Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 633

We set off at 6 and headed towards Kununarra, it was around a 10 hour drive or so but we got to see dingos and eagles and sometimes random cattle crossing the road.... read more

Well I have finally bitten the bullet and purchased a car following the recent troubles of getting around by public transport and buses that run every 3 days!!! Its a 1992 Mitsubishi Magna Executive 2.6L 4 cyclinder saloon car with central locking, electric mirrors, the all important air conditioning its 37 degrees at the moment, and the obligatory roo bar for fending off any suicidal kangaroos (hope we dont get to use it ! It cost $5,500 dollars including all the ncessary checks and the MOT equivalent. It then cost $173.25 for 3rd party insurance to cover both me and Oli as designated drivers with a $200 excess. It's only had one previous lady owner, has a full service history, 120,000km on the clock and regularly serviced at 10,000km intervals. THe only problem was it had ... read more

So me and travis continued our travels after a very messy new year, its a 6 hour drive to the park and it hurt most of the way.... read more

(Dave writes...) Christmas 2005 will be a memorable one, it being our first Christmas away from home and our first on the beach! On Christmas Eve the hostel, Governor Robinsons (see photo - the nicest hostel we've seen) put on a wine and cheese night. We met quite a few others staying there for Christmas, including two English couples - Matt and Michelle, Grace and Andy, a crazy German girl called Katja and a Mancunian named Dan. Spending Christmas with them really made it for us, it was a great group of people and even if Matt was a Liverpool fan we still got along. Afterwards, we headed off to the pub, and from what I remember it was a great night out! Christmas day we woke up a little groggy and sat in bed, opening ... read more

Staying in AUGUSTA Having awoken with another hangover from xmas festivities we decided to work it off and hired some bikes from the hostel for $12 each for the day. We certainly got our money's worth as we biked a total of 40km each in 30 degree heat to visit Jewel Cave and then followed the coastline to visit the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, the most south-westerly point of Australia and where the Indian Ocean meets the Southern Ocean. I foolishly paid $10 to go up the lighthouse, the tallest mainland lighthouse in Australia at 39 metres and 149 steps and whose light can be seen upto 47km out to sea. Although good exercise climbing all those steps, after cycling all that way I wish I'd saved my $10 for a beer as it wasn't worth the ... read more