Month: May 2022
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A long day – Thursday 26 May and a Big Beach – Friday 27 May
Exmouth to Karratha – it came, it went. One of our longer days on the road. Different landscapes provided us with something to watch on this long drive. A rolling landscape of ridge upon ridge of hills, and mountains continually changing with some being gently rounded, others with peaks and valleys and then some that […]
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Some wins and losses – Wednesday 25 May
We packed up our car for another early start. We left Coral Bay just after sunrise. The journey was one of our shortest, travelling just up the coast to Exmouth. The landscape was monotonous. The only relief was the termite mounds. I found them fascinating. Dotted across the countryside were a variety of shapes and […]
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The Circle of Life – Monday 23, Tuesday 24 May
We left Wooramel early the next morning and went into Carnarvon for breakfast. While we were sitting having breakfast, we looked through some brochures we had picked up at the Information Centre and discovered there was a Space Museum on the edge of town on what had been a Space Tracking Base for the Mercury […]
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Focus on natural and manmade and the combo of both – Kalbarri to Wooramel – Sunday 22 May
Leaving Kalbarri township behind, we headed inland to the Murchison Gorge. The first stop was at the Kalbarri Skywalk, an amazing natural and manmade feat. Nature has taken 135 million years to create the gorge and then man designed, engineered, and built the skywalk for our viewing pleasure. The photos speak for themselves – pity […]
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Nature at its best – Saturday 21 May
After having a brief tour around Dongara, a typical fishing village with a protected harbour, we set out for our next destination – Kalbarri. The first small place into which we took a detour was an historic village called Greenough, but it wasn’t open. However, we did get some shots of an interesting local feature […]
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In Erskine and Day 1 Northwards – 18-20 May
Two days back in Erskine and Perth were spent repacking, most of one day in Fiona Stanley Hospital having my monthly infusion, while Peter did some business visiting and negotiating, doing some last-minute shopping, and enjoying some relaxing moments before packing the car, and, together with Tim and Moira, setting out on the second half […]
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Last Days on Cocos – 16-17 May
Monday 16 – Home Island Caitlin and Matthew live on West Island. I didn’t visit Home Island last time I was there, just after Link was born so I really wanted to visit this time. As usual, Matthew and Peter set off on the jet ski, and Caitlin, Link and I crossed the lagoon on […]
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The highlight of our Cocos stay – other than spending time with the family! Sunday 15 May
The last three days on Cocos were jam-packed with activities and the weather was very kind to us for the majority of the time as well. Sunday morning, Caitlin, Link, Peter, and I had breakfast at Saltmakers. After breakfast, Peter went along to take some shots of the Golf Course as it was being used […]
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Getting out and about on Cocos – 12 – 14 May
12 May – another quiet day in and around home on Cocos. We were going to go to Direction Island but the weather once more closed in around us. We were mostly at home enjoying each other’s company and chilling. Caitlin had an amazing time blowing bubbles for Link. He, like many other children, […]
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Cocos continued – 9 – 11 May
I am including a map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands here, just to give some perspective on where we go. The weather has not improved a lot, so Monday was another quiet day. We went out to the local restaurant, Saltmakers by the Sea, for dinner and had a lovely meal together right on the […]
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