We caught crabs. Not the sort you catch when you get too close and personal with the wrong sort of people. We caught blue swimmer crabs this morning using the skeletons of our King George whiting from yesterday and borrowed crab nets. We caught sixteen crabs of legal size. We probably caught another thirty undersized crabs but let them go. It was a lovely morning, sunny and still, so we joined the throngs on Busselton Jetty and tried our luck. We seemed to be the luckiest of the crab catchers today. And we had a great time. We proudly showed our catch when people asked. It is so much more fun when you are being successful. Frank had slightly less fun because he was nipped a couple of times. We went for a drive down to ... read more

The Margaret River region, south of Busselton is renowned for its wineries and coastal scenery. Today, with Christine and Richard as our tour guides, we went for a tour of the very expensive holiday homes in the coastal hamlets, spectacular coastline and several of the better-known wineries. At Saracen Winery and Duckstein Brewery, the boys tasted the brewed product, while Christine and I couldn’t resist the temptation of coffee and a shared piece of lime and tequila tart. Yummy. We are thinking we might go back for lunch in the next couple of days. Voyager Winery is something else. Built in 2001, in Cape Dutch style, Voyager has spectacular landscaped gardens with manicured lawns and beautiful rose gardens. We didn’t sample the wines because we were there late in the day, but I do recommend it ... read more

Wildflowers, pretty wildflowers everywhere. Flowers of many different species and colours. Our trip today was highlighted by the beautiful wildflowers that Western Australia is famous for. We stopped several times to take photos, and each time we were amazed at the variety in a small area. We were also surprised to find wild budgies in the area. School holdays start this weekend, so there is a lot more traffic on the road. We are staying at Horrocks Beach for a couple of nights and are really feeling the cooler temperature. The caravan park we are staying at is across the road from the beach, so we can hear the waves crashing on the beach. It is a small park, and a bit more rustic to what we have become accustomed to. But I think we might ... read more

We are thoroughly enjoying our time in Exmouth. We have had four days here, and both agree that it is somewhere we would happily holiday for a longer period of time. Exmouth, with Cape Range National Park and Ningaloo Reef on one side of the peninsula and Exmouth Gulf on the other, has so much to offer holiday makers. Navy Jetty, which is a working jetty owned by the Department of Defence, is rated as one of the top ten dive sites in the world. We are told that the marine life there is amazing, but it is a restricted site available only to certified dive tours. No snorkelling there for us. There are fishing charters providing a game fishing experience. For the more casual holiday makers like us, the are many sites to fish from ... read more

Who would have thought the gentle pursuit of caravanning and camping could be so dangerous. First of all there is the risk of dying of boredom being the passenger while traveling from point A to point B or C or D etc. If you can survive that, then you must contend will everything Mother Nature throws at you. At Fitzroy Crossing, warnings had been posted about Singapore ants, tiny ants that would get into everything, so they recommended spraying around table and chair legs and even the wheels with ant spray to guard against them. At Turkey Creek/Warnum, we had to contend with bulls marauding through the van park. At Wycliffe’s Well there was a not to friendly donkey roaming around freely. In Karijini National Park, campers were warned about wild dingos, and told not to ... read more