It was late afternoon when we pulled off the highway into a rough hewn roadside rest area within line of site of the famous Nullabor Roadhouse and, (of course), the Telstra tower. We’d just settled in when a white ute pulled up parallel to the van. Uh oh, we thought. However our fears were soonContinue reading “The Nullabor Run 3 – Eucla to Penong”
Category Archives: The Choice is Yours
The Mullock Heap
You see the ridges of tailings looming on the horizon well before you reach Kalgoorlie. A small mountain range, plateaus created by the ceaseless backwards and forwards of dump trucks and dozers. We had no idea what to expect from Kalgoorlie but, as it turned out, a mining town is always a mining town, dirtContinue reading “The Mullock Heap”
Into the Desert
And so it was, we finally left the south-west coast and headed inland towards Kalgoorlie. We had 400klm to go and plenty of time to get there. We set our sights on Norseman, roughly half way. We had heard about a free RV park near the center of town and arrived just on lunchtime atContinue reading “Into the Desert”
Frenchman Peak
Perhaps I shouldn’t have listened that closely to the Lucky Bay camp host, or maybe I didn’t listen closely enough. Either way, I found myself in the car park at the base of Frenchman Peak around 2pm, squinting up at what looked liked ants silhouetted against a cloudless sky. It’s only 262 meters to theContinue reading “Frenchman Peak”
Cape Le Grande National Park – tres beaudy!
So, we managed to get two nights at Lucky Bay. Whatever the historic reason for the name, I think these days it means your lucky to get a spot. Bookings can be made up to six months in advance and when you see that Lucky Bay has been voted best beach in the world, youContinue reading “Cape Le Grande National Park – tres beaudy!”
Esperance & The Bay of Isles
At 30,000 feet on a trip from Perth to Sydney just after Christmas, I looked down at the coastline of WA. We would be down there somewhere in a few months and I was imagining our travels. Suddenly, a sea of islands came into view. Sentinels of the sea, scattered along the edge of theContinue reading “Esperance & The Bay of Isles”
Starvation Bay
Now seriously, how could I pass up an opportunity to have a heading like that? Starvation Bay could have been nothing more than a rusted signpost and a fly blown dunny and I would still be writing from here. But before we get to there, we spent a night in Hopetoun. Luckily the Friday nightContinue reading “Starvation Bay”
Point Ann
“This better be goodâ€, I hear you muttering under your breath. “This better live up to the hype.†Well Point Ann was only a dot on the map until we got to Bremer Bay. Our original plan was to head straight to Hopetoun, and do a coast crawl from there to Esperance. But on ourContinue reading “Point Ann”
Why Does the Sun?
To watch the sunrise is more than to see it come over the horizon. It’s a process that starts about an hour earlier when the black of night still commands, and the stars, its consorts. Then, almost imperceptibly, in one particular spot, the darkness is slightly diluted. Then over the next few minutes like anContinue reading “Why Does the Sun?”
Bremer Bay
We could have easily done a run to Bremer Bay in a single day, but we have gotten into the habit of paying some attention to the recommendations of fellow travellers so we decided to spend a night at Millers Point. Yes, the view was great but the really great news was that fires wereContinue reading “Bremer Bay”