We were really lucky. The whole time we spent South of Perth was sunny and beautiful- even though the nights were cold. Only when we left Busselton to head back North it started to rain. We stopped in Mandurah again for another one of Thomas Dambo‘s Giants and arrived at the location of „Yaburgrt Winjan…
Category: Western Australia
Busselton Jetty
Our last day in the South of Western Australia before returning to Perth and flying back to Europe. We had tickets pre-booked for the Busselton Underwater Observatory. This Observatory gives you the opportunity to see sea life in a depth of down to eight meters without having to don any diving gear. The Busselton Observatory’s…
Margaret River Region
The Margaret River region is known for it’s wines. Many wineries accept walk- ins but we decided to book a wine tasting beforehand. Through some research we found the Whicher Ridge Winery South of Busselton where Neil and Cathy Howard produce excellent wines. What makes their wine tasting special is their incredible sensory garden. Next…
Busselton
We left Fremantle in the morning and made our way along the coast to the last stop of this trip: Busselton. Along the way we stopped in Mandurah to see the Giants, large wooden sculptures created by Thomas Dambo. The Danish artist uses recycled wood to build these larger-than-life statues and places them all over…
Freemantle
We took the free of charge Freemantle Blue Bus from South Beach that morning to get into the town‘s center and walked to the „Round House“. This building was the first prison in Fremantle when the British tried to establish Freemantle as their colony. The town has a laid back appearance and lots of cute…
Rottnest Island
Temperatures in Fremantle were lower than what we were used to after the last weeks up North but considering it was winter it was still quite pleasant outside. We wanted to spend the day on Rottnest Island cycling and looking for Quokas. Already back home I had booked tickets for the ferry to take us…
Back to Perth
From Broome we flew back down to Perth. After about 7.500km on the road we retraced part of our journey by plane. We met up with our daughter who had arrived in Perth a couple of days earlier and drove down to Fremantle from where we wanted to start exploring the Southern part of Western…
Broome
Sweaty and full of road dust we arrived at Broome with new impressions, new acquaintances, lots of photos and a bag full of dirty clothes. Originally we had planned to recover for a day and then head for a day tour to Cygnet Bay. But the tour was canceled. We decided to leave it at…
Kimberleys: Back to Broome
That night we slept on a camp site right next to the new Fitzroy River Bridge. It was the last night of our bus tour and the whole group of travelers joined for dinner at the camp pub. Our twelve day tour through the Kimberleys would come to an end the next day and we…
Kimberleys: Fitzroy River
On our way back to Broome we had to take a detour as parts of the Kimberleys were destroyed during that year’s cyclone season. Sections of the Great Northern Highway and Fitzroy Crossing were impassable. At Fitzroy Crossing, the Fitzroy River Bridge, was significantly damaged, along with 500 metres of road, cutting access to Aboriginal…