tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56444198607688607522024-03-13T15:07:55.380+11:00The Fiedlers 2012 Gap YearAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-58030767289841079522012-06-30T12:37:00.000+10:002013-01-05T22:06:41.814+11:00Broome<br />
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June</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was a 600 km drive to Broome. Unbeknownst to me, we had enough for a
570km trip!!! Dopey husband! Luckily for us not only was Len
following right behind us, but he also carried spare fuel. Another
catastrophe averted and we continued our journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">If
you want my opinion I'm not sure what all the hype is about Broome. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Pretty?
Yes, it's ok. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Expensive?
Hell yes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
fact, we couldn't afford the going rate in town so we stayed 30kms
outside. To be honest it is so busy we couldn't even get a spot in
town even if we wanted one. The Grey Nomads book their spot a year
in advance and then plonk themselves in front of their vans for 3
months. There are masses of them. And even though they say they
miss their grandkids and my kids make them think of theirs they don't
park near us or ask us for drinks in the afternoon! I mean really,
have they seen how cute my kids are? Doesn't that make up for the
noisy play-apparently not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
highlight for me was this cute organic cafe I found. It was called
The 12 Mile cafe and had the most amazing smells wafting from its
kitchen. We didn't try any of the meals but had coffees, smoothies
and cake, it was morning tea time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
cafe was in a lovely tropical setting with the verandah wrapped
around paw paw and banana trees and a cool canopy of foliage. The
toilet was an experience too. On entering it had a huge hole where a
window should be. It was like looking at a living painting as you
sat and did your business. Ben even found Green Tree Frogs in the
ground drain hole when he was having his turn!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was a place you could just sit at, the cafe not the toilet. The kids
played with the toys that were provided and lay in hammocks that had
been stretched between banana trees and Ben had fun exploring the
Guppies in the pond. Everyone was having a good time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
fact, I loved it so much we came back the next day for round 2 of
cake and coffee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
did manage to see a few other things in town. The local water park
was a big hit of course. Next to this park was the sea which we
normally have to avoid due to the crocs but as the tide was way out
Rasmus took the kids for an explore. Amongst other things they found
a Blue Ringed Octopus! A little on the scary side for me but
exciting for them all. Did I mention I was napping on a grassy hill
while they did all this? Mother of the Year don't you think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
a couple of days we said good-bye to Len, Heather and Josh here as
they drove on together with their daughter's family (Kylie and …
who had been camping with us here at Broome). They lived in Darwin
and we would be catching up with them there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
Broome has a big pearl history we wanted to do do a tour of some sort
for our last activity, but as they were all too expensive we settled
on a self guided one at the local pearl shop next to the Info Center.
Not quite as thrilling as a tour filled with artifacts, but lots of
interesting information.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Broome Vestlige Australien 6725, Australien-17.9512214 122.24432720000004-17.9814314 122.20398670000004 -17.9210114 122.28466770000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-37290276459580879912012-06-27T14:31:00.000+10:002012-12-11T22:41:56.528+11:00Barnhill Station 24th to 27th June<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
travelled with our new friends Len and Heather and their grandson
Josh towards Broome but after a days driving pulled into a reasonably
nice rest area. There were lots of other vans there too, some looked
like they were staying longer than just the night. But not us, we
were here just for the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
set up next to each other and someone made a little campfire for us
to cook our dinner on. We all sat together under a pergola eating
dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">When
Molly had finished she was wandering around us and suddenly announces
that she saw a shooting star. We do the usual “oh aren't you
lucky”, “did you make a wish?” noises at her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
also looks up to see what she sees. He is so excited by what he
sees. “Wow! Come and see this!”. I think he is just over doing
the excitement for Molly's sake so I remain seated eating my dinner.
He gets even more agitated and the others start to move over to have
a look. I am still sitting wondering what all the fuss is about as
the shooting star would have been long gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Finally,
I can't resist Rasmus' exertions anymore and get up to have a look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There
is in fact a huge shooting star making its way across the sky. It
goes on for ages before it disappears over the horizon. It was quite
a spectacular sight and in the morning Rasmus checks his social
network portals and discovers the same star had been seen as far away
as Sydney <a href="https://twitter.com/2_xanadu/status/216870450209370114" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/iBrett24/status/216870912513937409" target="_blank">here</a>! </span>
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am glad my skepticism didn't make miss the display, although I was
ribbed about my slow reaction time mercilessly for the rest of the
night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">25th-27<sup>th</sup>
June</span></div>
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Station</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
arrived at this stop quite early in the morning which is unusual for
us. Len and Heather are a good influence so we got an early start.
