I will admit I got started slightly later than planned. I just kept finding things to do in the hostel before I left so set off on the road about 9.30am. The guide books are correct...this is a boring journey. I passed through Giralia national park which is just an open sparse area of red sand and little burnt looking trees. It seemed to go on for miles till I reached highway 1 to head north. The Pilbara landscape announced itself with the arrival of giant rock ...

Day one in the big brother backpackers... Hahaha day one at Ningaloo reef started off well. I had a nice sleep and then realised I should get outside before it gets way too hot out! I went and did some snorkelling for the morning. Within a few seconds on being in the water I almost trod on a sting ray sat camouflaged on the sand. That would have been fun! Shame I didn't have my camera on me at the time he was a big b***** too. I swam around for a bit and came a...

Today I think has been one of the most awkward days travelling around Australia to date. I left Carnarvon a little later than planned but I was aiming to get to Gascoyne Junction in the afternoon when I was hoping it would be a little cooler to walk round the Kennedy Ranges. Everything was going well, I took extra supplies with me as I heard they are short on water and sensibly checked all the major fluids in the car before setting off. The road there was a litt...

I left Monkey Mia relatively early in the day resisting the temptation to see if the dolphins were there again in favour of getting on the road in case the weather turned badly. After checking with the WA road service and discovering all the roads were open I set off. The journey to Carnarvon was boring and this is becoming a not so random theme of driving by myself...Carnarvon I soon discovered on arrival was worse than any other place I had been to. Simply in t...

I crawled out of bed stiff as a board in the hope I was going to catch the Pelican feeding down at the beach. It was a little disappointing really, there was only one pelican that showed up but he got a feast of fish once he'd managed to scare away the seagulls hanging round. I got on the road pretty much after that and headed up towards Monkey Mia. The journey wasn't too bad although I think I must have zoned out or something since I hadn't realised I'd been dr...