Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 599

Day 67 Kalbarri to Geraldton 04/09/06 We awoke to another windy morning around 7.30am, got up and had breakfast. We began to pack up and at 8.45am Leanne took the boys down to the foreshore to see the pelican feeding. I am told that only 5 pelicans turned up for breakfast, but this is a record number of late. Apparently, since the cyclone, their attendance has dropped dramatically, having some mornings where a ‘no show’ was common! Once the feeding was over, Leanne and the boys returned to the trailer and we completed the pack up. By the time we said goodbyes and checked out the Kalbarri Oceanarium it was 10.25am as we drove out of Kalbarri. We drove around the coast road toward Northampton and visited Red Bluff, Rainbow Valley, Eagle Gorge, Castle Cove, Natural ... read more

Day 55 Onslow to Exmouth 23/08/06 As we had had such a big day yesterday, we slept in until about 7.30am. We got up, had breakfast and packed up. We walked down onto the beach and had a look around before driving back into town. We then drove out to the Onslow Salt works and had a look at the conveyor system they use to transfer the salt to the ships. After having a look at Sunset and Four Mile Beaches we drove back into town. After Leanne phoned Melbourne to check on her mother, as she had been admitted to hospital, (Marie is okay and on penicillin) we headed back out to the Highway and south toward to Exmouth. We arrived back at Nanaturra at 11.50am, where we refueled ($183.9 Lt) and had lunch. After ... read more

Back in perth now, and it doesn't seem quite so impressive now, after Albany, and so much more to see!! Although I did get the train to Cottesloe, which I'd been told was a nice little cove. When I got off the train I thought I must have got off at wrong stop, seemed to be in the middle of no-where!! I stood looking around and decided to follow a chappie heading off, that looked like a surfer. This was the right thing to do, I then noticed the sign that said 'beach this way - follow this road' 1km up and over the hill along a road passing some very magnificant houses and a golf course. There it was, and very nice too. In the evening of course I had my ticket for the Richard ... read more

5th - 8th September 06 - All the news and papers, here today, refer to 'Steve Irwin'. Its really strange that only the other day at the aquarium at Hillary's Harbour, I was watching the stingrays in fascination, as they swam safely around me, while I walk through the glass tunnel. I thought how cute they looked with their smiley face underneath. (like my drawings of a smiley face). :-) Thanks everyone for the great texts and emails on the subject!! The bus journey was 6 hours from Perth to Albany. The vast countryside was surprisingly flat moorland (ranges) with unusual shape trees and many sheep. Dairy farms and vineyards are plentiful. There are many crators, in the fields, which are apparently dams, dug out for the water to collect to feed the animals. Lots of ... read more

Chris Skase alias Carol Brown reporting in with our adventures in the Wild West. A friend emailed me with the new name and said the authorities couldn’t catch him so maybe I should give it a try. Yes I’m still waiting on my police clearance and it is now beyond a joke. Surely real criminals wouldn’t have this much of a problem. John was working down at Marble Bar (2 hours away) the other week so I went for a ride and did the tourist visit. Very pretty place when you drive for hours in red dirt and just come across this little oasis. There was water in it but people say it is even more beautiful after the rains. Our garden is starting to look like a garden now not a paddock that has been ... read more