So today we had only 180KM to travel and it was all on dual carriage way. It was also our first day of lots of traffic lights, round abouts and other cars. To top this off it rained all day making it hard to do anything much. Before leaving Bunbury we visited the Dolphin Discovery Centre which is maned by paid and volunteer staff. I was really amazed by all the staffs enthusiasm for the place. I was also happily surprised that during the winter months they d...

After a lovely night in Magaret river we decided to head back to Augusta and out to Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. Again the weather held up for us. It was cold and windy but at the time the sun was shinning. We decided to take the tour up the inside of the limestone lighthouse. They have no idea how the lighthouse was built as no plans or journals have been found. Five days ago the light house went over to LED lights. It is the only lighthouse on both the national tr...

The day started off beautifully with the sunrising over the river. The birds welcoming the morning and locals taking their boats out. We headed firstly for a petrol station before commencing our day of travel that was to be 373km but turned into over 400km and only going to 1 of the attractions i had planned. The Bp petrol station was a nice surprise. They fill your tank for you and have been doing so for the last 17 years. All I had to do was pay. We then ...

Today we started with a visit to Heritage Park and the National Anzac Centre on Mount Adelaide. It was very interesting to learn about the leaving of Australia in 1914 by Australian and New Zealand forces heading for Gallipoli and Palestine. To here the reports of how the ships found it difficult to stay in formation and not light themselves up at night which would make them visible to enemy ships for miles. It was nice to have your own soldier o learn abo...

Jerramungup is only 181km from Albany so we only had a short drive to our destination today. It was a nice drive. We stopped at a place called Wellstead for a short break. The town consisted of a roadhouse and school and a few houses. The roads repair teams love their witches hats here. They are used to mark wherever it is not safe to move off the tarmac. Often it was where water runoff had undermined the soil. South coast highway was a true country road...