Sublime Karijini
Seven hours inland from the Ningaloo Coast, in the red heart of the Pilbara, is Karijini National Park. It’s hard to get to, challenging to camp in, and full of […]
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Plants of Karijini
Throwing this gallery in for the interested botanist types. I’ve no idea what any of these plants are. Please feel free to enlighten me with a comment, especially if you […]
Signs of north-west WA
‘It’s a little bit sharky’
Cape Range National Park takes in the Ningaloo Marine Park, 13 hours north of Perth. It’s remote and awesome. To camp here, you must BYO everything, including all your water. […]
Un/usual
Above: Roadhouse stop at Paynes Find, midwest WA. Cape Range National Park (Ningaloo): Rob fishing at Mesa beach (top) and a CSIRO team ultrasounding green turtles at our campsite, Ned’s […]
Gorgeous gorge and a pink lake
Kalbarri is a coastal town 6 hours north of Perth. The highlights here were a stop at Hutt Lagoon (it’s pink!), the stunning gorge of Kalbarri National Park, and snorkelling […]
Quokka? No, Quobba
Quobba Station is 10 hours drive north of Perth. Rob’s choice for a one-night stopover en route to Ningaloo, it was one of our favourite spots. Our campsite was right […]
Swimming with wild sea lions
Jurien Bay is 2 hours north of Perth. There’s not much to recommend the town except its easy access to colonies of endangered sea lions. We were lucky enough to […]
Blimey, it’s the Pinnacles
The most amazing thing about the The Pinnacles (Nambung National Park, WA) is that they still don’t know how they were formed. And they think there are more buried under […]
Southern hospitality
You get a hint of Margaret River’s wine credentials several kilometres before hitting the town. First you go through the town of Capel (Capel Vale) and later you cross the […]
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