Blogs from Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Oh my oh my, it's the 1st of December already - can't believe it! As a rare treat we get a bit of a lie in this morning - only a 8am start instead of 6 and 7am but it's good enough. We all head to the beach office to book our tours and as ours only goes at 12.30pm we have a couple of hours to ourselves. The office says we can loan some snorkel gear for free so after learning how to fit myself up with fins and a mask we head off for my first ever snorkel adventure - how exciting! The reef is fantastic - the best I have seen so far. Just cannot get over how clear the sea is. After putting on my equipment in the sea it's time to ... read more

Well it feels like a lifetime ago since I've been online...nearly forgetting my passwords!! The last few weeks have blurred into one big roadtrip so will try not bore you as I unravel it in my head. Not to worry though....we've made it safely to Darwin & are handing over the keys to Buddy to his rightful ownwers in the morning.....he's been great......seen us through the outback without too many hiccups!! So after Fremantle, in the south near Perth & the cold weather.....which now seems like a dream in this stifling heat & humidity that robs your sleep & sanity every night!!.......we moved up the coast to a place called Kalbarri....it was a 2 night stop....nice beach where we went on one of those cyclo-boats.....but the main reason we stopped there was to go to a ... read more

Hey there, Bilder vom Roadtrip folgen spätestens Anfang nächster Woche. Werde am WE mit Damian und Fabian nach Margaret River runter fahren. Ist ca. 4 Stunden südlich von Perth und ist eine der besten Surfregionen die's gibt. Soll auch landschaftlich sehr schön sein. Damian hat da unten wohl ein kleines Anwesen wo so ne Art Hütte drauf steht. Wohl was ganz einfaches - ohne Strom, ohne fließend Wasser, mit Plumpsklo :-) Aber wat soll's wir hamm ja schließlich den Ozean vor der Türe :-) Freu mich scho drauf. Wird bestimmt mal wieder ein cooles Erlebnis! Geh jetzt an die Uni! So long... Flori... read more

Next stop was two nights in the amazing coral bay after another mammoth journey. A tiny little settelment right on the Ningaloo Marine Park. For those not in the know the Ningaloo reef is a huge set of reef systems in WA that rivals the great barrier reef in terms of the number of species of coral and fish that you can find there. It only receives a fraction of the numbers of people that the great barrier reef does so you don't have to fight the crowds. Coral Bay is beautiful with clear waters and soaring temperature, you can paddle out from the shore to the reef as it's only 50 m away. Did lots of snorkeling for the two days we were there and saw loads of different types of fish, including Nemo. Other ... read more

Back on dry land we bid farewell to the Pelicans and drove solid until sundown to the Overlander Roadhouse back on the Great North Western Highway 1. As the rich sun faded the beautiful Milky Way came into view for a dazzling 15 minutes before the Moon took over lighting duties in the East and we were struck by an amazing sense of our location on a planet which is spinning on its axis. With another hefty drive ahead we awoke and continued our way north through Carnarvon and the bone dry river Gascoyne and past hundreds of dead kangaroos being devoured by crows and the odd large eagle. To much jubilation, we actually drove across the Tropic of Capricorn on the way and posed for a memorable snap with our hippy wagon. Chugging on we ... read more