after a pretty wet night in tom price we decided to check out the national park first before we would commit to setting up camp there. our ‘grassy’ site in the tourist park had turned to red mush with all the rain so we were not sure the bush camp in karijini would be much…
who names a town ‘tom price’? in true aussie fashion it’s a mining company of course! thomas price was an executive for a mining company – apparently that’s enough to get a ‘mining camp’ named after you. today the mine and the town is owned and operated by rio tinto, more importantly tom price is…
the weather report did not sound good: damaging winds and heavy rains were forecast for today. the wind was actually not too bad; yesterday when we decided to pack up the awning and choose a new spot for the van was worse. there was also not too much rain (until now at least, we’ll see…
all those great photos were taken by a professional photographer, tara, who was with us on our snorkeling trip.
when i suggested yesterday that a little wind might come in handy to help re-arrange the somewhat dated amenities block at the local caravan park i didn’t anticipate such a swift response. we had 40 kmh winds today. the brownish haze in the background is the sand carried out to sea by the storm. someone…
everyone has heard of the great barrier reef. it’s huge, it’s the only living organism that can be seen from space (technically not a single organism but let’s not get hung up on that), it’s conveniently located on the east coast of australia and only a short flight away from the major centers. fewer people…
‘gateway to ningaloo’ might actually be the best description of carnarvon. gateways by definition are generally not remarkable: it’s the place they take one to (or take one away from) that deserves attention, the gateway itself is just being passed as a matter of course, and often without another thought. in this case, as i…
today we drove from kalbarri to carnarvon – 440 km with just a few roadhouses in between. not even a small village, no houses or farms either. just road. a last look at the mouth of the murchison from the zuytdorp memorial. the boat ramp is inside the river and it is pretty clear that…
the weather forecast for the last few days was alarming. heavy rains and damaging winds across most of the western australian coast, from kalbarri all the way to the south. perth was going to get a good drenching which was ok because they had a dry autumn so far. probably because of that the people…
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