Blogs from Cape Range National Park, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Day 41 – Thursday 9th August – Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Marine Park The usual routine of get up, make a cup of tea, have bread and nutella (kids) and cereal (adults) for brekkie then pack up and to be on the road again by about 8.30am, towards what we were expecting to be our favourite destination of the trip – the Ningaloo Reef. By 10.30am we had arrived in the cute little town of Exmouth, the gateway to the Cape Range National Park. We stopped off at the visitors’ centre to get some up to date information and to fill our water tank as that is the only place you can do it. There was considerable action in the car park as we arrived due to a caravan fire which had just ... read more

La météo de dimanche n’est pas terrible, nuages et pluie, du coup on n’ira pas se baigner. On décolle tranquillement en fin de mat du camping pour aller prendre un site de camping au Cape Range National Park, le parc qui longe tout le récif de Ningaloo. On s’arrête auparavant au bureau du Kings récupérer nos photos et vidéo de la super sortie de la veille… ce sont des photos d’amateur, heureusement qu’on n’a pas payé pour ça ! La chance nous sourit, on trouve un emplacement à l’un des meilleurs « camp site » du parc, avec table, fil à linge, arbres ! Mais il continue de pleuvoir donc on se rabat sur une marche, équipé d’un imper. Et c’est pas mal du tout ! Le paysage est composé de gorges à sec, du style ... read more

DAYS ON THE ROAD = 23 Tuesday 23rd July 2012 Today we head around the corner of Exmouth to Cape Range National Park where we will set up camp for 3 nights. This will be the first time we will be solely relying on our water tanks and battery life for a longer period than an overnighter. It should be interesting to see how well we do at trying to preserve water and how well the solar panels work to recharge our on-board battery. hmmmm!! We fill up the two tanks (total 160L) in the caravan and take an additional 25L in water containers that we are going to use for drinking purposes and filling of the kettle. I'm going to have to think about ways to try and save us some water and have an ... read more

6 - 15 April 2012 After leaving Francois Peron National Park (and having more trouble getting out of the terrain than we did getting in...) we were booked into a caravan park in Denham. Getting back in to civilisation and structured living arrangements is always a bit of a shock to the system. Still, I must admit, it is always nice to have a hot shower when you haven't had access to one for a while. I also find myself feeling rather grateful to the individual that invented washing machines... Especially since we have been camping in the lovely (but very fine) red dust. So we spent some time in Denham getting "clean and presentable" before mum and dad/nanna and pa arrived. We took a drive down to Shell Beach which is a gorgeous beach south ... read more

Our next stop on the West Coast was actually Coral Bay but we didn’t hang around there for long. It was school holiday time, and while I’m sure at a quieter time it would be a lovely place to stay, the fact it was packed to the rafters gave it a bit of a Butlins feel and all that was available for us in terms of site for the van was a small, very overpriced, unpowered patch of grass by the road. This wasn’t enhanced when we were cooking that evening in the camp kitchen. Xan was making a ragu tomato pasta, while the mother of a rather large family was cooking a feast of packet cheesy pasta and frankfurter sausages. After observing him adding a dash of wine to the sauce, she asked Xan if ... read more