Blogs from Dunsborough, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

We’ve had quite a busy few months here in WA. Generally just getting on with life, Andy has a new job that he started this week which is much more related to what he wants to do in the future and for me its been wrangling with my employer over getting the permanent visa sorted out. The application has gone in this week, but I’m not hopeful it’s going to be sorted out for another few months yet. Anyway, onto more interesting things! For my Christmas present from work I was given a 2 night stay at the Quay West Bunker Bay Resort in Bunker Bay. This is a 5* place right on the beach. We booked the day off on the Friday to head down and make the most of a long weekend. As it ... read more

Hello from boiling hot WA where the thermostat seems to be stuck on 37 degrees. This was after an early morning thunderstorm and heaps of rain which was even a surprise to the locals. We went to Fremantle yesterday which was the host port for the Australian America's cup challenge in the 1980's. Imagine walking around in small town where many of the buildings are white sandstone, the light is incredibly bright and intense and the sea is a clear azure colour. Oh, did I mention the searing heat? It was so hot and intensely bright that I could hardly look at things around me. Eventually we decamped to a pub with wifi, cold beer and wine all of which pleased me greatly. There I had a wonderful PadThai which contained about half a chicken. They ... read more

The pod of dolphins frolicked in the foaming waters surrounding Sugarloaf rock, oblivious to the determined photographers who stood shivering in the car park. We had just arrived, wrapped up against the snatching breeze that tore across the bay and set off for a few hours adventure on a small portion of the Cape to Cape trail, which winds south hugging the remote shoreline for 124 km of the South Western peninsula of Australia. The boys found gnarled sticks and foraged ahead, searching for animal tracks and taking it in turns to hide in the dense foliage as we meandered past, lost in thoughts, with only the insistent passing clouds to keep us company as we wound our way along the lonely track, mesmerised by the expanse of ocean peppered with white horses, whipped up by ... read more

January 4 Augusta, WA. We stayed another day in Walpole and went out on an Eco boat tour around the bay. It was a fun trip, the guide was full of stories about the area with everything from snake bites, shark attacks, and bank robberies. That plus amazingly beautiful surroundings made for a great trip. Part of it was a hike over a hill to a beach where some of the world’s oldest rocks are situated. These rocks where once mountains that have been dated to 4.5 billion years old. There are similar rocks in the Himalayans from when the continents were joined. And the beaches themselves…miles and miles of white sand beaches with hardly a person to be seen. But considering the water is coming straight from Antarctica, with lots of big waves, and ... read more

Well we're back on the road and boy is it a good feeling! Dirt under your fingernails, sun on your face, life does not get any better. We're currently doing a little 2,5 week trip to the south-west of WA. Right now we're in Yallingup, which is near Dunsborough just below Cape Naturaliste. It's a beautiful area of rugged cliffs, eucalypt trees, shrubs and rocky beaches with big surf. On our way out of Perth we stopped in Yalgorup, a national park just below Mandurah for our first night of bush camping. It was great to be able to light a fire and be surrounded by animals again. We had a little mouse in our tent, were visited by a possum at night which woke us up by going through our dishes and in the morning ... read more

GIDDAY EVERYBODY! Firstly sorry about the long gaps inbetween posts i have been living the dream!!! soooooo much has happend since i last did a post, so to make up for it im gonna do two posts! one of my road trip and one of xmas and new years, with pictures! woohoo. Here goes. Well it all started a long time ago in a far far away place (perth, west australia, 10th Dec). After working for about 9 weeks in perth i saved up and bought my self a car to drive to sidney in. Its a 1997 2.4 mitsibishi magna estate (so it can fit all the bags in). I had the thing a week, A WEEK and the clutch went on it! so i got it repaired and serviced and then off we went, ... read more