Blogs from Albany, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 6

Some snaps of the ongoing journey... read more

After organising a national parks pass on our way out we headed about 40 km out of Esperance to Cape Le Grand National Park. The weather was fine and sunny for the first time on our stay in this neck of the woods and it certainly added to the ambience of the Park. First stop was Lucky Bay and the views along the pristine coastline were simply magnificent. We decided on a hike to nearby Thistle Cove which took us over granite rocks and we zigged and zagged along makeshift paths. There was almost a photo opportunity at every turn including a few we managed to get of some rather large yet passive lizards who seemed more unfazed of us than we were of them. It was about a 90 minute round trip back to Lucky ... read more

R & R was the order of today and it freshened us up in more ways than one. It's actually as cool as it comes for a summer day and has sent us searching the van for jackets and jeans. The strong sea breeze is ripping through the caravan park (when we start heading north into more humid climates I am sure we'll be begging for this sort of relief). We took the bikes out for a ride along the foreshore this morning and made our way into the town centre for a peak. Very laid back little town; the sort you can contently spend hours on end doing nothing much without feeling like you've wasted the day. I think we'll do much of the same tomorrow......... read more

Cheyne Beach/ Albany 9th January 2012 Leaving Hopetoun we retraced our route back towards Albany to Cheyne Beach. We had intended to go to Bremer Bay which we understand is another great spot along the coast. However as it is a 70klm one way trip in off the main coast road I decided to ring first to ensure that we could get a site. “yes we can accommodate you on those dates sir” “great” I reply “and how much is a site?” (In the Top Tourist Park book they quote prices of $32 - $38/night) His reply was apologetic..” well, it is our high season and Uhmm the price for a powered site will be…Uhmm…$60 per night” “right” I say, “then I guess you know what you can do with your site then as we are ... read more

Walpole to Albany Leaving Walpole we headed back east to Albany to complete the section of the Sthn Ocean Hwy across to Hopetoun that we had missed previously when we went up to Wave Rock after our stay in Esperance. We are looking forward to this section of the coast as the beaches between Albany and Hopetoun come with some ‘big wraps’. Our journey through to Denmark was uneventful and we enjoyed, again, the magnificent forests that enveloped the road. From Denmark across to Albany the country changed as we left the mountains and forests behind us into undulating mixed farmland. Agriculture is diverse here with cropping playing a major role but beef and dairy farming, horticulture and vineyards are also well represented. After several weeks of country driving and only ‘biggish’ towns to navigate, it ... read more