Perhaps I shouldn’t have listened that closely to the Lucky Bay camp host, or maybe I didn’t listen closely enough. Either way, I found myself in the car park at the base of Frenchman Peak around 2pm, squinting up at what looked liked ants silhouetted against a cloudless sky. It’s only 262 meters to theContinue reading “Frenchman Peak”
Category Archives: The Choice is Yours
Cape Le Grande National Park – tres beaudy!
So, we managed to get two nights at Lucky Bay. Whatever the historic reason for the name, I think these days it means your lucky to get a spot. Bookings can be made up to six months in advance and when you see that Lucky Bay has been voted best beach in the world, youContinue reading “Cape Le Grande National Park – tres beaudy!”
Esperance & The Bay of Isles
At 30,000 feet on a trip from Perth to Sydney just after Christmas, I looked down at the coastline of WA. We would be down there somewhere in a few months and I was imagining our travels. Suddenly, a sea of islands came into view. Sentinels of the sea, scattered along the edge of theContinue reading “Esperance & The Bay of Isles”
Starvation Bay
Now seriously, how could I pass up an opportunity to have a heading like that? Starvation Bay could have been nothing more than a rusted signpost and a fly blown dunny and I would still be writing from here. But before we get to there, we spent a night in Hopetoun. Luckily the Friday nightContinue reading “Starvation Bay”
Point Ann
“This better be goodâ€, I hear you muttering under your breath. “This better live up to the hype.†Well Point Ann was only a dot on the map until we got to Bremer Bay. Our original plan was to head straight to Hopetoun, and do a coast crawl from there to Esperance. But on ourContinue reading “Point Ann”
Why Does the Sun?
To watch the sunrise is more than to see it come over the horizon. It’s a process that starts about an hour earlier when the black of night still commands, and the stars, its consorts. Then, almost imperceptibly, in one particular spot, the darkness is slightly diluted. Then over the next few minutes like anContinue reading “Why Does the Sun?”
Bremer Bay
We could have easily done a run to Bremer Bay in a single day, but we have gotten into the habit of paying some attention to the recommendations of fellow travellers so we decided to spend a night at Millers Point. Yes, the view was great but the really great news was that fires wereContinue reading “Bremer Bay”
Stirling Ranges
We left you (and ourselves) wondering if there really was truth in advertising as we headed out of Albany towards Mt Trio Campground & Caravan Park in the Stirling Ranges. Oh, just for the record, it’s Al-bany, NOT All-bany, as more than one local tersely pointed out during our stay. Now, one thing we’ve learntContinue reading “Stirling Ranges”
Albany..a whale of a time
Nothing like a cold windswept day to get you hunched over the laptop in a warm van…….but no excuse for a lamentable pun. When you’re on the road, sometimes you have to let the mail catch up with you, especially if you need to restock essential life affirming items not available at your local supermarket.Continue reading “Albany..a whale of a time”
The Run to Albany
We had about 10 days to get Tamika to the airport in Albany with only 350klms to get there. So, with even more time than we usually allow ourselves, we began to actively look for little side trips and expeditions to fill in time. We’d heard so much about how beautiful the south-west coast isContinue reading “The Run to Albany”