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19th June, 2021: We’re heading out of the beautiful desert to the coast to Exmouth Gulf – but there’s no camping sites, in spite of many telephone calls over the last few weeks. So, after an overnight at Nanutarra Roadhouse (love these wacky remote spots) here we are at Bullara Station, 250,000 acres and 3,000Continue reading “Exmouth and Ningaloo”

Newman, a rusty town. The roofs are covered in fine rust, the concrete gutters are rust-coloured instead of the original gray concrete shade, the ‘white’ traffic lines on the bitumen are – yes, rust coloured, and even the cockatoos have rusty feathers. Soon, our solar panels are rust-coloured and – there’s nowhere to stay, becauseContinue reading “NW Oz: from rusty-modern to untouched-ancient”

5th June, 2021 … but after the drama of Peace Gorge, there’s not much in Meekatharra. The only people on the streets seem to be other grey nomads and the windows on every shop front are barred. Ted tries to purchase a couple of bottles of red to keep us going, but “one bottle perContinue reading “The World of Ozzie Mining”

26th May, 2021, to Moorine Rock Hotel: It’s east again now, to avoid the coastal, urbanised, holiday resorts to the north of Perth  – rather back into the glorious outback, red dirt again, the soft blue/gray/greens of saltbush, mulga trees, the occasional eagle.  The vista is broken, though, where colonists prevailed, with vast wheatfields, squareContinue reading “Back outback and gladly going north”

Wandering the foreshores in Flinders Bay near Cape Leeuwin is great for pondering, as well as walking the Jack Russell. Take the humble seaweed. Seaweed and other sea plants are a vital resource for oxygenating the planet – up to 50% of the air we breathe comes from them – and in some countries, aContinue reading “Seaweed, Degustation and Alpacas”

The weather is still bleak, but we find ourselves now into giant tree country, whimsically called ‘The Valley of the Giants’, travelling for miles enjoying the rich colours and fertile grazing land, a shock after the sparseness of the desert plains we’ve been on for so long. The majesty of these mighty Tindles (no notContinue reading “Valley of the Giants (trees, trees and more trees) to Cape Leeuwin”

We head ever further west, going southwards now, through a town whimsically called Denmark.   It’s lush country, trees getting thicker and taller round every turn, wineries everywhere, walking trails and romantic natural beaches, but colder and colder – so we head to Peaceful Bay which sounds, well, peaceful.  We both laugh as we look atContinue reading “Peaceful Bay”

3rd May to 6th May, 2021: Now we leave Norseman, we have also officially left the Nullabor Plain, and are headed through ever increasing fertile land and on to coastal waters, Esperence – now a vast metropolis, very different to the much smaller village I visited last time, but still with the longest esplanade ofContinue reading “Norseman, Esperance, Ravensthorpe, Albany”

30th April to 3rd May, Norseman: Charlie is not only happy to roll on grass for the first time in many days, he also meets his twin – not even a Jack Russell. We’re told that Suzy is a Tenterfield Terrier. Norseman is another old gold mining town, with broad streets and still some ofContinue reading “Norseman”

24th April, 2021, Venus Bay to Ceduna: It’s an eventless dry trip through more wheat fields alternating with saltbush desert – can even wheat grow here? Ceduna is a sophisticated relief after the dishevelled shanty town of Venus Bay, even though the sight of the beginnings of the Great Australian Bight were exhilarating.  We’re stillContinue reading “Ceduna to Norseman – the Nullabor”