Blogs from Denham, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

30-10-09 Continued - We headed down the road 27 km to 423 WA Fowlers camp & got a camp right on the waters edge, you know its hard having a different backyard every night but someone has to do it. After we set up, we had a late lunch & I had a lay down, my back was a bit sore & Den went for a walk. Before I laid down he was collecting little rocks & I wondered what he was doing, when I got up I found out. A lot of places we have gone we have noticed & had a giggle at , there have been these pyramid like rock formations, like Aliens have left their mark. Thoughtful Den had made me one to mark our visit to Fowlers Camp. We had Beer ... read more

Hi everyone After Carnarvon, we drove down another uninteresting road,stopping at a lookout for lunch on the way. We kept going to the Overlander Roadhouse, where we had a quick look around, then turned off towards Shark Bay. We stayed 2 nights at Hamelin Station, where Chris volunteered to help the owner for a day. He built tempory yards, drafted sheep and goats (and some emu), and tagged some animals without tags. He was picked up at 6am, and got back to the van at 6.15pm exhausted but happy. I will include his comments of his day at the end of this blog, as some of you may be interested. After turning down more work at the station, we drove to nearby Hamelin Pool, and saw the stromatolites . Stromatolites were the first organisms on earth, ... read more

Dongara to Denham (Sharks Bay) via Geraldton and the Stomatolites I woke to the sound of crashing waves and the drip, drip of water off the corregated iron roof of the cabin I had rented. From the puddles it was clear it had rained hard over night and the sky was just starting to look a little brighter. I later discovered that rain over night was the norm as the fronts pass through. Without the benefit fo coffee I made the short ride to Geraldton and got to walk the main street abd harbor before the town woke up. Staying in Dongara was definitely the way to have gone. Geraldton tried to look like an up market seaside town but failed. The swank pavements, parks and shelters could not disguise the view of a working port. ... read more

DAY 186 Awake nice and early this morning for moving day, but still did not get out of bed until 7.30, never mind, while Andy got a start on yesterdays blog, I showered and then made the breakfast. It took us a little while longer to pack this morning, we had the awning up so that needed dismantling and I could not think straight this morning, I don’t know why, I only had one glass of wine last night so that could not have had an affect. We said our goodbyes to Janice and Kevin; they were heading of towards Geraldton this morning and perhaps a stop at Kalbarri on the way, they were telling us that they had a text from some friends in the South Island of New Zealand and they had a camper ... read more

DAY 184 The view from my window this morning is amazing, the turquoise water is lying still next to the white sandy beach and the daylight is edging its way forward as the sun sneaks up behind us. What a great view, there is no better way to start the day, except with a cup of tea of course. It was 7.00, but as we were up late last night, we stayed in bed until 7.30, taking full advantage of not having to rush off anywhere today. We are going to head over to Monkey Mia today, which is a resort about 25 kilometres from Denham. As Andrew and Kirsty are moving on today, they gave us a ticket that they purchased yesterday which is also valid for today, the cost of entry is $6.00 per ... read more