Blogs from Cervantes, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Heading toward Cervantes we passed the entrance to the Pinnacles desert discovery centre which reminded us why we where here,this was to be a highlight of this region.This being Easter week leading up to the Easter long W/E we could only book in to the C/P for two days, long enough we hope to see all we wanted to see.The only caravan park in Cervantes is situated only metres from the beach with panoramic views across the Indian Ocean from the shoreline.A quirky cafe is adjacent to the C/P serving breakfast and lunch on the terrace overlooking the ocean.The owner Leslee has been collecting shells for over 40 years and displays them through the cafe , her collection is highly regarded by those who know about such things. We acquaint our self's with this small town ... read more

Diesmal hab ich mich gleich ohne Frühstück auf den Weg gemacht und bin zu Fuß nach Victoria Park spaziert. Fürs Frühstück hab ich mir schon gestern ein nettes Café in der Nähe von Wicked Campervans ausgesucht, dass sich auch wirklich als Glücksgriff herausstellte: das Harvest Espresso. Der Espresso war toll und das Bananabread, das sie wie das gesamte Mehlspeisenangebot selbst machen, war ebenfalls fantastisch. Knapp vor 9 Uhr bin ich dann zu Wicked hinüberspaziert, hab kurz die Daumen gedrückt: alles hat geklappt mit der Kreditkarte. Christoph hat mir noch alles erklärt, nur die Seitentür hat leider nicht geschlossen. Aber mit Hilfe von WD40 war auch dieses Problem bald gelöst. Solche Dinge passieren halt, wenn ein Auto schon mehr als 300.000 Kilometer am Buckel hat und auch immer wieder auf unsealed roads (unasphaltierten Straßen) gefahren wird. Gegen ... read more

In our hurry to get out of Perth, we packed up the car, bought enough canned food to last us over a week, filled up with what was to be the cheapest diesel for the next 4000 km, and drove to what seemed to be the closest and best option outside greater Perth. This ended up being New Norcia, which according to the Camps 6 book (the camper's bible in Australia) seemed like an oasis of services in the middle of nowhere, but really was just a patch of brown grass behind a roadhouse next to the road in what turned out to be Australia's only monastic town. We got our first night of sleep in the car (and the sturdy bed Øyvind had built), used all our gear for the first time since we just ... read more

Saturday 9th June, the day has finally come around and we are ready to go....well almost. Last minute shopping for food and some running repairs on the electrics on the van for the newlyweds Debbie and Steve. At around 1:30pm we finally hit the road after a ham and salad roll for lunch. First stop is a refueling stop for Steve at the cheapest diesel garage in Perth today, Neerabup? Fortunately this is on our way North on Wanneroo Rd. Next stop will be Cervantes so that we can see the pinnacles. A strange series of rock formations sticking upright out of the ground. Because you can not tow a caravan or trailer around the pinnacles park we book in to the Cervantes caravan park and pitch our tent ready for the night whilst Debbie and ... read more

21 - 27 March 2012 Back on the road again! There's really no feeling quite like it. We have been really looking forward to the next leg of the trip - up the west coast of Australia and, in particular, the north west of WA. It's hard to believe that (for the moment) work has ended and play time has started it's motor up again. We had an easy drive to our first overnight stop at Lancelin. We chugged along the new Indian Ocean Drive along the coast between Lancelin and Cervantes which was a lovely drive with abundant sand dunes one one side of the road and low lying shrub back-dropped by a deep blue ocean on the other. Every time we could see the crest of a hill in the distance, we knew we ... read more