At 6.30am on the 2nd May 09 we set off on a 9 day tour to Darwin. Within 5 minutes of being around our new guide, Tony, we knew this was going to be a different and better experience - thank goodness for that!! The unique thing about these 9 days was that we could sleep under the stars every night if we chose. Tents were available and I have to confess we wimped on 2 nights and did sleep in a tent - well it was cold!! The trip was made all the better by the exc...

Broome is a small spread out town but it has a lovely bus service driven by sweet older men who use microphones to tell you where you are and when to get off. David and I visited the history museum so we now know that Broome developed around the pearling industry. European pearl masters arrived in the late 1800's and, typically for the time, forced aborigines to free dive for pearls against their will. In fact 'blackbirding' was common - where aborigines were ki...

On the 20th April David and I began a 21 day trip to Darwin with Western Exposure. The first leg of the journey was Perth to Broome and lasted 10 days. We had a really enjoyable trip because of the content and company but it was unfortunately tainted by the guide, a complete numpty, who shied away from any form of group communication and appeared to know nothing about where he was. The one good thing is that as our guide got progressively worse the group became m...

Today we are heading for Albany but first we stopped at Denmark a small quaint settler town renowned for having a hippy vibe! On the way into Albany we visited the Natural Bridge (see photos) and The Gap. Apparently Australia and Antartica were once attached and there is a rock in Antartica which is perfect fit for 'The Gap'!! We really have not given ourselves enough time for this short trip as we arrive in places mid afternoon just as all the tourist attractio...

Day 2 of our driving tour...... Before leaving Margaret River altogether we decided to head out to watch the surfers in action on the beach - they are mental! Next stop was Cape Leeuwin lighthouse famous on 2 counts: 1. It's where the Southern and Indian oceans meet2. It's mainland Australia's tallest lighthouse with 176 steps to the top Before the introduction of technology the lighthouse was manned by 3 people who worked 4-5 hour shifts. There are 2 recorde...