As The Crow Flies

It seemed like a milestone when we reached a little town Kalbarri just south of Monkey Mia. This coastal point was the most westerly position as the crow files from Brisbane probably the furthest we’ve been away from home; was certainly an interesting fact when talking to family. 

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Its been roughly 40,000km from when we started in Brisbane to now directly 3,800km opposite the country. 

Along the track we found some other random places that weren’t on our list of things to see. The national park close by featured gorges and a place named ‘Natures Window’ which seemed a particular attraction for visiting Asian tourists.

Heading more towards Perth we also came across something very random: a pink lake. The Port Gregory Lake was developed for the Leadmine which soon turned pink because of the build up of bacteria (Dunaliella salina) in the salt. It certainly was an eye opener pulling over on the side of the road in aura or to put it normally...”holy shit dave, its fricken pink!” (Bogan)

Just before the other subs of Perth there’s a place called The Pinnacles boasting huge limestone pillars rising out of the yellow sand. We were able to drive our car though the national park which weaved through the pinnacles which did make for some pretty shots.

 I wouldn’t have liked it any other way because for some reason this particular area housed soooo many flies. There were at least 50 around us at one time and jumping in the car seemed to be the only escape.

We were slightly concerned though heading more into Perth when introduced to bush fires. This state like Queensland is very prone to Cyclones, bush fires, and floods. The summers are long, very hot, and dry which was evident by the bush fires burning in the hills and other country towns. But once we reached the suburbs we noticed what a beautiful and well developed city Perth is. We took the beautiful coastal road along into our caravan park along Scarborough to Cottesloe and fell in love with the place straight away. It was a Sunday afternoon drive by watching people running with dogs, people surfing, swimmers on the beach, pubs overlooking the beach, all within minutes of the CBD. Perth’s urban development designs all their coastal areas around community recreation areas. It’s the beach, path ways for walkers and bikes, grassy areas for picnics, roads, and then private houses. W.A’s ‘wait awhile’ nickname proves that it waits for other states to bugger up and designs something better to make it work. Transport is excellent, designing bus systems that run into major train exchanges which are built in the middle of highways. Interesting view when you’re travelling 100kmhr on the highway and a train passes by on the right hand side.

Well, so far so good. We're enjoying Perth and surrounding. Might hang around awhile and see what we can find.