Australia
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Sunday, 25 Mar 2012 | Views [815]
When it comes to Australians, "friendly" is an understatement. They always have a "G'day, mate" for you and often lift a finger in greeting as they pass on the deserted roads. I am convinced that the introvert gene has been selectively ... Read more >
Thursday, 22 Mar 2012 | Views [1729]
The Aborigines who have called this place home for thousands of years would probably disagree. After all, they have lived off the land, they can identify the medicinal plants and know which are edible. They can appreciate the endless blue sky and ... Read more >
Monday, 19 Mar 2012 | Views [954]
Philip is at Shark Bay waiting for the wind, so he can go kite surfing. Sometimes he waits for it to power his 45-foot catamaran where he has lived for the last six years. Michelle, his main squeeze, is waiting for her broken leg to mend, broken while ... Read more >
Sunday, 18 Mar 2012 | Views [946]
Every time you take a breath, thank a stromatolite. These microscopic cyanobacteria dominated in the earth's shallow seas 3.5 billion years ago (Sorry, Creationists, but that's the way it is!) and are responsible for putting oxygen into our atmosphere.... Read more >
Friday, 16 Mar 2012 | Views [1686]
I expected Coral Bay, just a bit north of the Tropic of Capricorn, to be a glitzy resort town. It is, after all, the entry point to
Ningaloo Reef, one of the newest World Heritage sites and, if you believe
everyone in Western Australia, better ... Read more >
Tuesday, 13 Mar 2012 | Views [876]
There isn’t
much to see north of Cervantes on the Indian Ocean Highway except the
Australian version of wheat farms and infrequent glimpses of the ocean. Connie’s constant vigil for birds
provided the only diversion; a black kite, a brown goshawk ... Read more >
Saturday, 10 Mar 2012 | Views [946]
What a difference a few nights of sleep and a couple of lazy
days make. I feel almost human
again. All of our chores are
completed, taxes filed and we are getting back into the rhythm of camping - our
first time since we returned from the ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 Mar 2012 | Views [828]
Karrinyup Waters Caravan Park near Perth, Western Australia,is literally a world apart from Italy, a land of shorts and sandals, warm sunshine and screeching parrots, where English (sort of) is the lingo and we can read the signs, where we no longer ... Read more >
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