Yallingup to Gracetown Today we have decided to head south to Cape Leeuwin just outside Augusta. First stop was Margaret River as the town at the centre of the wine district named after it. Attractive enough town with one or two interesting shops but not a long stay place unless you want to spend a few days visiting the individual winery's. On leaving here on down the Bussell Highway to Augusta and on to Cape Leeuwin. Nothing much to Augusta so on to the Cape. ...

Bunbury to Yallingup The dolphins weren't in the bay this morning; maybe Sunday is their day of rest. So we left Bunbury to travel around the Geographe Bay to Busselton, through the Tuart Forest National Park, a very open forest adjacent to the coast. Tuart trees are very tall with hardly any lower branches and surprisingly very little undergrowth beneath. We stopped en route at Port Geographe to admire the marina and the houses looking out on what seemed a pret...

Dongara to Bunbury A day to get a few kilometres on the van to relocate ourselves south of Perth. Up and away from Dongara not too early for the drive down the Brand Highway. Our journey was about 550km and although the road as usual was almost totally straight,the ever changing scenery and distant views were still fascinating. The sun shining on the red acacias made them look as if they were made of bronze. They are truly exceptional. We have certainly seen a...

Kalbarri to Dongara. One of the features of Kalbarri is the feeding of Pelicans at 08.45 each morning. Since it was right opposite the camp site we went to see the event. The volunteer who was feeding them this morning was very informative as to the history of the feeding, first started in 1974 by a local shop keeper and kept going by volunteers since he stopped. The local seagull population also joined in taking food from his hand. On the way out of Kalbarri we...

Coral Bay to Kalbarri As we wanted to go a long distance south today,we decided last night to be up and away early. The alarm was set for 06.00 so we would be on the road by 07.00 - we made it by 07.05 ! Our first stop today was back in Carnarvon to refuel the van, and food for ourselves. Next on to Hamelin (en route more sightings of sand twisters across the open plains spinning high into the sky) to see stromatolites at Hamelin Pools at the southern end of S...