Blogs from Albany, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 12

After leaving Esperance, we had a longish drive, stopping overnight at Jerramungup - one of the many towns ending in 'up' in this area - in the aboriginal Noongar language, ‘up’ means ‘place of’. Then it was a similar drive the next day though cattle country, sheep country, and wheat fields as far as the eye could see. As we got closer to Albany, the country changed to tree plantations - mostly eucalypts but a few pine trees. It's nine years since we were in Albany and it seems to have grown no end. It is a pretty and neat town, dominated by smooth rocky hills, white sand and many bays and islands. A very large silo - or silos - dominate the main waterfront and beyond that is a woodchipping mill and wharf - obviously ... read more

Saturday 25th April - Stayed at Frank Lipino Memorial rest area last night and on road early this morning. Heading towards Bunbury - did a U turn and took scenic route to Serpentine Dam - wonderful spot - nobody there except for us and lots of tame green parakeets. Bit further on came to a welcome café and viewing point. Very peaceful apart from lovely jazz music from café, Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck etc. Took coastal route to Bunbury still very quiet bearing in mind that its Anzac Day (public holiday on Monday). Travelled through very dry stock country (still not a blade of grass to be seen). Arrived at Bunbury - long white beaches, some with basalt rocks. Also very busy port and harbour with strong Aboriginal links. Went and found our camping area ... read more

Hello Everyone Well Sandy and I were off to a good start. We had a great dinner on Friday night at The Saint, our neck of the woods. With a good feed in our tummy's there wasn't a chance for a overly huge night. We gave it a good bash though! The party was great, the company and the stories were a plenty. It was a great send off and Sandy and I rolled home bout 12.30 pm for a good nights sleep. After last minute packing and running the last of the storage to dads shed and after downing a few cuppa's we left the hood and headed to Kings Park to wish little Taj a happy 1st birthday. Staying for only a snippet and a teary farewell we headed off round 3pm to Albany. ... read more

Halloelle, gruesse fliegen an euch alle aus albany in westaustralien nach deutschland. ich sitze hier gerade am hafen in einem netten cafe und trinke einen schoenen milchkaffee mit so dickem schaum, dass der keks drauf liegen bleibt und wahrscheinlich nur meine keule jonas besseren machen kann. das wetter ist zum ersten mal richtig schoen scheisse, aehm trueb und regnerisch natuerlich. perfekte vorraussetzung, um mich an den naechsten travel-blog zu setzen. also nach whyalla ging es die eyre peninsula weiter runter richtung port lincoln, wo wir uns mit francis und jan verabredet hatten. doch bis dahin waren es noch ein paar kilometerchen. der oertliche hafen in whyalla war jedenfalls noch super, denn dort gab es duschen zur freien verfuegung. also frisch geduscht ins auto gesetzt und weiter die kueste runter. wir machten in arno bay halt, wo ... read more

Bremer Bay (170 km east of Albany) introduced a whole new challenge to The Kornies 5: setting up in the pouring rain! We were all saturated and the kids, when not assisting in set up, were busy drinking the flowing fresh water coming off the awning. The surrounds were a lush, green forest, close to more beautiful beaches. We treated ourselves to “Misty’s” Pizza and devoured the generous serves. It definitely lived up to its reputation. The following morning was my birthday celebrations: pancakes, a cake from the local market and potato chips. Yes Jojo was the caterer! I loved my presis from Esperance local markets: a bracelet from Max, a beanie from Sam and earrings from Jojo. The rain subsided and we ventured out to see a wind turbine. We discovered a gorgeous little museum ... read more