West Australia
York
We had a fairly long driving day today, so we had a early start from Geraldton. The weather was nice – low 20’s and sunny. Not far south of Geraldton, we again came to the area of Greenough which used to be a separate shire, but is now absorbed into the greater Geraldton area. One […]
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Geraldton
It’s late afternoon and we have have had a fabulous time today in Geraldton. We met up with our friends three days ago and now all fifteen of us are travelling in our 25 seater bus that we have rented from Thrifty. We began our visit to WA on our first day that combined time […]
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Family Time in Perth
We have just finished a week together as a family in Perth, WA. David and Yuki are now living and working here and Cathy decided it would be nice to have a holiday here with the girls. Jill and I came over to help Cathy and to also spend some together as a family. Perth […]
Read MoreDriving the Nullabor
DAY ONE We left Esperance a little later than expected as we had to get one of our headlight bulbs replaced. Thanks to the BMW call centre, we were able to locate a local place that would have the right part. The first part of our trip to Norseman followed the railway line and passed […]
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Esperance
Our trip to Esperance was uneventful and across interesting country. We travelled a little faster than our previous days as there were not as many places to visit on the way. One place however, was Bremer Bay, which our Lonely Planet Guide told us was a popular place for whale watching. We travelled the 60 […]
Read MoreAlbany
We left Margaret River by 8.00 am on Monday and headed south to Albany. It was difficult driving for the first hour or so as we were facing into the low sun, but one unintended benefit was that the sun highlighted lots of spider webs on the roadside fences and bushes. At one place, we […]
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Margaret River
Our trip from Perth to Margaret River took us through a number of interesting places. South through the new suburbs to Mandurah showed us just how much Perth is growing and how significant this southern corridor is in this growth. A wide freeway with a railway line in the centre took us south through an […]
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Perth
We left Geraldton early on Thursday morning and took our time traveling back to Perth. We had the whole day available, so we took our time and stopped frequently to admire some of the wildflowers that were growing by the roadside. We are clearly far too early for the magnificent rush of flowers that cover […]
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Geraldton
We arrived in Perth almost on time yesterday morning. I think that to be just 5 minutes late and after 4300 kilometres is really good. The train crew told us that it would take 40 minutes to unload the cars, but we had a frustrating wait of over an hour before our car cam off. […]
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On the Nullabor
Now that we are in South Australia, and the track is much smoother, it was easier to sleep and much more comfortable last night. We were wakened this morning by the train crew with a cup of tea in bed and then it was up for a quick shower and off to breakfast. By then, […]
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