At last some cool weather. We arrived in Perth with a busy schedule to complete. Aside from the usual restocking booze, food, washing etc we had to get the batteries in our van sorted and we had the AFL grand final. Early Wednesday morning we dragged the van across town to get the batteries replaced and another solar panel installed on the roof. Fortunately they had arrived the previous day from Melbourne. We made a quick stop at a car wash to give the van a wel...

We are now at Denham which is a world heritage area, or more famously about 30klms from Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia is of course where the dolphins arrive daily in the shallow waters of the beach. The dolphins have been coming right up to the waters edge for more than 50 years. Originally they were fed by the local fisherman, but as time passed their numbers were declining as they had forgotton the skill to hunt for themselves. In stepped the wildlife people and now e...

Coral Bay is about 150klms south of Exmouth. We had remembered this little coastal village from our motorbike trip about 3 years ago and thought it would be a great place to re-visit. It is well known for it's fishing and snorkelling. The caravan park is opposite the beach and can be seen from our van. The highlight of Coral Bay was the dune buggy tour we did. The best part was we had like our own private tour as there were no other buggies except for Lynette a...

Exmouth marks the start of the Ningaloo Reef which stretches down the WA coastline for several hundred kilometres. The area is well known for whales, whalesharks and turtles. We decided to head to Yardie Creek which is about 80klms and tracks the coastline all the way. Along the way there are numerous tracks that head to the beach as well as secluded campsites. First stop was the lighthouse which sits atop a steep climb. This offers spectacular views of the co...

We had decided to stay an extra night at Barn Hill station due to its spectacular outlook. However, early the next morning our van batteries were dead. This is bad as no power in the van means no water and no fridge. Fortunately the batteries died around 5am and we only had to wait until about 6.30am for the solar to kick in and power everything up. We headed for Port Hedland to make some calls to the caravan people and get the batteries tested. Long story short,...