Blogs from Derby, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 7

22-9-09 Woke up to a beautiful day for our Horizontal Waterfall trip, We had arranged for a lady to check on the girls & take them for a walk, so we did not have to worry about them. We were picked up from the park at 8.15am along with 2 other couples & taken to the airport. There were 11 on the trip all together. They were a friendly bunch & even another guy called Dennis. We all got in the Sea Plane for our flight out to the falls & the scenery was great. You don’t realise that Derby is surrounded by mud flats until you see it from the air. At last that blue , green water & lots of Mountains, Islands & Lakes , we came into land & I was holding on ... read more

We arrived in Derby early Saturday morning and our first stop was the Visitors’ Centre. Judy had already been in touch with her step sister Lorrain and had an address. We discovered this was right across the road from the Visitors’ Centre. Lorrain was at work in her Toy Shop, aptly named Sparkies Toyshop (her and her husband also own an electrical business) when we dropped in to say hello. She gave us a key to the gate of the block where we were to park the caravan so we dropped off the caravan before checking out a local Saturday market. Here we found some lunch at a Chinese Stall. The afternoon we spent at a local event, mud football on the marsh. This was great fun as we’d never seen anything like it before and ... read more

Hi All Back in Broome after visiting the Horizontal Falls yesterday (from Derby). To be honest, there ain't much happenin' in Derby .... but the Horizontal Falls were great. After a seaplane ride out to the bay, with a sea landing and then transfer to boat, the trip was certainly a highlight. The Horizontal Falls are like rapids which you speed through in a boat powered by 2 x 225hp motors. Whilst my friend Matt decided to sleep on the plane ride out there (he can sleep anywhere I tell you!), I took some aerial shots of the falls. Hope you like. We are off to Cape Leveque tomorrow for one day then back in Broome again. Chat soon! ... read more

I still want to be a vet, but if for some reason that doesnt happen, this is where you will find me. It took a long time to realise my dream of becoming a jillaroo and working on an outback station, it nearly didnt happen at all, and it was almost nothing like i imagined, but in 10 months of travelling i finally found a place to be 'me', where i am actually seem to be good at the job and i enjoy the life. thats not to say it was all perfect and plain-sailing, i had my share of difficulties and challenges, but they were most definately out-weighed by the good times. The journey to the station from Kununurra was "interesting". I said farewell to my friends at the hostel in a last-minute dash back ... read more

Rodeo Weekend ! Set off for a weekend camping at the Derby Rodeo , we didnt have tents as all Australians seem to own a swag, i think they must be given them at birth because everyone seems to have one, its a matress with pillows and duvet with a canvas cover which you just roll out on the ground. The name "Swag" came from when men used to wonder the streets looking for work with a blanket and a billy (pot to boil water) on their back. We made our own swags, quite skillfully! Had a fantastic weekend watching all the events, seeing cowboys getting thrown off bulls and horses and the rodeo clowns running around! A bull jumped the fence and went charging through the crowd! All action packed! Branding and Castrating horse! ... read more