Blogs from Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 17

Francois Peron National Park—Denham — Minilya — Carnarvon Day 19 Tuesday 13-3-2007 Packed up camp after being inundated with ants and headed out of Bottle Bay back to Denham and thence onto Carnarvon. Got passed by two car carrying semi trailers on the way and listened to their interesting conversation on the two way radio—quite surprising for truckies it was only interspersed with the odd swear word. Rolled into Carnarvon looking like absolute ferals after 5 days or so out on Bottle Bay. Still they let us in. With the kids enrolled in SIDE we are able to get various resources through their library— some of these are “talking books”. For traveling and for keeping kids (and adults!) amused these are just an absolute godsend. We are now all waiting on our next instalment of ... read more

hui, etzt bini tatsaechlich scho ueber 1 wuche da im schoene autstralie! ziit fuer ae ersti bilanz! d reis isch tip top gange. nachdaemi mir dae best sitz (genau i dae mitti vo dae reihe) usgsuecht ha haed mir min sitznachber grad zerst mal vo siim uswurf verzellt & afange wie aen verruckte umehueste. das haed sogar mir dae appetit verschlage! am erste tag simer natuerli diraekt an beach und ich han mir au grad s ohr (inkl. trummelfaell) verbraennt! naja, s gid nuet wos noed git! am abig haemer dae romy ihre geburi im kings-park wellae fiire. nacheme 1-stuendige marsch durd dunkelheit haemeren aber immer nonig gfunde und euses picknick halt anere bushaltestell usbreitet. so richtig gmuetlich naebedere 6 spurige strass! dae kings-park simer daenn am naechste tag im helle nomal go sueche! mitere superschoene ... read more

We legden 570km af tussen Dampier en Exmouth. Te Exmouth overnachtten we in het Exmouth Cape Holiday Park - Truscott Crescent (Corner with Murat Road), Exmouth WA 6707 (Big4 en Aspen Parks) Tel: 08 - 9949 1101, Freecall 1800 621 101, www.aspenparks.com.au Ligging: Net voor het centrum, op wandelafstand van het Visitor Centre en “What Scooters”, op een paar 100m van het shopping Centre. Prijs en wat inbegrepen: 28$ voor een powered site voor 3 personen Persoonlijke beoordeling: Veel en propere douches en toiletten, schaduwrijke standplaatsen, zeer grote en goed uitgeruste kampeerkeuken, met grote koelkast en diepvriezer, wasmachines en een behoorlijk zwembad. Internet was beschikbaar bij “What Scooters” aan de overkant van de straat, tegenover onze camping. 4$/uur en 10$ voor 3uur, er waren 7 computers ter beschikkingen je kunt ter plaatse wireless gaan met je ... read more

We spent 4 days at Exmouth but it was very windy for the first 2 days. We amused ourselves by buying 2kg of beautiful fresh king prawns at only $17.00 per kilo and eating them with lots of fresh bread. (These cost about $28.00 in Melbourne and they are not this fresh) Oh, I wonder what the poor people are doing????? !! Ningaloo Reef frames the coastline from here south for 200km and the coral reef starts just 20metres from the shore. Because of the wind, we only got to go snorkelling on the reef in the National Park for the last 2 days. We donned our masks, snorkels and fins and drifted with the current along Turquoise Bay looking at all the beautiful fish and coral. We did this a few times over the 2 ... read more

After two weeks of travelling around Oz together, I left Susan to do her own thing in Perth for a while (her blog to follow...) and I went up to Exmouth (1200km from Perth) for April's wedding. It was fantastic! Exmouth is deep in outback country, with red red soil everywhere and not much else. Straight away we went on a sunset whale watching trip, which was just amazing. I saw loads of humpback whales, but no spectactular breeches (or at least none for the camera). It was a great way to catch up with April, Andrew and friends, as well as meet some of the other guests. The next day was cold and wet, apparently it rains just twice a year in Exmouth. I blame it on all the Brits invited bringing the weather with ... read more