The road in was a 10km sandy track with about 1000 gates to open and
close! Well, it felt like 1000. It was me who had to keep getting
in and out of the car to tend to the ruddy things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
paid for our camping spot and were luckily enough to be able to set
up next door to our new best friends even though the park was quite
busy. Setting up a nice communal area in between us both to do our
daily living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There
were a lot of grey-nomads at this place who had set themselves up for
the winter. Complete with bowling green and tournaments. They know
how to live :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
for us, we preferred the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">They
had a 6 meter tide which exposed this amazing set of rock pools. The
kids spent hours combing the beach for interesting...and not so
interesting...shells. Molly discovered the cowrie shell with Heather
and had heaps collecting millions of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Ben
had a terrific experience when he managed to view the very moment a
Hermit crab swapped from one shell to another. It happens so
quickly; within seconds. Lucky boy. He named the crab Julie, after
his mum who had given the said crab his new home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
receding tide also revealed big coral pools filled with sponges and
snake like fish nestled with in them. A big rock formation was a
cool spot for a private swimming basin and playing house with
hermit crabs, Brittle Star and Fan Worms. The boys had a ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
weren't able to swim at the beach as there was the every present
warning of sharks and crocs so the fossicking was a great way to pass
the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
boys gathered a big bucket of hermit crabs and brought them back to
the camp site to observe their behaviour, very scientific. However,
very much my little boys when it was revealed that they would not be
coming with us on our trip. Lots of tears and emotional moments as
they were returned from whence they came :o(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
took a walk on the beach in the afternoon and managed to capture
another spectacular sunset. This time arranged artistically between
some rocks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
rest of our time was spent in practice for a special competition
coming up, The Sitting around Doing Nothing Cup 2012!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
did do some baking and tired my hand at a new recipe, Cinnamon Bread.
Thanks to Camilla Plum, my new fav TV cook, my baking skills
reputation is spreading far and wide. At least to Portland where
Heather & Len live. They thought it tasted pretty good!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Great Northern Hwy, Roebuck Vestlige Australien 6725, Australien-18.3673076 122.0386409-18.3710751 122.0337054 -18.3635401 122.0435764tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-19066159425295892542012-06-23T00:09:00.000+10:002012-11-29T09:21:03.175+11:00De Grey River<br />
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was the place where I was converted to the ways of the camp oven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
had heard of it before and seen it done but never before had I
experienced the “woman versus fire” wave of euphoria which passes
over oneself when a meal has been successfully cooked over burning
embers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
have to give credit to our wonderful neighbours Len and Heather from
Portland. It was them who sent me down the path I was now destined
to travel. Just me and my caste iron camp oven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
first afternoon when we arrived we said our hellos and quickly got
chatting. They had their grandson, Josh, with them so our kids soon
weaved themselves into his corner of the camping-spot. A camp fire
pit had already been laid out and they mentioned that they would
probably be cooking their dinner there. I was slightly intrigued at
that point but had a lot of stuff still to unpack and set up so our
dinner was made the tried and tested way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
wasn't till the next day that any real discussion about meal
preparation was more thoroughly explored. We had spent most of the
day completing some long over due school work with the boys and were
finally relaxing when our new friends came home from their days
adventures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">One
thing led to another and suddenly I was bending over a pot of spag
bol which I was reheating while balls of tin foil filled with potato
were baking in the hot coals. A hugely successful meal if I don't
mind saying so myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
next day, as more school work was being done, I was thinking about
what I would be cooking that evening over the fire pit. Although
Rasmus spent most of his day washing the red iron ore dust from our
clothes I would ask his opinion about what we should eat, trying to
gain inspiration and direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
eventually settled on an egg curry dish that was well accepted by the
family. However, I let myself down considerably by not only boiling
the eggs on the caravan's gas burner but also cooking the rice there.
