Blogs from Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 9

DAY 180 I was christened Andrew Trenfield, and I personally like being him, everyone calls me Andy, even when I young and naughty It was always Andy. I am the last in the male line of Trenfield’s after my Father Derek Bertram Trenfield and his brother Leslie George Henry Trenfield, and as Caroline and myself do not have children then that’s it. The only time I have ever being aware of some else called Trenfield was when I was young and a family called Trenfield moved in to the “village” that we lived in, they were pools winners and people thought it was us! Coronation Beach camp site was great but we were moving on today moving up to Kalbarri which was the plan, we only stopped at Coronation for one night as we were running ... read more

Evening all. Left Kalgoorlie and visited a ghost gold town en route to Sandstone where I stayed overnight. Sandstone is a very isolated small town. Stayed in a caravan and went for a bush walk and saw the London Bridge rock formation. Flies were pretty annoying. Had a beer with the gold miners who were staying there, then had an early night before the long trip to the coast. Arrived in Kalbarri and saw the sunset, then the next day took four Germans I met at the hostel to the Kalbarri National Park to see the Loop and Z bends, which were tremendous. I'm in Coral Bay now - will upload the latest pics asap!... read more

We left Mukka round 9.30 and didn't reach Kalbarri til 6.30 at night. You do the maths, thats a lot of K's and long hours on the road. We took all back country roads and were stoked at all the beautfiul towns we passed, specially ones with petrol bowsers that a) were open on good friday and b) took eftpos cards. Dad told us a story bout some petrol stations round Australia not taking cards or some not taking cash, we laughed a bit and told dad that things should have changed since the last time he was on the road. Well truth be told not much has and precaution should be taken as to not get stranded. Once again - thanks for the heads up Daddio. Once in Kalbarri we were hit with the beginning ... read more

We have now travelled further up the west coast and are in Kalbarri. We are on anther caravan park in another unit. It is really nice and it is ensuite. We have big lounge-diner as well as the Kitchen, our room and other room with bunk beds in. We can also see the sea when we are sitting on the sofa! The units so far have been great (lets hope it continues). I think the move from backpacking to flashpacking is definately complete! As Kalbarri is right on the coast we hand a long beach walk on our first day which was nice. When I went out later to take a photo I saw a big flock of galahs! I was obviously highly delighted about this and took lots of photos. They were very tame and ... read more

Went to Kalbarri National Park to do the walks but found that the car we had wasn't able to go off road to get there, the road was way too bumby! ( Even though they said it was accesible for most vehicules, a 4x4 is required). So we ended up doing alternative walks. We went up to Meanarra Hill, a look out point accros the whole of the bay, river and Valley. Then we went for a coastal walk, we walked from Mushroom Rock to Rainbow Valley. We got to see lot's of cool wildlife in the rocks then walked over to Red Bluff. This is a coastal look out point with amazing views. Worth the walk! If you are lucky you might even see some dolphins! It was a really good day...... read more