Blogs from Denham, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Left Carnarvon and drove to Denham. We arrived just on dark, and drove through town on the way to Francois Peron National Park. It took half an hour to drive 10kms on the sandy track to the campground. We got up early the next morning and went to Monkey Mia. Parked the car and went down to the beach. The dolphins were already there in the shallows. We watched them get fed. My sister got a turn to feed a dolphin first and the next time I got a turn to feed the dolphins. They were nibbly. On the beach the pelicans were watching, hoping to get a fish for themselves. When I tried to get a photo with the pelican, it warned me off, by opening his bill and squawking at me. It was scary ... read more

We pulled into Denham expecting to have a quick playground break and move on, but after several enquiries found that Monkey Mia was booked out and the camp grounds that we wanted to stay in required notice a day in advance, so we decided to set up in Denham at Shark Bay caravan park and enjoy a swim in the pool. The caravan park was pretty dismal but the pool was great, from the photos of the pool you would think that we were in a tropical oasis rather than a dusty caravan park. Friday morning we set off early to catch the feeding of the Dolphin’s at Monkey Mia. There was a fair crowd there but we managed to see several dolphins up very close and Ki was lucky to be chosen to feed a ... read more

We deceided to take along a girl I worked with to share expenses heading up North. She seemed fun and easy going and things started off okay but it definetely didn't work out, and we seperated quickly. Advice, if you're a couple traveling it doesn't pay to pick up a single traveler unless they are willing to go 50/50. The expenses don't pan out, you end up paying almost the same amount you would have anyway, so you are pretty much just giving the person a free ride. Look for couples to share the expenses, things are even then, a single travel is just not worth the hassel. So anyway after a sad goodbye we left Perth around 2:00pm, normally we wouldn't bother leaving so late but we promised the other girl so we headed out. ... read more

So we rented a car and first we headed North, up highway one, along the West Australian coast to a town called Geraldton. When we first arrived everything was closed, which we figured was quite normal as everything closes really early in Australia - we're talking REALLY early, 3pm on a Saturday early! Anyhow when we awoke on Sunday morning the city was a ghost town, everything had remaind shut. There were no cars, no people, even the seaguls hadn't turned out. When we inquired, a local woman told us we had 'expect this in a small town' - Geraldton is the biggest city in the Mid-West, population 24,000 - what would happen when we got to Kilbarri (population 1,000)?! Alas, all was not lost, it seems Western Australia has it all covered on Sundays, three ... read more

We reden 338km tussen Carnarvon en Denham, maar maakten enkele tussenstops: Bij Hamelin Pool gingen we kijken naar de stromatolieten, die kleine bultjes kalksteen, of plateaus kalksteen zijn niet spectaculair van uitzicht, maar wel uniek omdat het één van de weinige plaatsen is waar de allereerste organismen ter wereld (cyanobacteriën), nog zijn blijven overleven. Er is een wandeling uitgezet, waarlangs informatiepanelen uitleg geven over dit speciale verschijnsel. Tegelijkertijd zie je ook spierwitte, poreuze kalksteen die natuurlijk gevormd werd door de reusachtige hoeveelheden van één bepaald soort schelp. Je kon er zo bouwstenen zagen uit de grond, maar nu is dit beschermd domein. Je kunt er geraken door de camping op te rijden, er tevoet door te lopen en aan de achterkant het poortje naar het strand door te lopen. Op de camping kan je informatie krijgen, ... read more