I was crushed and although the curry itself was completed on the
fire I never really forgave myself for this set back so early in my
camp-fire-cooking career.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A
new morning and another day spent going over the mistakes of the day
before. What was I going to do to make up for yesterday's lapses? </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
wasn't till a fated trip to check on my son that everything fell into
place. The campground was situated next to a river and Ben had spent
most of his time playing in the water collecting algae and small
fish. After checking out his latest finds I wandered back to our own
van but not before passing an elderly couple and starting up a
conversation with them. They had noticed we had camp fires each
night and wondered if we might like to borrow their camp oven. They
were not going to be using it and suggested I might like to try
baking a damper, supplying their own fail proof recipe into the
bargain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">You
couldn't wipe the smile from my face as a carried the heavy pot
across the road back to our place. I told everyone what I would be
doing that night for dinner and put Len and Heather on standby for
their input with the finer details of my first baking experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Returning
to our van I prepared the damper dough according to Jim's recipe and
when it was mixed to perfection I laid it into the oiled and floured
camp oven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
had stoked up the fire and the coals where a glorious fusion of
throbbing reds and oranges. We were ready for the baking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
pot was lowered onto the coals and the waiting began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Half
an hour later we smelt delicious aromas wafting from the blackened
vessel alerting us to the damper's readiness. We lifted the lid and
there it was, the staff of life in all its golden goodness. We
waited as long as we could before cutting into the loaf and it was
perfect. And I was hooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
next day while Rasmus washed more dirty clothes and bed sheets, Molly
and Kasper rode their bikes and Ben went on walkabout with Len to
find some rocks worthy of Len's collection I spent my time cleaning
the camp oven ready to return it to its owners. While I cleaned I
dreamed of all the wonderful meals I would be preparing in future
camping holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">When
I finally went to return the pot the owners said I could keep it and
use it again tonight, they had no plans for using it. Wow! I was
excited. I took the pot home with me again and thought about the
evening's meal. I had originally taken out the standby minced meat
but with my magic pot I had more adventurous ideas. Deep in the
freezer I had bought a roast. It must have been fate as it was the
first roast I had bought on our trip and it had only been purchased a
few days ago!! I pulled it out wondering if it would defrost in
time. Only time would tell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
rest of the day was spent doing much of nothing. The kids played
with Josh, rode their bikes and drew pictures. I took myself off to
the river and had a bath. It was so refreshing and I felt so clean
after the dustiness of the campgrounds we had been living at. Rasmus
was often seen reading his Kindle after a long morning of washing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
between these activities I prodded and poked the frozen meat checking
to see if it had sufficiently defrosted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
the afternoon Len took some of the others to try their luck at
fishing while Heather and I stayed back to drink wine and chat.
Rasmus came back at one stage to get his snorkeling gear on as his
line had gotten snagged. We wished him luck. We had been hearing an
often repeated story about a 6ft Bull shark which had been caught
last year, or last month, or 5 years ago, depending on who told the
story so we thought Rasmus might need it, the luck that is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">At
last the moment came to building the fire and getting the coals ready
for the inaugural roast cooking. Unfortunately, it took a long time
to get them to the stage we needed. The kids were getting antsy so I
compromised my dinner menu and boiled some 2 minute noodles for them.
It turned out to be good thing as Rasmus and I didn't eat before
8pm!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">To
cook the food Rasmus dug a hole and filled it with the burning
embers, we then lowered the pot down and covered the lid with more
coals. Now to wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
half an hour or so we had a look and added some vegies to the pot.
Another 20 mins and it should be done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">And
it was and it was so amazingly delicious. Melt in your mouth
delicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
the morning we decided to extend our stay for yet another day. Our
overnight rest stop had already been stretched out to a four night
mini stay. But for me it was another opportunity to use the magic
vessel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was Skt Hans tonight. The Danish celebration of the longest day of
the year, and coincidentally, John the Baptist's birthday from which
the day is named after. We spent the day doing the usual stuff.
