Blogs from Coral Coast, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Sorry for being out of touch for so long, but been busy since i arrived on this continent! Spent my first 10 days visiting Perth city, which basically was done very quickly as this is not really a city but a town! Strolled around Kings Park where the crows make very loud calls to eachother and also did some window shopping and people watching in the main shopping streets of Perth. The sites were scary, the people badly dressed, and really if you're into fashion of any sort, this is not the place! They have NO dress sense here. Anyway went up to Yanchep National Park which was close to where i was staying at my friends house. There, i was very fortunate to see several kangaroos for the first time in my life, in the ... read more

We left Karijini on a real high after two days of experiencing Wonderful Australia. Our battery pack was low, so Grady and I decided that only the kids would have a fan on themselves, to ensure they had a good night’s sleep. We put the legs down at the Chelsea Rest area, just past Paraburdoo. This was a nice rest area with shade and set far from the main road (less noise from trucks). The weather however was hot, with no breeze and no indication of cooling down. We played cards with the kids outside then had no choice but to send them to bed in the heat. I didn’t think I could sleep any worse than I did after Fitzroy Crossing, but this was indeed worse than that. To let as much air in as ... read more

Nachdem wir lange Zeit auf dem Deutschen Konsulat in Perth verbracht haben, bei Qantas endlich einen super hilfreichen Travelmanager gefunden haben und im Krankenhaus in Bern (Insel) einen neuen Nachweis ueber meine Gelbfieberimpfung bestellt haben, blieb nur noch Warten. Den Flug nach Kapstadt haben wir nun auf den 22.4.09 verschoben. So blieb genau 1 Woche zum Absitzen. Diese Woche wollten wir nicht wirklich in Perth bleiben - dort gibt es einfach nicht viel zu tun und von den Stadtstraenden hatten wir ja gruendlich die Nase voll. Obwohl wir keine Lust hatten, mit einem Mietwagen rumzureisen, rafften wir uns auf und mieteten einen quietschblauen Nissan Micra. Haessliches Teil, dass aber unglaublich flott fuhr. Nach langem hin und her entschlossen wir uns gen Norden zu fahren entlang der angeblich traumhaften Westkueste. Wir schauten uns die Pinnacles an, eine ... read more

Hello everyone and welcome to a belated update of our blog, almost 16 months after we have left home and I’m delighted to announce that Rebecca has found it in her heart to trust me with my very own take on our misadventures around the land. So, what’s to report? Well after nearly 5 months of inactivity and our brains leaking out any sense we once had in that pit of a supermarket we had accumulated a fistful of dollars to have a go at something different. Our remaining days there where quite surprising, The employees of Coles supermarket, Mosman Park, The very same employees who approached us with about as much enthusiasm and camaraderie as if we were ridden with the bubonic plague for the first 4 months of our stay suddenly decided they were ... read more

Forgot to touch on events between Broome and Perth. Alot of the time was weighted in driving the couple of thousand kilometers between the states two main stopping points. The drive is through sparse open bushland skirting onto the coast infrequently and briefly. This was certainly a disappointment for me, having trekked through with a surfboard which never got wet! In retrospect, if I'd read my surfing book, and checked spots on a road map, I'd have realised in advance, there are no roads to surf, 4WD is a surfers best friend in WA! We did manage to get into the Indian Ocean again after Broome, down the coast at Coral Bay while Lauren went diving on the Ningaloo Reef. The beach was sunny and picturesque, but after a breif dip in the cool waters, the ... read more