Day 14 - Saturday

Left Augusta and went to the famous Lighthouse, with on the left side the Southern Ocean and on the right the Indian Ocean.. Then to Hamelin. There are caves along the way but they were still closed, besides, it costs $22 to have a look and i'm not keen to go underground. Martijn has already been in the Blue Mountain caves and that was more than enough for him. So up to the beach; lovely spot but we thought we would go a bit further to Prevelly............camping full. It turns out to be Labour Day here in W.A. so a long weekend. OK, no problem, just down the road is Margaret River a nice little town/village. There's 1 spot available.............ours!! We have booked 2 nights to have a relaxing weekend and maybe we will boo k a third night if we want to do the beer and wine tour on Monday.

Day 13 - Friday

We were happy to leave Cheynes Beach camping. The 2 small kangaroos were nice but the horse flies were nasty; you couldn't sit outside, there were millions of them.!! We went to Albany and picked a wrong road: the signs aren't very clear there if you are a tourist. We ended up in Denmark and found a few nice spots after that. The most gorgeous place was Williams Bay, i have never seen anything like it!!!! Just a shame that you weren't allowed to camp there so we had to move on. All kinds of national parks, after a while they all look the same to me. Our songs on the road is definitely: 'Loving you' from Minnie Ripperton. Martijn keeps singing it, it drives me crazy.... Loving you is easy cause you're beautifull....doobie doobie doohoo, ahahahahahahahahhaaaaa.

On to Augusta. We are at Flinders Caravan Park. Due to the public holiday (long weekend) its full of families with anoying kids . The leaflet said 'easy access to the beach', yeah, but what a 'beach', rocks and dirty water, not at all what we expected!!!. So.............we're only stay here 1 night! Tomorrow we will try to find a nicer spot.

Day 12 - Thursday

Norseman, what can i say; it's not much. We drove 200km to Esperance, a pretty straight road with salt lakes on the sides of the road. there were a few tyre places so we got a good price and bought 2 new tyres. I was fitted in no-time. We had a look in Esperance, did some shopping and headed to the Cape Le Grande National Park. Nice area but when it rains, it's not half as nice!! Both campings were full till after the weekend - its turns out to be a long weekend here with some sort of public holiday. So we had to turn back. What to do? Drive on, direction Albany, the next bigger town. Almost 450 of long boring road again, the little townships on the way are nothing more 3 houses and a shed. Sometimes you read a sign of a beach to the left.....56 km on a dirtroad, good for 4w drives but not for us. So finally we saw Cheyne beach 19km on a sealed road. Yeah, on the camping and walking to the beach. WHAT BEACH? The water looked great but 'the beach' is covered with stinking seaweed!! Not 1 spot of sand to be seen. Well, that means that we will be on the road again tomorrow, lookiing for a nicer place.

Day 11 - Wednesday

From Ceduna to Norseman
Started to get some money out and put fuel in the tank ($1.48 Ceduna). Filled up a bit in Penong ($1.56.9). In Nandoo the price was the same. We also decided to count dead animals on the road so on this more than 1200 km stretch we counted: Dead Roos (or remaining of it): 84, 1 dead camel and 1 dead dog, not sure if it was a dingo or a unwanted domestic pet.
At the famous Nullarbor roadhouse you really get ripped off, unleaded $ 196.8. !!! We managed to make it to the Bordertown where it was $1.90. Also, you are not allowed to take any fruit or vegies over the border, there is a check point and they do want you to open all cupboards etc. Just a shame my beloved son opened his mouth too and simply offered information; 'is honey forbidden too??' Dayum, our honey jar got confiscated as well!!! He and his big mouth...........!!
Next town Eucla, $1.80 per unleaded litre. You would think that things would get better towards the main land............NOT!! Cocklebiddy $1.94. We had to fill up in Caiguna, stopped at the servo and guess what??? Flat tyre! My mechanic had told me that that one would be close to illegal so.....we changed the tyre like professionals, within 10 minutes, yeah baby. Fuel $1.97 here!!!!
Had a look at Balledonia... $1.98!! We arrived safely in Norseman ($1.70). The camping was expensive and really a crappy place but......we were tired and needed a sleep

We kept on driving because there really were no places along the road where we wanted to stay for a night!!

Day 10 - Tuesday

We left port lincoln at 8am, nice sunny weather with a bit of wind. Just before Coffin Bay we left the road, found an area to make great pictures of the rough ocean, rocks and sand dunes, what a fantastic sight! After about 150 km another little town Streaky Bay where we has a lovely pie and milkshake. At around 1.30pm we reached Ceduna, another not-to-big town with caravan park. We have bought some supplies for the BIG ROAD TO THE WEST - 1200km long to Norseman, made sure we have enough water, beer and wine! The only thing we didn't realise is that there's a ban of fruit from this side - and we just bought apples and bananas - so between now and tomorrow afternoon we each have to eat 3 bananas and 3 apples!!

The wash is hanging too, there's a lot of wind and no sun at the moment so i hope it dries quickly.

Day 10 - Tuesday

We left port lincoln at 8am, nice sunny weather with a bit of wind. Just before Coffin Bay we left the road, found an area to make great pictures of the rough ocean, rocks and sand dunes, what a fantastic sight! After about 150 km another little town Streaky Bay where we has a lovely pie and milkshake. At around 1.30pm we reached Ceduna, another not-to-big town with caravan park. We have bought some supplies for the BIG ROAD TO THE WEST - 1200km long to Norseman, made sure we have enough water, beer and wine! The only thing we didn't realise is that there's a ban of fruit from this side - and we just bought apples and bananas - so between now and tomorrow afternoon we each have to eat 3 bananas and 3 apples!!

The wash is hanging too, there's a lot of wind and no sun at the moment so i hope it dries quickly.

Day 9 - Monday

Had to drop Martin off at 6.30 at the Marina. He was going for his great white shark dive trip. And he did see them. In the cage, looking around not seeing anything and suddenly.....bang, there he was, all 3 1/2 metres of him. His day was perfect. Mine too; i stayed at the caravan park, taking a walk, having a look at the area, did some fishing; no luck with catching anything. Updated my photos on the computer etc. Had to pick him up again at 7pm. We had an early night.

Day 8 Sunday

Left around 9 this morning, needed some oil for the car and coolant. Have to look after our loyal yellow Getaway car. Getting out of Adelaide was no problem and on the way we decided to pay a bit extra for the ferry instead of driving all round the bay, which would be a pretty boring drive anyway. I quickly booked over the internet - lucky i have bought mobile internet - so we got a 10% discount. The weather did change a lot though, cloudy with even a few drops of rain on the other side. No service stations along the road!! And the one that we found in a little village was $1.55!

Now we are at a camping in Port Lincoln, see what the weather is going to do tomorrow