More study for the boys, going for walks and reading. When the
afternoon came Ben and I designed a rusticly styled witch which we
would be adorning our bonfire with that evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
cooked chicken noodle soup on the fire and had also prepared a big
damper for the camp oven which we would have for dessert. I was
nervous about this as the owners of the oven and Jim himself, writer
of the damper recipe, would also be at our Skt Hans celebrations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
dinner we placed the pot onto the beautifully glowing embers and
waited the half an hour till it was cooked. As it was lifted out we
could see how perfectly baked it was. I watched Jim as he ate his
slice and finally he declared that it was delicious and was very
proud of me. I was proud of me too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
lit the fire again and watched the witch burn as we sang “<i>Midsommer
Visen”.</i> It was a lovely
evening and I one I would long remember.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">They
weren't all successes though. Each morning the fire would be relit
and after the billy was boiled I would try and make the day's bread
in the remaining coals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
first time the loaf, although cooked, was burnt on the bottom and a
thick slice had to be removed before we could eat it. On our second
attempt, being over cautious, the bread was removed from the coals
too early and when we cut into it there was a huge doughy center. We
had rice cakes for lunch that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Each
attempt has been a learning experience for me and I am happy for my
six days initiation into the mysterious world of camp oven cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Now
we move on to new campgrounds to explore and new campfires to cook
on.</span><br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="http://www.endomondo.com/embed/workouts?w=ny9z5NDLF28&width=580&height=600&width=950&height=600" width="950"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Great Northern Hwy, De Grey Vestlige Australien 6722, Australien-20.317584496594961 119.26483154296875-20.436703996594961 119.10690304296875 -20.198464996594961 119.42276004296875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-85160990846157609672012-06-17T11:45:00.000+10:002012-11-06T00:37:15.479+11:00Port Hedland 17 June<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was a 3 hour trip to Port Hedland but the Ranger had said that the
service would be quicker than at the closer Tom Price Hospital. We
just had to find the place first! Rasmus had set the coordinates
into the GPS and, being newcomers to the place, we were heavily
reliant on its ability to get us around. The only problem was, when
we arrived at the destination supplied by our resident GPS there was
no hospital!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South Hedland hospital</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
had seen a sign for one as we drove into town but that was in South
Hedland and we were told, via Gavin Garmin (our GPS) that the
hospital was in Port Hedland, not South. So we faithfully travelled
on only to be stabbed in the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Taking
matters into our own hands we returned to South Hedland and followed
the sign posts to the hospital there. This annoyed Gavin muchly and
he constantly insisted that we do U-turns at the next intersections.
Despite his pressure we did not turn around and finally made it to a
lovely <i><b>NEW</b></i> hospital which Mr Garmin had apparently
never heard of!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
dropped my and Kasper off while he went to find a place to park the
Beast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Arriving
at the emergency department, we announced ourselves, filled in the
paperwork and was in seeing the doc before 10 mins had gone past! I
had never seen such quick service in a hospital in my life. OK, we
were the only ones in the waiting room, but they were really friendly
too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Kasper
was poked at and prodded and eyeballs were looked at and measured
through what seemed like a very thorough examination. Given the all
clear it was, luckily, only the white part which had been scratched
and this self heals remarkably well. Eye drops were then prescribed
and then not only were they given to us on the spot but at no cost!
What a lovely town!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">My
rating for Port Hedland peaked at this stage. However, it dropped
significantly and quickly through out the rest of our time here.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over night rest stop with a bit of traffic noise</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collecting water for the next week</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
had gotten into a routine of buying lunch when we entered a town just
to give us a little treat. Can you believe that a burger in a
take-away place cost $15!! A crappy burger that had been pre-made,
wrapped in foil and left to wait in a bay marie until it was sold!
No thanks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
bought the kids a few chips for $12 that they could share but there
was not enough for me and Rasmus. In fact there was barely enough
for them! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">To
even things out we did manage to get a new Kindle on special at the
local Woolies store so that made up a few bonus points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
Port Hedland only had salt mining on one side of the road and iron
ore on the other we called it a day after the shopping and moved on
to greener pastures :o) </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small road train</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Making salt by drying sea water</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">12<sup>th</sup>
June</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rest
stop just before Tom Price</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
the disappointed of Cape Range we decided to go a completely
different way and headed towards an inland National Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
couldn't make it in one day so we made one of our famous over night
stops. This time we had to go down a rather steep rocky embankment.
Which never seems quite as steep until you are in the middle of it.
