Our Australia trip

After leaving the nice spot at Sandy Cape, our mind is set on kite surfing. The piece of coast we are doing now has a perfect setting with a reef further out and a sandy shore……if there would have been wind. The forecast for wind is not great, every day below 19 kph (10 knots) […]

Since the Coral Bay postings we have started inserting larger pictures for better viewing pleasure. That is kinda painful (as the WordPress app is a bit clumsy with non-standard picture sizes) and chews more bandwidth, but I believe it improves the posts. Now I need your help here. Do you say: YES – keep the […]

Because the camping at Jurrien Bay is fancy, which means expensive, busy and with many rules, we look for alternatives in this area and find Sandy Cape, only 14 km north. We return along the same road and turnoff on a 7 km corrugated road which seems to be used by trucks to transport Lime […]

The next day starts cold and overcast. We have seen the Ellendale pool and after dumping our toilet cassette we are on the move again. With more small movements we start relying again on our GPS which sends us down another 34 km dirt road. We are not in agreement though and do a u-turn […]

We left the camping at around 9 am and headed towards the Geraldton Woolworths for some new groceries, took fuel, got some new wine and beer and bought Metalfix, some water based paint that seems to bond well with rust, advised by a fellow camper at Quobba Point. His bus was covered with red blotches […]

This must be the first time that I have not set a foot outside the bus between last night and departure. Marjo, my brave lionheart (hey, we’re Dutch after all) took the challenge and singlehandedly fed the dogs (who had today’s special of dry food with fly), took in the magnetic fly screens, turned off […]

While waiting for the bus to be serviced I visited the WA museum to look at the Dutch mishaps along the coast here. A interesting story about the Batavia, the Zuytdorp, De Vergulde Draeck and the Zeewijk. A story in pictures.

When we get up we have a tailless reptile waiting near the door. No idea what it is but when we come out it decides not to become breakfast and runs off. From Kalbarri we leave very very slowly. Not only does the very strong Eastern wind push us slowly seawards, but also the coast […]

We’ve had advise from John at Quobba Point that there is no point going to Kalbarri. The views are as per the folder and we’re much better off going straight to Geraldton. Of course we don’t listen to that and turn off to the Kalbarri National Park. The road through the park is straight and […]

One of the things with crowded campings is that you don’t need an alarm clock. Still we set it for 6.50 am so Marjo can get to the first dolphin feeding. We shouldn’t have bothered as at 6 am we wake up from all the kids that wake up at sunrise. I make an early […]