Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 583

Donderdag 14 december. Na een lang ontbijt moesten we vandaag eerst wat inkopen doen en natuurlijk nagaan wat we in en rond Jurian Bay konden doen. De informatie was een beetje schaars. De reden die hiervoor gegeven werd, was dat er hier bijna geen touroperators waren. Heel veel dagtours naar deze streek worden vanuit Perth georganiseerd. Een naam die wel steeds genoemd werd was die van Mike Newton. Mike was ranger geweest en organiseerde daguitstappen in de Nationale Parken van de streek en ook naar de grootste attractie: de Pinnacles. Verder bleek de operator die vanuit Jurian Bay ‘zwemmen met zeeleeuwen’ organiseerde op dit moment zonder schipper te zitten. Gelukkig konden we dit ook doen vanuit Green Head iets terug naar het noorden. Vandaag zouden we het rustig aan doen, voor de volgende dag legden we ... read more

Went to a lunch today with one of Lee's friends Tim and his friends from Newcastle. The guest speakers were Kym Hughes and Ian Botham. Alan Mullally sat on our table but was very hungover from a going out with Botham the night before. When it got to Botham's speech he was clearly quite merry but told some very funny stories.... read more

The teracotta warriors were AMAZINGS. I half expected them not to be great as i was expecting and to be a bit let down, but no way. Not just the warriors themself, but the story behind them, and the concept of a young emperor commanding that many people (millions) to do his bidding and indulge him was sensational.... read more

Monday 11th Dec While packing last night I was talking to a girl (Jane) in my room who had been staying there a long time we just had never been in the room at the same time as eachother and she said she was travelling to Kalbarri as well tomorrow. So when I woke for the bus at 4am and saw her asleep on the sofa I woke her up and we both sleepily stumbled onto the bus for the journey south. We arrived at about 9am and on the last bus spoke to a guy called John who had come out for the cricket. The town is fairly big compared to what we have been use to which means it has more than one street! We all went for Brunch and then I hid inside ... read more

Leaving Perth behind we headed to the south western corner of Australia and the Margaret River Region. We have been treated to amazing caves, chocolate, fudge and cheese had a wonderful week. Our first stop was Busselton and the underwater observatory. Here you walk almost 2 k's along a jetty and then you walk 8 meters down under the sea all without getting wet!! It was ideal for me (H) as I finally got a good look at the underwater world without having to worry about my ears. The view was pretty amazing, there were a fair few fish but my favourite thing was the coral on the columns holding up the jetty. The colours were amazing and made for excellent photos. After Busselton we headed for Margaret River. Whilst in town we sampled the fudge ... read more