Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 594

The following pics are from all over WA except for the first one which is taken in central Australia . So, in no particular order of location or priority, just a very brief snapshot of our lovely state.... read more

This is the tale of my trip to the SouthWest of Western Australia. I really didn't know what to expect out of the "organized" trips many of the tour companies offer. I was put off by the fact that you see heaps of places but you don't "really" see any one place. Since I Wouldn't see much of Western Australia without doing one of these tours I said what the hell... I choose a shorter 5 day trip south of Perth to Esperance, Albany, Pemberton and Margaret River. Booked it through Perth City YHA with a company called "Western Exposure". The first day was a bit dull, but that was because its 800 km's from Perth to Esperance. We split up the day with the town of "York" (not bad for a pit stop but it ... read more

first of all I am very sorry that we have not updated the blg in such a long time, what can we sqy its been all go recently! unfortuntely a chapter shal be missng from our merry adventure as ben put a load of pctures on his mp3 player and cannot retrieve them, oops! so we will commence the pics from our tree planting days! However, before we set off into the wilderness to go about planting a stupid amount of pine trees we spent three Weeks buming about in Perth, a very nice place even in winter. We stayed at a very cosy hostel which was more like a house with lots of dorm rooms where we met some very interesting people including a group on northern Irish blokes who really challanged Helen's ability to ... read more

Having said our farewells to Team Ireland and waved them off on their merry way back down to Perth, it was time for poor Floseph to become Floella as he was now stuck with the girls! The morning was spent exploring Knox Gorge, which had a particularly tricky descent into it, with it being very steep and having lots of loose rocks. As ever, it was worth the effort getting down there and we spent some time chilling out in the freshwater pools with Smithers and Flo going off on a kamikaze mission, balancing on fallen trees and the like in an attempt to see as much of the gorge as possible! Back up at the vans Smithers and Flo declared themselves ready to check out Joffre Falls and gorge, whilst Whits and Greeny, slightly gorged ... read more

So, at midnight tonight I'll be jumping on a plane bound for Canberra. I know Canberra's not that exciting but it'll be good to catch up with family and friends I haven't seen for ages. But right now I'm just sitting at home relaxing a bit and enjoying the peace and quiet cause for the next 2 months, I won't have much of it at all :) ... read more