Blogs from Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 5

After Geraldton, we arrived at our last coastal camp at Cervantes on 6 October about 250km north of Perth. Its claim to fame is the “Pinnacles” a series of sandstone “obelisks” a little bit inland. Despite the research, there is no agreed theory on how they were formed. You can drive through them and the area is quite extensive and very unusual. Next stop was New Norcia, only 120km north of Perth, which is an old Benedictine town, with an abbey for monks and nuns, and several chapels. It was founded in 1839 by the Spanish; hence it is named after the birthplace of St Benedict. It used to have 4 schools segregated into boys and girls, black and white. The schools closed about 20 years ago and it now survives on conferences and tourists. In ... read more

Sunday 8th – The day dawned bright and sunny and we were up and about at 7:30am. Preparing to go away and leaving the caravan behind was not as easy as it might seem. It was difficult enough deciding what clothing we might need. But the real difficulty was deciding what other items that we are used to having at our fingertips we would definitely need in Bunbury. Also, we were not just leaving Sweetie where she was – she would be moved into a storage area – so everything had to be packed away as if we were moving on lock, stock and barrel. Most time was spent on emptying the fridge and packing all the foodstuffs we would use into suitable containers for transportation. A large plastic box took most of the dry goods ... read more

20th December 2010 Hi all - Long time no entry! (as the actress said to the bishop) Well we enjoyed our stay on the Gold Coast. Thanks again to all our friends for making us feel so welcome. We have just spent another week back in Perth where we managed to catch up with some friends, Nelson and Shirley, before we left. We had originally met them back in 2006 on our NZ trip and had missed them a couple of times over the years when they had passed through the Gold Coast on their travels. We had a lovely afternoon with them. We also made a quick visit to Cottesloe Beach, but it was incredibly windy, so it was a very short stay. One thing we have noticed since arriving in the south west, is ... read more

18th October - Off to Bunbury this morning after 'school' - boys do their journals each day, spellodrome and maths. They also have to answer some knowledge questions. They are a little annoyed about these however, they get to the work quite happily. Hope to see more dolphins today and try our hand at some more fishing .... read more

Hi all We arrived back in Perth on Saturday afternoon after a good flight. Our van and car were waiting for us in Steve and Louise's paddock, very well cared for. Thanks guys! They even washed the dust off, and had our fridge on with milk, bread, marg , cheese, etc in it. Louise's father met us and let us in the security gate, as they were off with their hotrods for the day. It was very warm, but our airconditioner soon had the temperature of the van down. After spending Sunday with them, we headed off on Monday, back to Forrestfield in Perth for 2 nights. We picked up our camera (bought in Darwin) which had been fixed under warrantee, and did some stocking up with supplies. Tuesday , we were picked up at the ... read more