How shall I say it…we saved the best for last? I’m not sure; you decide…we loved every minute. We heard so much about Coral Bay that we added this spot to check it out. Everywhere everyone south of and around Perth raved about this part of WA. Now that I consider it, the fact is it was becoming colder in the south and everyone was green with envy that we were going to the “tropics”. Turns out Coral Bay it…
Once we left truffle-hunting behind, we were heading up through the Turquoise Coast to the Coral Coast. The weather would warm up, in fact we would cross the Tropic of Capricorn after a few days and the sea would be more appealing for swimming. We made an overnight stop at the Bennett’s ranchette to replenish our supply of welcoming faces, fresh eggs, tree-ripened limes, homemade yoghurt and to share a few stories of our journey. We departed Perth via the…
A few days of timber country and then we had only to drive a mere hour to one of the more famous locales in Australia – surfing and vineyard country – a combination that isn’t exactly symbiotic. A lighthouse at Cape Leeuwin protects an important geographic spot….the southwestern-most point of Australia where the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean meet. A ranger explained that the swell of the two seas meet at right angles. It was a beautiful calm day…
From the Great Southern to the Southern Forests, we were leaving the dramatic coastline for some dramatic flora. Enroute our favorite cow, the Belted Galloway, made a rare appearance beneath a rainbow. A treetop walk in a Tingle forest was pretty incredible on a 15-metre high bridge that spanned six 100-metre sections. The tingle is much like a redwood with shallow roots and often hollowed out at the base from fire, fungal or insect attack. They are actually a eucalyptus and can grow…