Blogs from Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 639

Arrived in Margaret River for wine tasting. Accomodation of a high standard (and price!) so decided to try out being TPT...just call us Kevin and Britney! We're staying at River View Tourist Park - not bad and walkable into town. The first afternoon and the next day we headed straight for the wineries. NB. All tastings were free! We went to: Leeuwin Wines Great wines - is one of the very best wine producers of WA. (Thanks Scott for the advice. ) Amazing estate. Wines pretty expensive so we had our samples and scarpered! Voyager Dutch Gable South African style building - really magnificent. Owned by Michael Wright who, it is alleged, is a tee totaller! D loved the gift shop - rammed full of precious things! Gill, you'd have l... read more

From Broome we travelled down and through the hell hole of Port Hedland, its got the longest ships, longest trains, biggest piles of salt and the most expensive campsites ever! We'd recommend it to anyone!!! Then the real west coast adventure began, having armed ourselves with snorkels we headed to Exmouth, and Cape Range National park, including the Ningaloo Reef. We almost didnt make it due to an unfortunate incident of keys being locked inside Ronnie Ray which only a coat hanger could fix. (We have repeated this offense again and have subsequently got breaking into the car down to 10 mins!) Saw Turquoise Bay where you swim from the beach to snorkel the reef which easily rivalled the Great Barrier Reef for colour, fish and reef. The Beach was also awesome Turquoise was definitely an ... read more

It’s true what they say about Perth, it is very windy. The photos in this blog as we travelled further down the West Coast look like some kind of paradise and they would have been except for one thing……..the wind. We have managed, although some people we have met haven’t fared as well, bent tent poles and the like. We have gradually become accustomed to the cooler weather, low to mid 20’s and have largely managed to escape any wet weather. The weather today in Fremantle is more like it - 32degrees. Thanks Ange, very entertaining and informative and … entertaining. Well better get on with it. I’m typing from the deck of a cafe because its easier than balancing on an unergonomic chair. (Yes, it’s a real word.) We are currently in Hopetoun which makes ... read more

My first night in Australia was horible, i spend more time crying and calling than sleeping but after for next two days i slept so much then my homestay mother was worried she juste told me that few weeks ago. I didnt know i slept for 2 days i think it's why when i arrived in my new house i felt like everything was going wrong i was tired. Ma première nuit en Australie étais horrible. J'ai passé plus de temps à pleurer et au téléphonne que de temps à dormir mais après j'ai dormi durant deux jours ma maman d'acceuil vient de m'avouer qu'elle s'était fais du souci. Je ne me suis pas rendue compte que j'avais dormi si longtemps je pense que c'est pour cela que il me semblais que rien allais dans ma ... read more

This date it's the first day of my adventure, i was afraid...new country, new people,new langage everything change. But now i laught when i think about that it s so stupid but it was my feeling at this time...!! Ce jour était mon premier jour dans mon periple j'avais peur car tout etais nouveau, nouveau pays, nouvelle population, nouvelle langue. Quand je repense a tous ça ca me fais rire mais c'etais mon état...!!... read more