Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

Photos from Adelaide and Albany hopefully! Altho the photos are in no particular order I hope you enjoy them. As you can see it was heard to stop when the birds were so close. ... read more

The last day of school before the holidays meant a school assembly hosted by my niece’s class. They were performing a classic Banjo Patterson poem called “A Bush Christening” and she was playing a bailiff, complete with a drawn-on moustache. Through luck more than planning, I was back in Denmark and could go along to watch. With nieces and a nephew on the other side of the country, I don’t get many opportunities to see these kinds of things, so I was glad to go. But I had the rest of the day to myself so once I had finished my photos and blog from Margaret River, I had a relaxing afternoon reading and a nap before everyone came home from school and work. It was then time for a long weekend, giving me three more ... read more

I left Norseman early on Friday morning for the long drive to Denmark. First stop was just over two hours drive away, in Esperance. I’ve been to Esperance before and would be stopping there on the way back, so I had no desire to look around. I picked up some breakfast at a bakery, and found a nice spot overlooking the beach to eat it. The weather wasn’t into that though, and the rain forced me to finish it off in my car. With that done, I proceeded on to Albany. Again, I’ve done the drive between Esperance and Albany before so there was not much for me to see. On the way back, I plan to go via Fitzgerald River National Park, but on this trip my plan was just to get to Albany while ... read more

This morning we had a wonderful 8.7 mile bike ride around the Mandurah estuary and inlets. We are allowed to cycle on the pavements, so it was a safe way to go! Sue cooked us a delicious quiche which included some veggies from their garden. In the afternoon we wondered around Sue and Terry's colourful garden (see photos for some of the plants) Later in the afternoon we enjoyed meeting some of S&T's Rhodesian friends over a lovely afternoon tea party. The coffee cake was made by Sue, iced by Terry and Alan applied the nuts. We were all quite tired by the evening.... read more

We left our lovely beach house early and headed south on the Brand Highway to Green Head, when we turned inland towards Lesueur Scenic Drive (within Beekeeper's Nature Reserve), with magnificent views. We travelled on a unsurfaced road for the first time. The exceptionally diverse variety of wildflowers and flora continues to amaze and delight us. Sue and Terry had visited before so were experienced guides. Photos below show a tiny selection of the plants. One of our favourite is Cat's paw but there were numerous Grass tree plants, Pixie Mops, Tea Trees, Purple flags, Geraldon Wax plants and hundreds of others. We also saw kangaroos! I spotted Emus along the way, in a field with cattle. We had to head back to Mandurah as unfortunately the glove box in the car had jammed. The keys ... read more