Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 573

Ok, so today is the last day of the test and we have walked out of the ground at lunch leaving little faith in Monty and KP to bat out the rest of the day needed to secure the draw and keep alive the little hope we have of retaining the urn. Currently now writing this in Fremantle a city on the outskirts of Perth, just arrived and noticed we have officially lost the Ashes, won't bore you with my opinion, or the cricket... So, I left you with the last blog approximately a week ago, not been able to get to the internet since then, so sorry bout that. Right so, after the late night on the Saturday, I'm pleased to say that the Sunday wasn't a complete write-off and we made it out of ... read more

We overnachtten in het Pinnacles Caravan Park - Aragon Street - Cervantes WA 6511 Tel: 08 - 9652 7060, E-mail: cervpinncpark@westnet.com.au Ligging: aan de rand van het centrum, maar vlakbij zee. Visitor Centre, supermarkt, bottle shop en Internet waren op wandelafstand. Prijs en wat inbegrepen: 38$ voor een powered site voor 3 personen Persoonlijke beoordeling: het sanitair was OK, maar weinig drooglijnen en de kampeerkeuken / TV zaal viel erg klein uit. Men was er niet vriendelijk noch behulpzaam bij de receptie. We gingen kijken naar de stromatolieten in Lake Thetis, die zijn bereikbaar met een gewoon voertuig, en zelfs te voet. Dit is niet spectaculair om te zien, er was weinig informatie te lezen, maar boeiende ons erg omdat het zo een uniek verschijnsel is (Zie Hamalin Pool) We bezochten de Pinnacles en verschillende Nationale ... read more

Was feeling very tired today after 2 heavy nights, but managed to getup and go and play golf in 38 degrees of sunshine. The course was nice but I wasn't much good until the back-nine. I managed to fall over in a bunker on the second hole because I forgot I didn't have spiked shoes on. We went back to the Sheriton where Tim and his friends were leaving that night and then had an early one. The cricket was ok for England but the chances were that they were going to lose on the final day.... read more

Kalbarri National Park starts a few kilometres out of the town and is a vast area of trees and stuff. Centred on the Murchison River, it also has a quite a spectacular gorge with some great features. We were keen to see it but on Monday morning, we got news that someone had died up at the gorge that very day; heat exhaustion or dehydration I think. Bugger! We also made aware of the temperature - a rather stifling 46.5 degrees c and 38 in the shade! An old boy on the campsite told us that he’d been to the gorge and that it was 51 degrees up there!! We spent most of the day in the pool and in shade! Anders and I agreed we’d go to the gorge at 5 or 6ish in the ... read more

Well, having done well on the first day, England were bowled out for less than the Aussies. Didn't mind too much though as we drunk a lot of beer at the game today. We managed to get a plastic beer cup tower about 15 feet high later in the afternoon. Later that evening we were out in Northbridge (a popular area for clubs and bars). We went to Mustang bar which is an American themed bar with live music. It's really seedy but a good laugh. It got in just after 5am.... read more