Our Australia trip

One can’t drive up the peninsula and not meet the dolphins at Monkey Mia. So we take the picturesque Monkey Mia drive from Denham past Little Lagoon. We plan to visit this on the way back later today so we can kite and perhaps kayak. When we arrive at the gate (it is a paid […]

It took me ages to get to sleep which had the advantage that I didn’t wake up until I had breakfast in bed made by my lovely wife 🙂 The dogs slept through the night and after that slow start we were at around 9 am on the road. Today we would go slow, look […]

We want to see some of the particulars of Shark Bay and decide to not drive the 300 km all the way to Denham but stop at Hamelin Point where Stromatolites can be seen. Instead of having to endure another almost hour of corrugation we are just preceded by a grader, a truck that shaves […]

Now we have the kiting bug again and all the bull dust removed from the kite and board, we want to take the opportunity to checkout Bush Bay. When I say “we” I mean Marjo as the loving supporter, chef launcher and lander, professional photographer and beach comber, while I spend time hanging under the […]

Because we like this area, we decide to only drive down the 9 km corrugated red dirt, or in Nossi speak only 5 grids. We pass the blow holes but with the hard western wind there is not much blow in the air. At Quobba station a friendly camper (who got fresh water and some […]

Quobba is a winner in our books. It is not busy, has reasonable rules and is not too harsh on the budget. The ocean is spectacular. The beach has everything Marjo could ever dream of. And we decide to stay five days (for the attentive readers, yes there are 6 days as one we stayed […]

As you might gather we made it to Quobba station. Because the wind was with us we arrived quite early at the turnoff. Knowing that there is no water or food we decided to drive the 25 km on to Carnarvon and check it out first before taking the turnoff to Quobba. As you do, […]

The trip from Exmouth to Coral Bay is only 10 cattle grids. We might as well count our driving distance that way as Nossi only bears 3, max 4 until he is totally freaked out and tries to crawl behind Marjo’s chair where is only room for his nose really. So we make a few […]

We’re not far from Exmouth when we leave Giralia. Still a few bridges (grids) too far for Nossi. So we adopt the strategy to stop and see if we can get beach access so he can get onto solid ground. That strategy seems to work and also gives us an opportunity to see the area. […]

After an okay night (the road here is quite busy and with a raised bridge over the river traffic noise travels far) we wake to the neighbour (you know, the one with the generator and sports channel) starting his diesel. Not like we did at 10 am some weeks ago, but before 7 am. You […]