Tomorrow morning's drive out should be interesting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
never rearrange too much in the van when we are only stopping for an
over nighter so it was quickly done. The kids spent some time
fossicking through the many rocks that surrounded us which always
keeps them amused for a while :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">While
Rasmus and I sat and pondered life's problems, as we are want to do
from time to time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
made an interesting observation during my routine middle of the night
wee. Actually, it was Rasmus who put me on to it. When you shine
your torch on the ground to watch where you are walking sometimes
you have some shininess radiating back at you. If you look a little
closer it is often the eyes of spider you have found!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Makes
for fascinating chitchat if you ask me!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going up a rather steep rocky slope</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
the morning we sat and pondered the job that Alfie had ahead of her;
pulling The Beast out of the rocky nest we had made for ourselves
last night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
decided that to make it as light as possible me and the kids would
stand out and walk up the incline while Rasmus and Alfie made the
trip up together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
held our breath and crossed our fingers and....it worked! Out safe
and sound :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Climbing
back into the car we headed to Tom Price to do some shopping before
we got into the farawayness of the National Park.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
went into the supermarket while Rasmus took the kids into the library
which was situated just over the road. For a tiny little logging
town I was expecting some pretty hefty prices but it was all good and
I could stock up to my little hearts content. I love it when I can
do that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">13th-16<sup>th</sup>
June</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Karijini
National Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
Cape Range failure meant that we had some extra time up our sleeves
so we decided to check out Karijini National Park. I had never heard
of it of course, but that went for most of the towns we had already
visited.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Nameless being demolished in the coming decades</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was up higher than we had been along the coast so the landscape
changed from the flat, yellowness we had been seeing to huge hills
covered in greenery. Not the lush, forest stuff of the Dandenong
Ranges, but green nonetheless, which was a welcome relief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There
was also a lot of mining up this way too. The mountains were heavy
with red iron ore and we could see where the machines were taking
slices away until the mountain was completely gone. It was a bit sad
really. We told the kids to take a good look around as the mountains
might not be here the next time they come through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Karijini
itself was lovely. On entering the park we went to the most
organized Caretakers we had seen up til now. They had their tent set
up where people came to them to get their camp spot allocated and
walky talkies to communicate with staff. It all made them look very
important.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">They
gave the kids a Karijini Newspaper which was full of activities which
they could complete and then become junior rangers, very fancy...and
educational.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
camp spot we had been given was a nice big one with access to other
campers which I like, being the social animal that I am.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Actually,
the moment we pulled up Molly spotted the family with kids! Show
time! Out she jumped and off she went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
whole camp ground was covered in the red soil that the miners coveted
so much but which mother's find quite irritating when washing clothes
and bodies!. It was a fun experiment however, when we put a magnet
in the soil and pulled it up covered in the iron filled earth. The
kids were fascinated...me too actually :o)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking at gorges began</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was at this place that we began our furore into the world of gorge
walking and like any novice we were filled with excited anticipation
to begin.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Arriving
at the car park we filled our packs with the necessary equipment;
water bottles, bathers, towels and food.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Naturally,
the trek down into the gorge was steep. Steeper than I had
anticipated. However, it wasn't the walk in that had me worried...we
still had to get out of here!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">By
the time we reached the top of the waterfall, which was at the bottom
of the gorge, my legs were shaking. While I sat down to regain my
poseur my children scrabbled up and down the tiered walls of the
waterfall, making me feel even more old and unfit...thanks a lot
kids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
I have finally get my energy back we make our down even further into
the gorge via the steps of the water fall. That was the easy part.
Now for a 3km hike following the path the raging river takes during
the wet season. It really is quite lovely despite the heat, sore
feet from the new boots I am wearing and the heat. Did I mention it
was hot? We were all looking forward to seeing the water pool at the
end of our trek.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a gorge pool</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
a couple of hours, 1500 “I'm hungry” and 1000 “are we there
yet?” we finally do arrive at our destination. Off comes the gear
and....I'm the only one to get in!!! It's cold...really cold...icy
cold. So, the kids chicken out but Rasmus finally makes an entrance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Later,
Ben discovers that there are leeches in the pool so Rasmus high tails
it out but I, the stoic one, brave it out. Geez, where is there
sense of adventure?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layers of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos#Blue" target="_blank">Blue Asbestos</a> in the cliffs</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
then have a quick bite to eat to regain our strength for the trek
out. This time however, we plan to walk up, straight up. By my
reckoning it is about a 150o! No, I am not kidding, really! And my
legs can confirm it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Goodness
me it was bloody hard work! But again, in an endeavor to make me
look as unfit as possible, my husband not only bounds ahead of me to
get up and out, but he <i><b>runs</b></i> back to the beginning where
we left the car and drives it back to pick us up!! Well, perhaps he
was actually being really sweet, but I felt really, really unfit
looking at him :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Over
the next few days I can hardly walk and I need a hit of pain
relieving drug after going down the 2 stairs from the van door. But
the rest of the family solider on. Back to the gorge for more
swimming at a warmer water hole they found, walks to the lookouts,
riding endlessly on their bikes and self guided nature tours. I
really am tired and sore just from looking at them :o)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ranger and Kids (Kasper with eye covered)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Only
one glitch in the week. Kasper scratched his eyeball on a tree
branch! Poor Kasper. He came home crying and wailing as only our
Kasper can but I can understand his pain. We wrapped up the eye and
decided to wait till the morning, our leaving day, to see if he still
needed some extra care. As we were in the middle of nowhere and the
hospital some hours away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Come
day break he still had blurry vision so we knew what was on our
agenda for today.On our way out of the NP we took the kids activity
newspapers to the HQ where they received their Junior Rangers badge.
