park, specifically Shelley Beach. Magnificent. Wished we were camping there. And it didn't rain all day.
Continuing westwards, we see more and more magnificent beaches, and are now in amongst the forest at Walpole. However, the rain has returned, so we look a rare sight stomping around in our ponchos in the rain. Still warm and cosy in our van, but paying caravan park fees so we can run our fan heater at night.
Took a few photos, will add to them as the trip progresses.
To see the next lot of photos, click on the link below
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2083513&id=1112916442&l=7d5021087d
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