Well, this blog is a first, it is all about one day! But what a day! Bob and I had agonized about this for a few weeks beforehand as the trips are quite expensive due to the distances involved. We were travelling up to Broome, the gateway to the Kimberley region. Unfortunately most of the Kimberley is inaccessible to anyone who hasn't got a very decent 4WD. However one company offers tours from either Broome or Derby, a bit further on. The ones from Derby are c...

Boys and their Tonka Toys (this bit written by Bob!) During the course of this blog I shall try and use examples for the Aussie readers, the Jersey Beans and the English readers in order to help you to get to grips with the latter part of our trip. Oh, and as for Ferris, my old Jersey/Canadian school buddy, you will just have to work it out for yourself!!!! For some unknown reason I have always been hooked on that 'boys and their toys' analogy, so when th...

Wow, we have loved this part of the trip. There is literally nothing except road, scrub or desert between these three places but each place has stolen a bit of our heart. We have learnt that WA also stands for Wow! Amazing! So what is special about this part of the WA coast? The crystal clear turquoise water, white sand beaches and the wildlife are your 'Wow' but add that to the Ningaloo Reef, and the history, and there's your 'Amazing'! So, let's start from the...

Well, where to start is the problem! A vineyard owner, in the Swan Valley, advised us that Kalbarri was underrated and that we should stay at least a week. He assured us there was plenty to keep us occupied and so it turned out to be! Kalbarri is on a 179km loop road detour off of the main highway. We had already decided to go there but the above recommendation made us a book a week instead of the 2 or 3 days originally planned. And are we glad we did!! On t...

Firstly, I apologise for the negative tone of the last blog, but everyone seems to be assuming we are having the most fantastic time, and on the whole we are, but sometimes it is just real life with all the problems to overcome! So this blog is a bit more upbeat, although we have had some tricky moments in this one too! We finally got to Rottnest, picked up our hire bikes (there are no cars on the island) and headed off to the nearest white sand beach. On th...