I was looking forward to visiting Esperance. I had heard tales of the crystal clear water and was looking forward to surfing see through waves. We pretty much breezed thru the town, stopping only to pick up food and beers from the centre and headed out to Cape Le Grand. We lobbed into a spot at Lucky Bay which was busier than we expected. The place looked stunning from the drive in, but sadly the corner was about 3 ft deep in sea weed which extended about 100...

Right down on the Southern most coast of WA sits the little town of Denmark. It's surprising, actually, just how far down it is. On the map, the coast curves southeast from Augusta through the D'Entrecasteaux National Park while the main road runs inland through an unbroken string of national parks protecting the great forests of Karri and Tingles. The two meet up at the corner as the coast flattens out at Walpole and remain inseparable all the way to Denmark....

After visiting Charlie for the first time in Denmark, the decision was made to drive back to Margaret River via Pemberton to visit the tree top walk amongst the Tingles and to show the kids the Gloucester and the Bicentennial Trees. We have seen some special forests during this trip. In Tasmania, I loved the Tahune Air walk amongst the Huon Pines, Sassafrass and Blackwood and just south of Margaret River, Boranup Karri Forest with its delicate, silvery trunks, ...

There is a lot of stuff written about Margaret River. It is one of Australias most prolific wine producing regions as well as an area of outstanding natural beauty and so, naturally, it attracts a lot of attention. The stretch of coast that it inhabits between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leuwin is also home to one of the densest collections of quality surf breaks in Australia. My memories of it from a brief visit in 1993 were vague and involved the Settlers Tave...

We picked Tom up from the airport today and had lunch in Fremantle, en route to the beautiful island of Rottnest. It was a lovely sunny day which was a relief as the weather had been a little dicey over the preceding days. Caught ferry at 2 pm and arrived at a pretty little cottage overlooking the aquamarine waters of Thompson Bay 45 minutes later. Mum was stoked! Think that she thought she would be in a cabin with bunk beds! Actually, we nearly were- the bo...