Hi allSo we arrived in Windy Harbour to find out it’s very well named. We also found out why our tents only cost 60 bucks. After attempting to set them up for quarter of an hour and watching in abject disgust as they simply folded in half regardless of how tight or how many guide ropes we pegged out, we decided to move to slightly more sheltered accommodation. We spotted a clump of bushes with a kind of clearing in the middle and with much huffing and puffi...

Hi allSo our objective for the day was to head off to the Gloucester Tree which is a 61 metre tree with huge metal spikes driven into it in a spiral shape to enable you to climb it. It’s not just for tourists though, it’s actually an old fire lookout point for spotting forest fires. I say old, it still gets used occasionally when the wind is too strong for choppers to go up as happened just a few years ago. But for now it’s just something for me...

Hi all So the next day we set off towards Augusta and on the way passed through the Karridale forest which was absolutely stunning. The trees are huge and with the light dappling through the branches, the whole thing was exactly what I imagine a primeval forest to look like. Awesome. And as we stood there imagining prehistoric beasts rummaging through the undergrowth (said in my best David Bellamy voice) we realised again the futility (not for the first time and ...

Hi all So up we jumped and headed on down to catch up with the other two in Margaret River. Now the original idea had been to indulge ourselves in a bit of rock climbing and to try our hands at surfing, but with my ribs still playing up from my ill fated diving trip back in the Perhentians it simply wasn’t to be. So instead we decided to indulge our passion for wine. Well, our passion for getting drunk anyway. As we left late from Dunsborough we decided t...

Hi all Next morning then, and we were up and off. Now I don’t know I’ve actually mentioned this directly, but the weather is f***in freezin. And as we’re sticking pretty closely to the coastline it’s also blowing a gale most of the time. Time then to buy some winter clothes. Call me a wuss if you will but I’ve started dreaming of big fleecy jumpers and a pair of jeans. In Australia. Land of the never ending summer. We asked the woma...