Firstly the Quobba blowhole. Just north and west of Carnarvon and I could have sat and watched it for hours. Stacks and stacks of photos of course (and we stopped there twice) but none of them truly convey the power and noise each time it blows. And what you really can't see in the pictures (tho' in one or two I capture them) are the 3 whales that were cruising along out to sea and utilising their own blowholes (causing a fair bit of confusion for poor Jude). U...

Today's epistle finds us in Carnarvon, a fair way south from last time and we have travelled north and west since then so more miles on the fabulous Felix and actually getting close to time for a service now I think of it. But where exactly did we go from Dampier? Well north to Port Hedland again but only for a few hours to fill up on fuel and picnic among some old trains before heading slightly south and then west to Karijini National Park. Not that we made i...

Yes, we are still in the Pilbara and still loving it and could stay here a long time except there are other things to see and do and unfortunately everyone else likes it here too (tho mostly because of the very well paid mining industry jobs) and the accom around here is the highest we have seen anywhere in our travels. We have moved base to Dampier but in between our last entry and this we have caught up with Jodie, Shane, Kaylee and Zander whom we first met i...

It's no wonder they kind of think of themselves as a separate country; It is so big that although I am a 'fair' way down I am only equivalent to Rockhampton in Qld on the map, there is mining all over the place which must be bringing in bucket-loads of money (duly reflected in the price of accommodation) and man is it gorgeous over here. Red dirt (yes I know it gets in everywhere but it is such a beautiful colour) and the bluest seas you could hope for with ama...

After a week spent in Broome watching sunsets and moonrises, Fitzroy Crossing seems another world away but it is to there we have to return to pick up our trail. We spent our morning there walking along the banks of the Fitzroy River after having tried - and failed - to get there by 8am to take a cruise up the river to Geike Gorge. We were there by 8.10am and it was lovely and cool as we ventured upstream towards the gorge and we walked at a leisurely pace with...