How much can change in a couple of weeks! We headed out to Alexander Bay from Esperance on Australia Day and it was 45 degrees in the shade - absolutely melting hot. Nath had to use welding gloves just to get the boat off and it didn't take much convincing on my behalf to go for lunch at the air conditioned Condinup Pub. We spent the afternoon celebrating Australia Day with Gerard and Nicole and a couple of their friends, there was much silliness and singing a...

23 January 2009 So the journey continues…..we left Bremer Bay last Tuesday and headed in to the Fitzgerald River National Park.This is a beautiful place and a great way to get through to Hopetoun and Esperance avoiding the highway.We stopped at West Mt Barren and thought it looked like and easy enough climb, so we threw Ruby in her special backpack and set off with abut 500 mls of water and no idea.About half an hour in to the climb, when we hit the sheer st...

Well we arrived in Bremer Bay on Thursday and scored a couple of days of awesome weather, perfect for a bit of 4wdriving to some pristine beaches.We spent a few hours at Peppermint beach which has to one of the nicest I have seen, Ruby scared the life out of us walking straight in to the ocean without any fear, got dumped by a tiny wave and got up and walked straight back in.Misti at the caravan park hooked us up with a fantastic spot and took care of us during o...

12 January 2009 Day one!We cruised out of Dunsborough mid morning headed for Denmark.It was a beautiful drive through Nannup and Pemberton and felt great to finally be on the road.We arrived in Denmark to stay with our friends Kylie and Todd (although Todd was off working - poor b*****!) and caught up with Megs and Aiden and their mates Meilei and Coops.We had a great night catching up with mates over a barbie and it was a perfect ending to our first day on the ...