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...

Hi all So we arrived in Bunbury and headed straight to the Dolphin Discovery Centre there to find out about dolphins (no s***) and to maybe get the chance to swim with a couple of these beautiful creatures. Imagine our surprise then when we were confronted by a bunch of males intent on gang rape. This is no joke. These guys desperately try to catch a female on her own (sometimes effectively kidnapping her if she’s with a bunch of friends) hold her against ...

Hi all So we woke in the wilderness and me and Mand made ourselves coffee and went and sat on the shore of the estuary to drink it. Now this is why we wanted to camp. The sense of peace and tranquility as we sat holding hands and occasionally exchanging a few words, welcoming in the new day was nothing short of magic. But it couldn’t last and we packed up and headed off to the other side of the estuary to where we could go bushwalking down to the sea. We re...