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Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 2/14 ): DAY 2 ~ Monday We went back for another taste of the Pinnacles, wandering among the stones looking for things of interest. We followed some emu tracks, and found a group of different style of pinnacle, much bigger, chunkier, like molar teeth, as opposed to the majority being canines. There was one with a hole [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 14/14 ): DAY 15 ~ Sunday, 4th July ~ Last day Slowly and without too much stress, we got organised and packed. Sadly, we headed for our last paddle in the Indian Ocean – walked along the beach, looking in rock pools and watching the ‘Brown Boobies’ diving for fish – spectacular birds! We had to return [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 13/14 ): DAY 14 ~ Saturday Well, we decided that we would just have to take it easy and relax today. Ian fulfilled his dream and we had a four-wheel drive along Cable Beach. It took us about half an hour to figure out to get the damn thing into 4 wheel drive mode! After a few [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 12/14 ): DAY 13 ~ Friday It was another cold and windy night, bbbrrrrr! We had a refreshing walk on the beach before we headed off for the last leg of our journey to Broome! This was by far the dullest of all the drives. The only highlight was when we passed some pools by the roadside [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 11/14 ): 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 [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 10/14 ): 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 [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 1/14 ): 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 [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia (8/14 ): 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 [...]
Wildlife Extravaganza in Western Australia ( 9/14 ): 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 [...]