Blogs from Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 11

We were picked up at 7am by Nick from Western Exposure to go and meet the bus we would be travelling about on! Met the rest of the people, did some intros on the bus and there's a big mix of people and Steve is our guide and driver for the week! On we gooo...... After Perth it is crazy, there is nothing North of Perth for miles, it is classed as the Outback after you go north of Perth but I expected a few little villages or something! Just lots of kangeroos hiding in the bushes...although I kept missing them...booooo!! I saw an Emu and I saw one kangeroo but he wasn't booingging! how rude! there's still time though!! First Stop...Pinnacles Desert... this is in Nambung National Park and which is 250km north of Perth. ... read more

Brochure Text: • Nambung National Park • Pinnacles Desert • Hangover Bay Departing Perth 7.00am. We head north to the Nambung National Park and stop to explore the famous limestone formations of the Pinnacle Desert . After lunch at one of the small fishing towns there is a chance for a swim in the Indian Ocean, or a gentle stroll along deserted beaches. We carry on our adventure through Geraldton and along the Batavia Coast , the site of many shipwrecks (ask your guide for the stories). In season (July - September) check out the prolific wildflowers , en route to the Pink Lakes and the Ocean Gorges (Pot Alley). We stop to watch the sunset and Humpback Whales frolicking in the Ocean (seasonal) and then we head for camp, which is a good time for ... read more

Thursday 27 September 2007 Happy Birthday to Amy and Meeshell!!!! Well how time is flying by, we are currently at Kalbarri which is approximately 9 hours North of Perth and it’s freezing!!!!!!!!! Well not really but it’s a lot cooler than what we are used to coming from Roebourne (22 degrees I think it is today brghhh) Since our last blog, we’ve done heaps. We have been to Cape Range National Park which is near Exmouth. We stayed for two nights at Osprey Camp ground and met up with Nev and Bron for some fresh local prawns for Bron’s birthday. We finally had a shower (a proper one using our car and the shower tent which Matt and Nev kindly assembled for me - who insisted on using the tent!) and after four days it was ... read more

After arriving rather later than planed the night before, we had a good catch up with Charlie and Natalie, who we had met while we were working at the olive farm. We had left Soulhaven a few days before them and somehow managed arrive in Kalbarri later, but hey we had been having a great time. We had decided that, as we were all going to be heading in the same direction, it would be nice to travel together for a little while. So Kalbarri was our meeting place. There was a lot to do and see in Kalbarri, the only problem being the weather. Our first day together was set to be a rainy one. So rather than waste the day we popped along to the tourist information centre to find a rainy day activity. ... read more

Turning off the Brand highway at Northampton, the road sweeps over rolling farm hills of crops and livestock. Quite unlike the flat landscape until that point. After a few days on the Brand Highway (the coastal highway between Perth and Broome) we realised that the driving experience was not going to be a scenic one like the Great Ocean Road between Melbourne and Adelaide. In fact, most of the time the road is a half an hours drive from the actual coast, so the views normally entail long, straight stretches with bush or farmfields on each side. As well as the chance of a kangaroo hopping out into your path, the even more seriously damaging chance of whacking a cow is a distinct possibility if you travel when visibility is low. So even though these huge ... read more