Carnarvon, fruit and vegetable capital of Western Australia. With that in mind, we had dreams of arriving to fields filled with an amazing variety of fresh produce. Well.........to be kind, we must have arrived 'completely' out of season. What a disappointment. The areas around Carnarvon seemed deserted and lacking attention. The fruit and vegetables in Woolworth's seemed fresher, and better priced! With the initial disappointment passed, we decided to check ...

Snorkels down, cowboy hats out! With a short drive down the road, we say goodbye to the pristine beaches of cape range national park, and hello to the dry, red dust of the outback, or more specifically Bullara Station. And what a dramatic change from our recent activities. Bullara Station is a working cattle station (about 100kms south of Exmouth) which provides the opportunity for visitors to stay on the station, and gain an understanding of what it would be li...

After a long and arduous drive (at all of 40kms, easily the shortest drive of our holidays), we arrived basically where we left, just on the other side of the cape (that is, we basically drove around a mountain range from the eastern side to the western side). What can I say about Cape Range. It is basically a national park with camp grounds. Although really well set out, there is no water nor power, no TV, phone or Internet connection. A simple toilet is our o...

As we weren't able to book into Cape Range National Park (our next major destination) until the 2nd September (4 days away), we decided that we would take our time travelling the remaining 500kms by way of staying at a few free camps, as well as by spending a few days in Exmouth to see what the town has to offer. The free camps (Robe River and Yannarie River), well they were just free camps. Large rest areas with basic toilets which allow you to get to your next...

With Bec officially being all gorged out, we decided to leave Karijini and make our way up towards Point Samson and our legendary seafood platter. (probably hadn't mentioned this in previous blogs, but gossip around the water cooler was that Point Samson is home to the first, of many, must have seafood platters as one heads down the west coast!) Luckily, Bec still had a few dirt road adventures left in her, so we decided to take a short cut and head to Point Sam...