We spent a week in Perth with my Uncle Jeff, his girlfriend Yvonne and her lovely family. They made us really welcome and it was exciting to live in a lovely house (with a new pool). Jeff and Yvonne took us out and showed us some lovely places and we had a couple of days sight-seeing on our own.
One of our days was spent at the stunning Rottnest Island, we cycled about in the heat and went snorkelling in the cold clear water. Here is a cute Quokka:
We also had a day touring around fabulous Fremantle and Perth. Here is the one photo we took of Perth:
Here's me with Jeff and Yvonne - looking a bit red after a day around the pool!
After leaving Perth we went over to Penguin Island near Rockingham. Here are some ridiculously cute blue (fairy) penguins:
It started to rain (shock horror) and rained for about 3 days. I had to put my jeans on for the first time in about 4 months!
We visited the small but lovely Dolphin Discovery Centre. We didn't see any dolphins but we did see some cool stuff in the rock pool and aquarium, including this wonderful cow fish:
We had a few days to spare before our Swan Wreck dive so we had a few days trying to avoid the rain around Margaret River. Here is Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse located where the Indian Ocean meets the Southern Ocean:
We did our diving (check our videos on separate entry) and then headed off to see some big trees. We climbed the 60 metre Gloucester tree that used to be a fire lookout tree. My legs were a bit wobbly at the end but the views were fab.
Here is ring-necked parrot eating someone's picnic.
Next we went to see the giant Tingle trees. There used to be one that you could drive through until it collapsed in 1990.
We did the Valley of the Giants walk - 40 metres above the ground with more fab views. Here's Nic looking very small:
We left the big trees and drove to Porongorup NP to do some walking. Here's a view from the top:
We carried on to Stirling Range NP and did even more walking, this time up Bluff Knoll, just over 1000 metres high:
Here is the view from the top:
Near the top there were masses of beautiful wild flowers:
We left the hills and headed back to the coast. This is a beach near Esperance that we saw doing the Great Ocean Drive - the coastal scenery is amazing here.
Then we had a night at Cape Range NP. Stunning.
In a day or 2 we will have left Western Australia and we'll be in Southern Australia. WA is totally amazing - undeveloped, amazing wildlife and stunning natural scenery.
We had a few days to spare before our Swan Wreck dive so we had a few days trying to avoid the rain around Margaret River. Here is Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse located where the Indian Ocean meets the Southern Ocean:
We did our diving (check our videos on separate entry) and then headed off to see some big trees. We climbed the 60 metre Gloucester tree that used to be a fire lookout tree. My legs were a bit wobbly at the end but the views were fab.
Here is ring-necked parrot eating someone's picnic.
Next we went to see the giant Tingle trees. There used to be one that you could drive through until it collapsed in 1990.
We did the Valley of the Giants walk - 40 metres above the ground with more fab views. Here's Nic looking very small:
We left the big trees and drove to Porongorup NP to do some walking. Here's a view from the top:
We carried on to Stirling Range NP and did even more walking, this time up Bluff Knoll, just over 1000 metres high:
Here is the view from the top:
Near the top there were masses of beautiful wild flowers:
We left the hills and headed back to the coast. This is a beach near Esperance that we saw doing the Great Ocean Drive - the coastal scenery is amazing here.
Then we had a night at Cape Range NP. Stunning.
In a day or 2 we will have left Western Australia and we'll be in Southern Australia. WA is totally amazing - undeveloped, amazing wildlife and stunning natural scenery.
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