Day 23 Albany to Cocklebiddy Would like to spend more time in south-west as there's so much to see, but running out of time - so it's a long day ahead. Best Western supplied a packed lunch so off into the start of the 'endless' wheat fields, stopping at Esperance for a beach-side lunch. Then on to Norseman - decided to keep going and attempt to get onto the Nullarbor before nightfall, only to be held up just out of town by 50 kms of road works. Finally got to...

Day 22 Augusta to Albany Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse at the most south-western point marks where the Indian and Great Southern oceans meet. Off along the coast and more national parks with the huge Karri forests: Beedleup and the Beedelup Falls Warren and the first of the fire-lookout trees - didn't climb Bicentennial tree as there was a large group already half-way up it. D'Entrecasteaux on the coast with great cliff-top views Shannon and the Boorara tree ...

Day 21 Busselton to Augusta Sally survived the frogs......and we got through the night's mossie assaults on the ranchslider! Long walk off an extra-long pier - 2 kms of it - into Geographe Bay at Busselton...and suprise, suprise, the little train that runs along it wasn't operating! Then a scenic drive into the Leeuwin-Nautraliste National Park to Cape Naturaliste lighthouse, Bunker Bay and rewarded with more frolicking whales at Sugarloaf Rock. Then further i...

Day 20 Perth to Busselton R&R retail therapy at Perth's outlet stores before a quick scenic tour through Freemantle. Nice drive south through the rapidly growing subdivisions between Freemantle and Mandurah...land for sale every 2 metres. Everything is brand new...houses, rail, McDonalds, service stations, supermarkets....kilometer after kilometer....booming! Scenic drive through the Tuart Forest National Park and into Busselton for another Big 4 experien...

Day 19 Perth Under construction, behind a fence or under scaffolding being renovated! Glad we didn't fly here to see anything. Did another self-guided tour of the city with a visit to the Perth Mint and Kings Park botanical gardens.