Travel Blog 25 to 31 August(Pemberton to Kalgoorlie)

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A week of good progress and wonderful scenery down in the south of WA.We have spent some time on the coast(Albany,Bremer Bay,Esperance) and some at the inland notably Stirling Ranges National Park.On the coast we marvelled at the aquamarine blue of the southern ocean and saw whales at Point Ann near Bremer Bay-this time they were just 150m from our viewing platform.We also did some coastal walks but the biggest effort was scaling Bluff Knoll in the Stirlings-1100m elevation and for us a 3km walk that just kept going up.The photo from the carpark gives some idea of what we faced.The wild flowers have been on display and Janet has been ticking them off in her book.We came up to Kalgoorlie today from Esperance and will spend tomorrow looking around this mining city before starting on the Nullabors on Tues.We are now only some 3wks from returning to Melbourne.

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