Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 8

Monday 4th December I had managed to contact my friend Lisa who lives in Dunsborough and arrange to meet up for a chat and diner, we have not seen her for over a year so it will be good to catch up. With a short two hour trip to Yallingup we had a lazy start to the day, getting up latish and relaxing. A long walk on the beach with Tippy was a treat, managed to take my camera and get some great shots of the clouds and the ocean, as well as Tippy and G. Because the sun is not burning hot and there are lots of clouds around the shots on the beach are so much more interesting, enjoyed playing with the colors, will try with my bigger lens next time. Easy drive to ... read more

As explained in my last post, I had decided to head back onto the Bibbulmun Track and complete another sectional hike. When I had returned from Perth late in 2022, I found that my wife required a knee operation. When she recovered from this, I booked a flight in April 2023 to Perth and back onto the track. Well in February 2023, I ended up in hospital and following an operation in April and subsequent injections into my neck to resolve shoulder pain, I headed back to Perth in late September 2023. I decided to back fill sections of the track which I had missed and not confident in my fitness, planned to head to Collie and walk South to North, to Dwellingup and then go further North and exit the track at Sullivans Rock car ... read more

Spring tide in Broome laps by the shore at High Tide and one has to walk about 300 metres to greet the low tide...only Nova Scotia has larger tidal flows. What will happen if we dip our toes in? Dinosaur tracks across the bay from Roebuck Beach...some of the largest bird migrations on the planet...art and culture of the World's oldest living civilisation...the First Nations indigenous people dreaming stories for over 60,000 years. The savage history following the coming of the white man...the clash of cultures...dispossession, disconnect, disadvantage to the aboriginal first inhabitants that has ensured...their human blight that many non-indigenous seek to avoid or forget. Red rocks millions of years old...red & orange tracks into the remote...but on a map...the Kimberley is only a speck on this sunburnt country I am blessed to call home. ... read more

Only 100klm from Wyndham to Kununurra so an easy day. We stayed at the Lake Kununurra Caravan Park which is a lovely spot with waterfront views. We were kind of thinking Kununurra would be a little more civilised as we had visited here nearly 20 years ago. After booking in and getting settled we had a text from management at the caravan park telling us to lock doors on the van at night, do not leave keys or anything inside your van where someone could see and easily grab them if they got into your van, also to make sure all your belongings are locked up! Geez do we feel safe.....yeeessss but a little uneasy! Then on the second day went to buy beer at the local Thirsty Camel to be told that they could not ... read more

Got away from Willare Bridge Roadhouse around 10am and limped along to Derby getting in about 10.45 and fortunately our site was vacant so got setup nice and early. We were told along the way that Derby wasn't much but after a few days here and you kind of pick the scab off, its an interesting sort of place, except for the daytime black mozzies who are rampant, are quick, bite lots but we have slathered ourselves once again with the Good Riddance and it keeps them at bay. We found it friendly and quite an historic town perched at the edge of the King Sound near the mouth of the mighty Fitzroy River. The beautiful quirky Boab trees we learn that the seed has floated across the ocean from Madagascar which is very interesting that ... read more