Blogs from Augusta, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Augusta 11th January 2012 Leaving Pemberton we headed directly for Augusta with plans to free camp some 30+ Klms north of Augusta on the Blackwood River at Alexandra Bridge. With nothing between Pemberton and Augusta we made a bee line through the forest to our next destination. Augusta is on the south western tip of Australia, situated on the banks of the Hardy Inlet, overlooking the mouth of the Blackwood River and the waters of Flinders Bay. Just beyond it lies Cape Leeuwin which divides the two oceans; the Southern Ocean to the south and the Indian Ocean to the west. Settled in 1830, Augusta is the State’s third oldest settlement. Augusta is a popular tourist and fishing destination and appeared to also have a population (pop 1200) that could best be described as spending their ... read more

The south west corner of Australia is dominated bu the Leeuwin Naturaliste national park covering much of the area. Tucked in between are the Margaret River grape growing area intermixed with grazing country. In this area there are 100 or more natural limestone caves. The Jewel cave is a reasonably recent find where the entrance hole was barely gig enough for a man to drop down on a rope. The cave depth is about 50 meters to the floor. As there was no easy access, there is a total absence of bats or other life in the cave. There have been a few unfortunate creatures who had fallen down the crown vent and met a very dark death as there is no other way out of this dry cave. There is a great variety of formations, ... read more

le point le plus au sud d'australie occidentale donc le plus proche de l'antartique ...... Le parc national Leeuwin-Naturaliste est un parc national en Australie-Occidentale, à 267 km au sud de Perth. Il doit son nom aux deux villes situées aux deux extrémités du parc et possédant un phare: Cap Leeuwin et Cap Naturaliste. Il est situé dans les comtés de Augusta-Margaret River et de Busselton et il est censé être le plus fréquenté de tous les parcs d'Australie-Occidentale. Il abrite de nombreux bois de karris et de jarrahs ainsi qu'un nombre impressionnant de grottes dont certaines sont ouvertes au public. ... read more

We are in Augusta the most South Western town in Australia, its about 30k south of Margaret River. The last 3 days have been beautiful, warm and sunshine but this morning we have woken up to the wind and rain again. We have been traveling through big tree country since we left Albany, passing through Denmark, Walpole and Pemberton. Many of the trees are over 400 years old and huge. The trees were mostly tingles and Karri trees which are both eucalypt trees. The Tingles as they get older get really large at the base of the trunk and then with bush fire damage causes them to hollow out, but the tree stays living. Some of the hollowed out trunks are huge and many people can stand inside. Near Denmark we went to an Alpaca Stud ... read more

29/10/08 Wednesday Day 76 The weather is worse than yesterday. Even more rain and wind and even the odd bit of thunder. So we packed up our stuff and headed further south towards Augusta. We stopped first at the Mammoth Caves. This was a great attraction and huge too. Plus you get a set of headphones that gives you some audio as you walk through the cave. Next on the agenda was Hamlon Bay which was on one of the maps we have. All that is in this place is a dead end. It has a caravan park and a beach. That’s it, no shops, no nothing. So we had a spot of lunch in the van while we were stopped at the beach. Then it was on to Augusta. Another small place. One main street ... read more