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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 […]
Scenes from a walk
Rob’s morning walk through Perth CBD took in a surprising mural and a lucky shag.
For the botanists
Where in Australia can you visit one of the biggest inner city parks in the world? Right here in Perth. It’s Kings Park, and this impressive place didn’t suffer a […]
Dead posh in Perth
Laneways have made it to Perth. Wolf Lane is behind the Mantra on Murray hotel, and is full of murals. We ate at The Spaniard here – the brussels sprouts […]
Bird noises
Location: Lamington National Park Accommodation: O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
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