After a hot few nights (and days) in the camper we decided to book into Cable Beach Backpackers to take advantage of some air-conditioning! We managed to do a decent deal as we stayed for 4 night so it was't all bad! Nice to have a shower too after a few days on the road and camping in the middle of nowhere! We spent our first day cleaning ourselves, clothes and Gerro (a name we finally decided on for the camper, Geraldine with a typical Aussie shortening!)! W...

As soon as we left the coast, the temperatures and humidity soared (especially at night) and the flies and mozzies increased. However, we were lucky that, aside from really impressive nightly storms, the cyclone season in NW Australia did not really affect us. After a long drive day up to Karijini NP, we spent the next day taking in all the main sights, the spectacular gorges and waterfalls. We took a couple of walks down into the gorges, although were slightly d...

We arrived in the early evening at Coral Bay after spending the morning with the Monkey Mia dolphins. Just in time to catch the sunset from a popular lookout. The most crowded we have been in Australia I think! Despite the strong breeze we managed to eat our pasta dinner watching the sunset - pretty good location for dinner! We then headed back out onto the "main road" to stay in a lay-by we had found as we turned into Coral Bay - more free camping! ...

We arrived in Monkey Mia early evening, after stopping off to see the stromalites at Hamelin Pool, Shell Beach and Denham. We were staying in a campsite right on the beach, which is regularly frequented by dolphins. There is an interaction zone on the beach, here the dolphins are fed every morning, if they choose to come in, but you are not allowed to swim in it with them. After checking there were no late visitors on the beach, we took full advantage of the fac...

We've recruited guest writer, Dad/John/Poppo, to help catch us up a bit!! .... Having been conned by Alex to do a report on my time with them in Western Australia, here goes. These notes cover the time as we left Perth after the last Blog entry until I took leave of them 4 days later We travelled in " Jero" the Wicked Travel 3 birth camper van hired in Perth and due to be returned in Broom two weeks later. I clearly would not be welcome to sleep ...