We took the short drive from Alexander Bridge to Big Valley, a farms stay just outside Margaret River. We pulled up and were greeted by Shelley and Kevin, the owners, who were very down to earth and obviously loved what they were doing. It felt very inviting and looked so comfortable, with powered sites in amongst the huge gum trees overlooking the paddocks filled with sheep. It was only $32 per night, which included power, water and the use of the rustic camp...

Woke up to another overcast cool day in the peaceful Shannon National Park, today being pack up day. We were heading off to Margaret River country to check out another hot spot in WA. The expectations were high for a varying diversity in touristy sites to see and activities to do. First thing to do was to stop off at Pemberton to climb "the tree". The forest drive was spectacular, kind of felt like we were back in Victoria doing the Great Ocean Road forest dri...

We awoke at Cosy Corner to another rainy, miserable day. When we told the Boo and Meg that we were packing up to head off they got a little upset because l had been promising them the whole time we were in Albany to go to the library to do school. Can you believe it, upset because they couldnt do school in a library, not becuase they were missing out on anything else, total crack up really. So because we had to stock up and Marty needed to do some job hunting b...

After leaving Lake King, seeing we had already driven 250km we were only doing a small drive int he arvo. The drive was so boring, almost felt like we were back on the Nullaboring stretch....The weather had gone from the heat of the dry country to the coastal rain, all in a matter of hours. We were all a tad knackered and couldn't drive any longer, even the last 20km to Norman's beach. We figured the rain was set in and would be crappy to be near a beach and n...

Awoke to the sad thought that we were leaving this natural paradise :( Once we were packed and ready to go l stood blinking my eyes like an idiot taking visual snapshots to remember this place. What an amazing feast to the eyes we have had over the last five days, if this is what WA has to offer with their beaches then we are in for a treat for the next 12 months. We set off for a little caravan park in a small town called Lake King. It was a few hours south ...