Our next stop was about half way between Port Hedland and Broome, a spot we’d heard about called Eighty Mile Beach. It’s just a short 10km detour off the highway, or so we thought. The road was a bit more corrugated than we expected so slowly we crawled our way in through the red dirt… Read More 80 Mile Beach and We Made it to Broome!
Next stop Karratha and the Pilbara area of Western Australia. Temps were heating up again with 37 degrees expected on the day we got to Karratha. The scenery changed often from deep red sand dunes to green grassland and free roaming sheep. Unfenced stock is quite common up here so apart from the usual roos,… Read More Red Dirt and Red Dog
Our next leg of the journey took us to Exmouth, where we started seeing huge termite mounds followed by sheep crossing the road about 30kms before town and then emus greeting us on the way in.
We are driving north away from the Shark Bay region and back on the highway, probably a couple of hours into our travels when the Landcruiser feels like it’s not riding as smoothly as normal. We pull into the next roadhouse to check tyres when we hear a bit of a rattle under the bonnet… Read More Limping into Carnarvon
This was one of the must do things on our list when coming to WA and that was of course to go to THE most westerly point on the mainland, Steep Point. We didn’t know much about it other than where it was before heading over here and then the more we found out about… Read More Shark Bay Region Finale – As West As It Gets
After waking up to 80% humidity in Denham with the car and caravan wet and trees dripping, it was time to move on to Monkey Mia. It’s only 26kms from Denham on the other side of the peninsula but still within the Shark Bay Marine Park. Everyone has probably heard of Monkey Mia as the… Read More Shark Bay Region Part 2 – Dolphins and New Experiences
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