Shark Bay

We based ourselves in the Francois Peron National Park for four days while we checked out Monkey Mia, the National Park and the rest of Shark Bay. The beaches in the National Park were beautiful and we all loved shark spotting at Skip Jack Point. Shell Beach was just superb and we never get tired of looking at that blue water. We saw dolphins, sharks, rays, turtles and a thorny devil and lots of amazing sunsets.

Storming Australia

We knew we had seen a sand trooper walking along the highway previously and just couldn't place where. We think it must have been Tassie, so you can imaging our surprise to see him again, just south of the Shark Bay turn off. This time curiosity got the better of us so we stopped to say hello. His name is Scotty and he is walking around Australia dressed as a sand trooper for Monash Children's Hospital. It was a hot day, there were heaps of flies and he was fully dressed as a sand trooper! What an amazing thing to do, you can check out his facebook page here.

Kalbarri

Tim finally came back from Alice and we got the hell out of Geraldton! We spent a glorious six days in Kalbarri enjoying the weather, the beautiful Murchison River and its gorges and the wonderful coastline. Tim loved kayaking up the river and caught a few nice bream for dinner.

We miss you babe xo

Last week... counting the days

Back to Geraldton

We only got 45kms north of Geraldton before we had to turn back. Tim was offered some work in Alice Springs so he jetted off while the kids and I put down roots for three weeks. We have done a few day trips; up to Kalbarri, down to Greenough and just tripping around town enjoying the sun and school holidays. Greenough has an old historic site with lots of old buildings to explore but we were mostly entertained by a llama that thought it was a dog... it was hilarious! Oh and if you are wondering what Geraldton is famous for, its the wind. The trees are testament to how strong and often it blows.

Geraldton

We spent a few days in Geraldton looking around. The foreshore is beautiful and I was pretty excited to see the treasures from the Batavia including a long boat replica! We then spent three lazy days at a bush camp just north of Geraldton, Tim fished and kayaked, the kids swam and we spotted a dugong. It was so lovely but crazy to think two weeks later a four metre Great White was thrashing in the shallows with a seal stuck in its throat! You can see the article and video here... there are sharks in these waters!! (Luckily we have light sabres ready.)

Jurien Bay

North, north, north we go, its getting cold and we can hold out no more. We headed up Indian Pacific Drive and called in to see the Pinnacles (which we nearly forgot were there). They certainly are impressive and the kids loved running around and trying to jump them. We then spent a few nights at a beautiful beach camp right on the beach with huge sand dunes behind us. What a lazy couple of days with more gorgeous coastline.