Blogs from Stirling Range, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

I arrived in Albany midafternoon last Friday after a long day’s hard driving. And it was hot. I had made an early start that day in order to negotiate the corrugations of the road into and out of the Fitzgerald River National Park. I was on the road by 6.45 am and did not emerge onto the sealed pavement outside the park until 8.30 am. I deliberately took it easy but really I don’t think I should have worried as my Sally wagon yet again proved herself more than equal to the task. I made my way down to Bremer Bay through some lovely farmland on the edge of the national park but was somewhat disappointed with what was there and decided not to hang around. I suppose after hanging out in superb national parks for ... read more

Today we were leaving our beach camp so we took the opportunity to wake up for sunrise on the beach which meant we were awake at 5am. Most of the tour group also woke up early to see some of the sunrise so we had all finished our breakfast and packed our swags before Simon had even woken, which left Simon a little flustered. So much so that he almost left his swag in camp as we drove off!There was one stop to make on the cape before we headed into rge Stirling Ranges. This was at Frenchman's peak - a rocky mountain given the name as it looks as though it is wearing a beret on top. It was a steep climb up the rock face and got put blood pumping ... read more

16.12.2010, today is our 10th anniversary and we are still very happy, in fact I'd go so far as to say the last 12-24months have been the best of our married life, cool. Today is also the day we left Albany, a short drive of about 1 hour toward the Stirling Ranges, Moinup Springs, our campsite for the night. This place is just a little DEC camp, $7 per adult per night just off the main road about 50m. Happily there is also a camp host which means once again no partiers, happy sleep. Our camp host was a very small, very serious lady who took her position very seriously, in fact you'd think she had a stake in the DEC, this was both good and bad. For the DEC I'm sure they love people like ... read more

park national tre tre marrant surtout quant il pleut ;oD La chaîne de Stirling est une chaîne de montagne et de collines située dans le Sud-Ouest de l'Australie-Occidentale, à 337 kilomètres au sud-est de Perth. Elle se trouve approximativement à 34°24′S et 118°09′E, et s'étend sur plus de 60 kilomètres de long d'ouest en est, s'étendant depuis l'autoroute entre le mont Barker et Cranbrook vers l'est jusqu'au-delà de Gnowangerup. Les points remarquables sont le Toolbrunup, le Bluff Knoll (le plus haut sommet à plus d'un millier de kilomètres à la ronde et l'attraction touristique la plus populaire) et une silhouette appelée The Sleeping Lady qui est visible depuis la chaîne de Porongurup. La chaîne de Stirling est l'une des zones du monde dont la richesse floristique est la plus importante. Quatre-vingt-dix familles, 384 genres et plus ... read more

Today was spent sorting stuff out for roadtrip 2 and beyond so there's very little to report. Del and I got up fairly early and had breakfast on the beach and after most of the day in Albany making various telephone calls we headed up to the Stirling Range, stopping on the way to see the tree in a rock in Porongurup Range National Park.... read more