With the sun shining on what was to be another beautiful day in WA, Kylz and I were up early and packed ready for our drive down the coast to Jurien Bay. Even dragging the kids out and getting them ready did not take long and we were all soon on our way. Fuelling up on the way we were both glad that one of the upsides to getting closer to Perth was the price of fuel seemed to be at a more reasonable rate. We have encountered massive variations in fuel prices...

With a few miles to cover between us and our next stop in Kalbarri we were glad to be on the road nice and early on the morning of our departure from Denham. The constant nagging and ever present wind was once again in attendance as we covered the pretty boring but none the less necessary 120km back out to the main highway. Having seen off the bulk of the school holiday travellers the road was a lot quieter and we made our way south with little hassle. We s...

The drive to Denham was once again shared with a couple of things we have gotten used to since arriving on the west coast of OZ, a raging head-wind and a more recent one, hordes of holiday makers all shifting their camps or returning from the first week of school holidays. The line up at the service station at the Denham intersection was about ten deep. With all of us waiting for fuel queing from north to south the look on the "Britz bus" driving back-packers...

Leaving Coral Bay early on another fine sunny day made the long drive to our next port of call even less appealing. We had enjoyed our time in the small beachside tourist retreat and by the amount of traffic we passed on the road the place was no small secret hideaway! Every type of holiday vehicle you could imagine was on the road and heading north for the start of school holidays. Weaving our way south through these escapees from the poor weather still las...

We broke the trip from Point Samson down and back up to Exmouth with one overnight stop along the way. Some of our favourite times this year have been spent in roadside rest areas and as far as they go this one was one of the better ones. Barradale rest area is on the site of a former roadhouse and station and has quite good amenities and with plenty of room for big vans and kids alike we were happy to spend the night. Pulling into Exmouth the next day and t...