Week 7

Cape Le Grand -

Words aren't enough to describe how beautiful this place is....so here's a few photos of many to drool over..

 



We stopped at Esperance for a few nights to restock / re organise and then hit the road again, following the coast west.


Cape Richie
18km down a dirt road from the hwy 100km east of Albany,$10 a night, a quiet spot, small beach, good fishing, kangaroos and Bung arrow lizards to keep us on our toes.

Week 6

The Nullabor leg - Ceduna to Norseman 6th - 8th Feb 2013

We moved on to Ceduna and stayed at the shelly beach caravan park to catch up on the washing and resupply. The mozzies were nasty. sorry no photos of our stay here. One morning we went fishing at Denial Bay just up the road. Guy did well and caught a few squid until the weather changed and it soon hit 40.c so back to air con comfort we went. Food was expensive and so was the fuel prices.

Left to Right; Fowlers Bay, Boarder Village Rocky, The Great Australian Bight, Fowlers Bay Sand Dunes, Free Camp Site Before Boarder Village, The Great Australian Bight. The Boarder.

 

Well after a long and exhausting, driving we made it to the WA border. The kids did extremely well considering how long they where stuck in the car for. There were a lot of stops to stretch and move around, and in between the drives there were some thing to look at as you can see. Along the way we stopped at the tip of the Great Australian Bight, what a breath taking view. The signs kept us aware to look out for the Emus, Camels, kangaroos..... and the Eagles! There were no road signs saying to watch out for them!!!  We saw a van with a smashed windscreen from an eagle and a truck that was tipped over from trying to avoid hitting something.

Guy decided at the Cocklebiddy roadhouse to have a hit at one of the Nullarbor Links holes...The work boots were allowed here. hee he..

We had all intentions to stop at a free camp area at Noresman, but we changed our mind once we where there. After something to eat, we drove at night until we made it to Esperance. 940km one day drive is the longest the kids have ever experienced.

Esperance 8th - 11th Feb 2013

A beautiful seaside town. we met up with Barb and Russ again... it was great to see them. We relaxed and enjoyed what the town had to offer.

We heard that the most beautiful beach in Australia was claimed to be somewhere here.... what do you think?

Beautiful yes.... but still was not very safe. Life guards were on duty on the Sunday arvo when we were there. A young girl and her brother younger than Amity, were playing on the rocks when a large wave washed them off. The girl went under and came up screaming as the under tow pulled her out of her depth. Dad didn't wait for the life guards to respond and ran in and saved her and her brother. Their father soon arrived shortly after.

Week 5

Hello this is Zach updating the blog;
(Mum and dad will do the photo's)

Port Lincoln 30th Jan - 2nd Feb

At Port Lincoln, we meet our neighbours from Adelaide, Barb & Russel. Russel took me fishing and I caught a squid, it was my first time catching a squid. It was very exciting. Then Dad and I got some fishing gear (new luires, new reel and braided line).
Dad and I went fishing we didn't catch anything again.
We went to the Maritime Museum and there was alot of history, there were boats, fishing gear, there was even a display of the old living quaters of the boat builders.
Mum and I went fishing and guess what? My mum caught a squid, it was about half a meter long.  Mum was winding it in I took over and pulled it up and it inked all over me, it got my face.
On the Friday 1st of Feb we got to meet Fred Wright he is the presenter on the DVDs that come with the Caravan and Motor Home magazine. Mum and Dad will be in the May magazine for Happy Hour. We got a free sausage sizzel that night.
We drove throught the Lincoln National Park, to have a look at some of the spots that we were going to stay at, we had a picnic at September beach.
There was a really nice couple that were camping next to us, Bruce and Judy. Bruce tought me how to gut and clean squid, he also gave me a fishing net which I appricated alot.
It was very windy when we where there.

Elliston 2nd Feb - 3rd Feb

On our way to Elliston we stopped at Coffin Bay for lunch. We had a look through the National Park and we saw Barb and Russel again! We seem to be playing a game of hide and seek. When driving through the National Park dad almost hit Emu's he had to put the brakes on hard.

We stayed at Top Tourist park at Elliston and the whole family went fishing on the big Pier at Ellsiton and dad lost his whole rig, it was very windy and we didnt catch anything.
We took the senic drive around the cliff edge, and we saw some sculpture's.

Streaky Bay 3rd Feb - 4th Feb

On the way to Streaky Bay we stopped at Colton little farm gate bread shop, its a self serve stop and honesty payment system. Mum got some bread and sticky buns.
We stopped and had a look at the Muphy Haystack. They are a group of large rocks. Mum wanted to look at Venus Bay too. I told Dad to go jump..... off the cliff (jokes...)

We stayed at a free camp stop at Perlubie Beach, 21klms out of Streaky Bay and this place looks great. Mum saw a camper walking around in the nude..... Ewww... Dad asked him to put clothes on so we didn't see. there was a stub tail lizard cooling down under the outside shower. It tried to bite dad's foot when he tried to make it move away. One morning, we found holes left in the sand at low tide where stingrays had been sleeping the night. A man called Peter was catching blue swimmer crabs from his kayak. Dad talked to him and he let us have a go of his kayak. it was cool. I want Dad to buy one. Amity an I had to start our school work but I just want to fish!