Blogs from Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 7

We landed in Australia not that sure what to expect. To be honest we’d done very little research on any of Oz let alone our first state of Western Australia, or first city, Perth. It was cold. Obviously it’s the middle of their winter, that much we did actually know, but it happened to be the coldest winter Perth has had in about 40 years and after over three months in Asia we really felt it! It was also expensive! And we’re not talking in comparison to Laos/Cambodia/Vietnam, we’re talking compared to London! However although it was cold and the prices were a shock the sun was shining, the sky was blue and if the UK had weather like that in any season we'd be delighted. We checked into a hostel in Northbridge, one of the ... read more

Well, we had already extended our weeks stay in Margaret River to an additional week, so not sure if we could get away with extending it another. Simon, whose house we were staying in might find it a bit funny when he comes back in a month to see us still sitting on the patio. Then again maybe not. Think he was kind of expecting it! But we decided we better head back to Melbourne and figure out our next steps... (not that we really have, guess we should all know by now, we don't do a whole lot of pre-planning...) The weather finally started to get a bit better the last few days we were in Margs, and we continued to check out many of the side roads that veer off and lead to yet ... read more

We arrived in Perth around 8am on Thursday morning to sunny blue skies which had been awhile after 2 hazy weeks in Hong Kong, and it was a welcome sight! Our flight from Hong Kong via Bangkok was pretty good, although we didn't manage to get much sleep in even though we had 4 seats between us. Something about sleeping on planes just doesn't seem to happen for us. When we got into Perth we grabbed our bags and hopped in a cab and headed over to the Domestic Terminal where we were picking up Tarra who we had managed to convince (and that was pretty hard) to come over to this side of the country for 4 days before she had to head back to work after another couple weeks off for her school holidays. ... read more

The good news was that we never saw a ranger, so that was another free night’s camping! After a brief look at the local beach, we went to a place called CaveWorks. This area is renowned for its limestone caves, and we took the opportunity to visit Lake Cave, the only live, or wet, cave in the area. This means that water is still seeping through and dripping off of the various straws, shawls, stalactites, etc. and that are growing at one inch every 60 years. Mind you, after I’d walked down the very steep 400 odd steps, I was beginning to regret the visit (I won’t bore you with how long it took me to get back up again!!), but the Cave was stunning, with the lake reflecting the wonderful structures. They are very concerned ... read more

Vi våkna friske og opplagt onsdag morra. Men vi var utrolig treige, musikk måtte lastes ned og brennes, alle skulle dusje, spise, pakka... jaja ting tar tid men vi er jo på ferie og har all verdens med tid. Vi kom oss endelig av gårde ved lunch tider. Kjøreturen tar ca 4 , 5 timer, vi hadde en liten pai stopp i Danmark og en i Manjinump. Da vi kom til Margaret river seint på ettermiddagen, måtte vi finne en plass å bo. Vi hadde ikke tatt oss bry til å bokke no, så vi måtte innom 3 hostel føre vi fant ett som hadde ledig rom. Vi hadde en rask titt i byen (som består av en gate) føre vi dro tilbake på hostelle og tok en tidlig kveld. Torsdag: Vi sto opp tidelig ... read more