Our Australia trip

We’ve seen wave rock. Tick in the box. No, that’s unfair. Everyone you talk to says “don’t go there as it is exactly as the picture” which is true but that picture doesn’t have us in it, it doesn’t give the memory of the place, so I’m glad we went. We don’t want to take […]

The next morning we leave at around nine to cover the remaining 90 km to Hyden. The sky is clear blue and the temperature rises quickly to a nice 29 degrees. Then we arrive at the wave rock. A pleasant location NOT in a National Park and NO signs that deter dogs. We like, we like […]

The Two People Bay location has no mobile reception, hence no blogging, emails or phone calls. Unless…..one stands exactly 50 steps down from the campsite and 22 steps West then suddenly the iPhone has some reception, enough to update the weather forecast on the web. Today I tells us: rain and no wind for the […]

To all good things comes an end and we leave Cosy Corner only after sharing coffee with snijkoek and speculaas with two Dutch guys. One of them keeps playing Dutch songs on his iPod and drives the English speaking people mad. We say goodbye and go towards Albany where our first stop is the Gap […]

When we have stocked up, cleaned up, shaved and laundered we move on. Around Albany there are several free beach camp sites that we want to check out. Our first destination is Cosy Corner and while driving there we see a wood carving gallery. We stop and admire all the things one can carve and […]

Time to leave Parry Beach, visit the sites to see and stock up on water and groceries in Denmark. We first turn off at Green Pools where, considering this is all in a National Park, Marjo takes a tour of the sights while I babysit the dogs. With the clouds threatening, the pools look less […]

We have seen for a while that bad weather is upon us. We have uhm’d and ah’d and considered even to detour to Hyden (1,000 km return trip) but it seems there is no escaping the bad weather that is engulfing the South-West. So we leave the uninspiring camping of Peaceful Bay and pass some […]

Ok, sometimes we have a little time to do nothing but navel gaze. For instance when it rains and we don’t want to run outside for a free shower or when Marjo makes dinner. Then it’s time to reflect, to let the mind wander, not hindered by work stress demanding brain time and other trivial […]

Waking up in Quinninup we find that one of the back tyres is flat again, there is something strange going on. We pack up, fill it with air and call around to see where we can get a tyre repaired on short notice. It seems that Walpole, about 90 km from here, is the answer. […]

After a couple of nights in the bush, we are eager for some laundry and a shower. So we pick a nice camping in Quinninup. Not because Quinninup is a world spectacular place, but because it’s on the way and the camping has good reviews. But, first things first. You cannot visit this region without […]