Geographe Bayview Busselton

... when I made him walk on a trail around the headland's lighthouse, through a recent bushfired landscape, with no naked people in sight! There was some beautiful views far out to sea, and we got to see the devastation of a bushfire. There is already regeneration going on though, as the fires are needed for nature to bloom again. Last November was the fire, and it will take just a year and a half to come back to its full green glory again.

Well we are in the beautiful Margaret River Region, and in a very nice 5 star caravan park. The weather is improving (as I write this) today being 29. Yesterday we did some sampling of wines, and a visit to a few boutique breweries. Having trouble keeping the boys out of these places. But they are really nice, with great beer gardens and alfresco ...

... well the seed was actually planted by a job offer from my last boss to come home for a couple of months. Unfortunately, at the last minute, that fell through after I had my bags packed and had quit my job. So considering I still had a return ticket to use, I hopped on a plane home and before I knew it I was sitting on a grey morning in Heathrow Terminal 1 waiting for a flight to Cork. It was quite surreal to be home cause literally it felt like I had only left a few weeks ...

... of indulgence. Fine wine, great food and an evening spread of Shiraz from the Were Estate and sickening amounts of smelly cheese. Bliss. Linda was on her back and I wasn't far behind. All in all it was a great day of firsts and I'm stoked I got to chomp down on a bit of crocodile (spot on) and 'Wagyu beef' - the one where they feed the cow buckets of exquisite Margaret River wine and massage it daily with loving ...

On Saturday (1st) I got an early bus to Busselton as there was an Ironman competition happending and a 5k fun run which I thought I'd enter for a laugh. I found out from a girl on the bus that they may need more volunteers at the event so after I set up my tent I found the relevant guys and said I'd be back after the run. It was so embarassing and many kids were faster than I was. I ran 23.30 which is a good 3 minutes sower than my PB from what ...

... they are way ahead of the U.S. when it comes to recycling and such. We were very lucky to book a dive excursion this morning (Sunday) on very short notice. We were taken out on a dive boat out to an island approx. 20 miles of the coast of Perth called Rottnest Island. What a dive experience! It was my first "boat" dive and I think I'm spoiled for life now. Joyce and I saw incredible fish, coral, a little octopus and underwater caves. (just looked didn't ...

... every afternoon, called the "Fremantle Doctor". <br><br>We left the house with strict instructions from Si &amp; Lisa to be back at the house for 4pm LATEST, because we needed to drive down to the Margaret River area in time for dinner, and Si had taken a few hours off work to make that happen.<br><br>We had ...

... whilst I hit the tent (and the hard dirt underneath) for some z's to be ready for the next day. I didn't manage to catch many before Ash came back after braving the festival showers to sleep. She was closely followed by Jonas who had decided to crash in our tent as he didn't have one of his own. This was all well and good, except that when our tent was advertised as a 2-man tent, they kinda lied - it's really a 2-very-small-children tent, with barely enough room for two adults, let ...

This morning we went to 'Lake Cave'.... which is over 300 steps down below eath.... So as you can imagine, it is over 300 steps back up to the real world! Visit: http://www.australiassouthwest.com/en/N atural+Wonders/Caves.htm The cave was beautiful inside - they light the cave with all different colours ...

... his fault :P lol We took shifts in driving, with another person in the front navigating and the third in the back of the van... The Margaret River region of Western Australia is well known for producing excellent wine, and with this in mind we stopped just outside the ...