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Road trip to the South - part I
We decided to head off on a short trip to the South coast of WA. This is a beautiful part of Australia with a climate not dissimilar to the UK - definitely cooler than Perth at this time of year. Making the trip earlier than planned since we have longer to wait for our shipment to arrive than initial estimates, and because we now have our own …
Private coves to oursleves
... turn. In the cave at the top of the peak the boys scratched their names on the walls along with all the other tourists. The climb down was the hardest, it would be very easy to slip and take the quick way down if you weren’t careful. The return trip ended up taking us 1 hour!
We had a quick look at Rositers Bay which is nice but not as stunning as some of the other beaches. Back at camp the boys were biting at the bit ...
Whales, strom, bos en strand...
... bijna in de camper.....Dan kan het gebeuren dat als je 2 jaar oud bent je moet vechten om je chips veilig te stellen van een opdringerige kangaroe ( na de apen van ZA nu weer een trauma erbij :) ).
Morgen gaan we beginnen aan de Nullabor de 2700 KM lange snelweg (rechtdoor) dwars door de Southern Outback naar Adelaide. We hebben er lang tegen op gezien maar met inmiddels meer dan 8000 op de teller zijn we er klaar voor.
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Stuck in Esperance!
... was the disembarkation point for 30,000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers bound for Gallipoli. The Peace Park is a fitting memorial to all those that gave there lives.
I then went back to Albany and had a look at the Brig Amity replica. The Amity brig brought the first British settlers to Albany from Sydney in 1826. Albany is in ...
Out of the Outback...
... traumhafte Bucht. Schoener kann man es sich fast nicht vorstellen. Schneeweisser feiner Sand, kristallklares Wasser, schoene weisse Wellen und ein Tuerkis im Wasser wie es kraeftiger nicht sein kann. Aber zuerst wollen wir den Coastal Track bis Thistle Cove laufen.
Ueber Stock und Stein, durch Buesche und Gestruepp laufen wir der Kueste entlang. Aber nicht unten am Strand, sondern oben an der Klippe entlang. Belohnt werden wir mit grandiosen Ausblicken auf ...