We visited the Gloucester Tree with Leanne and the girls. The Tree is a large Karri tree with a lookout at the top (61m). The boys and I climbed part of the way up and I got sweaty palms! I remember climbing quickly up this tree with Leanne about 15 years ago with no issues!! The scenery in this National park is beautiful.

Kaidan has spent all day in the shearing shed! He is learning the ropes quickly. Both the boys learnt how to pull a sheep to the shearer, however Josh chose not to stay working in the shed all day. It is lovely to see Leanne, Rod, Samantha, Rhys, Taije and Zoe in their gorgeous rammed earth house. It is raining today for the first time this year, everyone is happy.

Today we drove from Esperance to Albany and visited 'Whale World' at the old whaling station that stopped operating in 1978. Albany is a very pretty town on a lovely bay. We then drove to the Muir's farm in Mordalup - they are shearing this week. I'm looking forward to showing the boys.

Had a relaxing day in Esperance. Walked along the pier and the boys went to the maritime museum while I browsed the shops (which didn't take long!!). Rusty went out in the Harbor and caught some cuttlefish and squid for dinner! Kaidan is fascinated with everything to do with fishing and animals - he is learning so much this trip. Josh is more interested in the machines, ships etc we see - it was his idea to visit the museum and he still loves to escape onto his ...

We left Point Malcolm this morning and drove through Cape Arid NP. The cape is far from arid - there are no tall trees but the land is covered in scrub, including heaps of Banksia - it would be beautiful when the wildflowers are blooming. After a fantastic lunch at a little oasis called the Condingup tavern (where we had reception for the first time in 4 days) we drove to Cape Le Grand NP. Fascinating volcanic hills surround the pure white sand of the bays. The ...