Blogs from Jurian Bay, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Geraldton(G) to Jurien Bay(J) with stops at Dongara-Denison(D) and Green Head(GH). (13804 km to 14006 km)... read more

15th December 09 Today was a reasonable day, and John is recovering from the bite he had. We were able to take a long walk and enjoyed the foreshore, even with the atrocious wind that we had today. It was so bad that we had to close the awning on the van, or we may have lost it as we did some years ago when we were in Fowlers Bay. Poppy is really enjoying these walks, and so do we, as he sleep all night without a murmur!!!!. so, from me, it is good bye for now... read more

15-11-09 Happy Birthday Lissy, Started off with a market this morning at Greenough in front of the Caravan Park, so I had a look at it & Den finished hooking up the car (he really wanted to traipse around a market). We were still on the way at 8.30, which I surprised den. W stopped in at Dongara - Port Dennison a pretty little fishing village known for its fishing & Western Rock Lobsters. The foreshore was beautiful, with all the boats in the harbour & the colour of the water just keeps changing. Off again & further down the coast we headed for Leeman, it’s very windy today & we kept on getting buffeted by the wind, but the temp is about 26deg. We hit wildflower country again ( I wont bore you guys again) ... read more

The flight and arrival into Perth was non eventful…exactly as you would anticipate with both Emirates flights under the command of South African pilots,one of whom gave his captain’s message in Afrikaans(still steeped in SAA tradition?).Apart from the odd masks adorning the faces of orientals in Dubai,it was clear from our first step onto Australian soil that they are not taking any chances with swine flu.Infra-red,flu seeking cameras homed in on all passengers entering the arrivals hall.Luckily Sue wasn’t having one of those troublesome “fifty something” hot flushes otherwise the Aussie swine flu SWAT team would have swung into high alert mode.The Aussies are paranoid about keeping all things “foreign” from entering their country so one’s baggage gets as much,if not more,scrutiny on arrival than pre loading onto an aircraft.Apart from filling in a card asking ... read more

When we checked in yesterday at Capricorn tourist park(fpA) we were informed by the manageress that on Sunday there is a market in centre of town with fresh produce from the surrounding farms so off we went around 8.30am to the markets. It wasn’t a big as we first thought with about 6 or 7 stores with fruit. There were also craft markets also. After the markets we went to woolies to get some meat and chicken. Marg made chicken, bacon basil pasta in white wine for dinner that afternoon. Around 6.30pm we were talking to Ian on the phone when a new Jayco Stirling came in, behind our camp site there is a permanent cabin with an awning so the old fart cut the corner and wiped out his wheel arch and some lovely scratchers ... read more

We left Denham around 9 am after filling up with fuel and drove some 380 k’s to Kalbarri where we went to the Top Tourist Park, first time we got turned away as fully booked out so it was off to the Anchorage caravan park. We got a site as long as it was for 1 night only and we accepted it. Now it was just after 4pm and to travel on it was going to be a few hrs. The weather is starting to turn cooler now, Warwick has a jumper on for the first time, had a quiet night and early to bed. ... read more