DAY 12 ~ Thursday “Not much to say today – long drive again (600 km or more), mainly dull, dull, dull, scenery – at least once on HWY 1 again.” We stopped off at the ‘Giant termite mound” It was TALL, but no wider or generally bigger than any we’d already seen. It was probably [...]
DAY 11 ~ Wednesday Funnily enough we woke up to the sound of Corellas and Galahs again! The beautiful sunrise revealed a nice campsite, dominated by red hills full of iron, pretty trees and lovely wild flowers. We got on the road about 9.00 and headed toward Karajini NP – quite a long way away [...]
The plan was to drive up the West coast of Australia from Perth to Broome in two weeks, stopping along the way to see the incredible natural wonders, like the gorges of Kalbarri, the World Heritage area of Shark Bay, and the dolphins of Monkey Mia. Perth On Saturday 19th June, we flew from Melbourne [...]
DAY 9 ~ Monday WHALE SHARK DAY!!! We awake to a beautiful sunrise over the hills, and two Corellas (white parrots) perched on the roof of the ‘dunny’, who were later joined by a bunch of Galahs (pink and grey parrots) that the camp hosts were feeding. We headed off to meet the boat. Once [...]
DAY 10 ~ Tuesday Next big trip – the Pilbarra: Tom Price and Karajini National Park. We stopped on the way back to Exmouth to see the Ospreys again, then Vlaming Head Lighthouse, which is now disused. It was a great view from there, you could really see how close the reef was to the [...]
Ubumamzi = “Lots of Water” Getting up at 4.30am on a May morning (May is quite a bit into winter in South Africa) would not be funny for most people, but if your destination is the Ubumanzi Game Lodge, about 280 kilometers north of Johannesburg, and you were about to hike one of the trails [...]
