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Kalgoorlie to Barossa Valley In Kalgoorlie we visited Museum of the Goldfields before driving to Harms Lake Rest Area where we camped for the night. Another long day of driving in the car and we stopped at a rest area north side after Mundrabilla. The sunset was sensational with beautiful pink and purple hues. We crossed the Western Australia - South Australia border and drove along the Great Australian Bight and Nullarbor, camping at Cohen Rest Area for the night. Smoky Bay was a little town we ventured into and bought a dozen oysters for Lachie, and then continued south to Perlubie Beach where we stayed for two nights. The beach was lovely, and we managed to get a little shack to camp next to. The ocean was shallow for a fair way out, so ... read more

Wellington National Park to Munglinup Busselton was our first destination for the week, so we set off to Busselton Jetty which is 1841m long, the longest wooden piled jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. While walking the Jetty we saw a large school of fish, manta ray and 3 dolphins! We enjoyed an ice cream before heading to Peaceful Park where we camped on a private property for two nights. Being so close to Margaret River we have been able to explore the wineries and breweries, visiting Cheeky Monkey Brewery, Margaret River Dairy Company, Grove Distillery, Providore and Margaret River Chocolate Company where we shared a delicious chocolate fondue. We spent a further two nights camped at Margaret River Tourist Park, and while it has been raining a lot, we still managed to visit Brown Hill ... read more

Cape Range to Perth On our journey south we stopped in at Carnarvon to buy more groceries, then headed on our way to Edaggee Rest Area for the night. We were excited for the girls to see Shell Beach which is made up of millions of cockle shells. We overnighted at Eagle bluff and couldn't wait to see how many dolphins would visit Monkey Mia the following morning. At first there were 2 - a mother named Piccolo and her calf, then half an hour later we saw 4 beautiful bottle nose dolphins. Despite the cool change in weather we stopped at a playground by the beach at Denham to have an ice-cream and play before driving to Galena Bridge South Rest Area. The road into Kalbarri National Park was smooth and bitumen this time, ... read more

Broome to Karijini We started off with a long drive from Broome to Port Hedland, where we stayed in a free camp at the turf club for the night and stocked up on more groceries. South of Port Hedland we stopped the night at one of the most magnificent free camps we have come across - Albert Tognolini Rest Area. We enjoyed the sensational sunset over the valley with a small campfire while the kids enjoyed a swing Lachie had made up. Not too far down the road we arrived at Dales campground in Karijini National Park where we camped for 4 nights. Dales Gorge was stunning with red rock contrasting with the white snow gums. We had a swim at Fern Pool and enjoyed sitting on the rocks by Fortescue falls. The following day ... read more

Leliyn (Edith Falls) to Bungle Bungles Edith falls has been a beautiful place to rest, but we needed to start heading west from Katherine and ended up free camping at East Baines Rest Area for the night. Early the following morning we crossed the Northern Territory/Western Australia border, and continued on to a little free camp at Dead Horse Springs right near Lake Argyle. While we didn't have access to the lake, we did visit the picnic area below the dam wall which was a beautiful spot. It is amazing just how big the lake is, and so incredible that diamonds are mined from this region, with plenty of freshwater crocodiles around. Kununurra was our next stop, and we enjoyed two nights with friends Jenny and Shane. Once again we were spoilt with a roast ... read more