Blogs from Jurian Bay, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

After packing up and leaving the Anchorage caravan park we filled up with more fuel and drove the town, this place seams to be good to stay for a few days but we couldn’t due to accommodation problems so it was off again to Geraldton. Got there just on 12am and went to the tourist information centre, the only place Marg wanted to see here was the lobster factory which was closed due to out of season. Geraldton is a big place so Warwick was not fussed or not to stay but Marg wanted to move on so after getting some food supplies and fuel was decided to go to Jurien Bay and stay there for a few nights. So before we left Geraldton we rang ahead and booked at Jurien Bay Tourist Park (top tourist) ... read more

Huhuhuhuhuhu weiss gar nicht warum ich heute so gute Laune habe...die letzten Tage, ach was Wochen, haben echt geschlaucht. Statt den ausgemachten 45 Stunden arbeiten Katja und ich an die 60 Stunden pro Woche. Ich sach euch, wir zwei beiden haetten den Laden besser im Griff! Ich glaube, man koennte hier echt gut Geld machen, indem man in Massen, die einzige Freude der Moora-Bewohner verkauft: Alkohol. Es ist echt nicht lustig wieviel Umsatz gemacht wird mit den ueberteuerten Mischgetraenken (Jim Beam, Bundaberg, Johnny Walker, Jack Daniels..jeweils mit Cola)...obwohl 20m weiter ein Bottleshop ( in Australien wird ALkohol nur in speziellen Laeden verkauft, nicht im Supermarkt) ist..der mind.30% guenstiger ist. Krank. Die staendigen Anmachen, Aufforderungen zum Lustig-Sein und Laecheln(wenn man hinter der Bar steht ist man Entertainer), Lebensgeschichten, Diskussionen ueber Urein... read more

After another quiet night somewhere west of Hyden, we extracted the van from behind the trees that had kept us hidden from view overnight, put the pedal to the metal and set off towards Perth. Five hours later. the rental man at Travellers Autobarn was saying that nothing was ready but he could have something prepared by tomorrow, keen to extend our time a little and knowing that we would probably spend most of the following day sorting the insurance etc. out, we offered our services for the day and agreed to come back first thing the next morning. We decided to head straight to our favourite carpark for the evening, a lovely spot by the sea at Scarborough Beach. Here we, along with several other campers had spent a pleasant night a week or ... read more