Kasper also got some TLC from the ranger for his eye and off we went
in search of the Port Hedland hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Bye
Karijini National Park, we really enjoyed you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Karajini Dr, Karijini Vestlige Australien 6751, Australien-22.47040789005727 118.54810237884521-22.472241890057269 118.54563487884522 -22.468573890057272 118.55056987884521tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-79487215547460124682012-06-11T14:53:00.000+10:002012-11-05T10:59:06.163+11:00Exmouth Failure June 11th<table style="width: 194px;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Today
we wanted to go to a National Park which we heard had the most
fantastic snorkeling There was also the opportunity to swim with
some gentle giants-The Whale Sharks. We were very excited .
However, it was a very popular place, we were in peak Grey-Nomad
season and we hadn't booked so were crossing our fingers there was a
spot for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was 200km round trip into the peninsula of Cape Range so it was an
expensive detour but on we travelled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
an hour or so we spotted a sign that pointed to <i>Cape Range 11km.
</i>We were both a bit surprised as
we had thought it was another 100kms or so along the road. Maybe it
was a short cut? The road was tarred and flat so we took the
turnoff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Big Mistake!!</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After a km the bitumen road
stopped and a dirt road took its place. Except it had been raining
so it wasn't dirt anymore. The road started to wind its way upward.
Higher and higher, muddier and muddier, slipperier and slipperier</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Checking out Google Maps we saw
that the road actually went nowhere and was merely a path to the
majestic views! It was too narrow to turn around-remember we had the
beast behind us! So, we could only go onwards. The fantastic vista
was of little consequence as I held onto my seat with white knuckles.
I wasn't really having fun.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Finally we found a small road off
to the right that Rasmus could back into and then drive back the way
we had come. Since we had found a way out we decided to stop for
lunch and take in the views, which were quite breath taking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We at last made it to terra firma
scolding ourselves for trying to take the easy way. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A few more hours of driving and
we arrived at Exmouth, the gateway to the snorkeling paradise of Cape
Range. But guess what! No spots available for 5 days! And the
Exmouth caravan park wanted $77 a night!! That didn't included
shares in the park, just an overnight stay! And it was a decidedly
uninspiring dusty town.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So ended our dream. Coz 5 x $77
adds up to a bloody lot of cash-a-Rooney!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
were disappointed as we travelled back out but as someone famously
once said when he was tight spot, <i>Such is Life.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After so many hours driving already we didn't have the energy to find the next camp spot so settled down for the night at a rest stop by the side of the road.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Cape Range National Park, Vestlige Australien 6707, Australien-22.0709945 113.9774369-22.541883000000002 113.3457229 -21.600106 114.6091509tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-56767810234498786462012-06-10T12:12:00.000+10:002012-10-16T12:53:01.113+11:00Coral Bay 6 - 10th June<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Rest
stop after Carnarvon</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
spent the day in Carnavon doing all our little jobs which always
seems to take the whole day!! Gas bottles, petrol, and shopping. We
only shop every 2 weeks so it is a huge job when it is done.
Naturally buying the stuff is the easy part, then comes the unpacking
and putting it away. Even in a smaller living space it is a tedious
task!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">When
we were doing the aisles we noticed a couple of ladies who were
filling their trollies with amazing amounts of stuff. It looked
like they were buying supplies to set up a shop!! Turns out they
were from Exmouth, over 300km away and they come down to Carnavon to
do their shopping as there is nothing cheaper in between!! Thinking
about the price of petrol and a 600km round trip which was a cheaper
option for them than buying locally we began thinking that we
wouldn't be buying groceries until we hit Darwin!!</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Yikes!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
bought a few extra supplies anyway, despite it being difficult to do
in our kitchen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
our way out we passed banana plantations which was exciting. We felt
like we were heading into some sort of tropical fruit paradise. I
had promised Molly before we left that as we were following the
summer we could eat cherries and mangos every morning for brekky. She
was hanging out for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">That
turned out to be a lie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">However,
I was hoping our luck had changed and we would soon be lying under
mango trees gorging ourselves on the delicious golden flesh. The
banana plantations were a good sign.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
it turned out that was a lie too.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
were told later that Carnavon was indeed a fruit and veggie growing
area and you could drive into the farms and buy their produce at
really cheap prices. I love doing that!! But nobody told me <u>before</u>
we got to the place did they!! I bought our stuff from Coles which
had probably been grown in Carnavon, shipped to Perth and then
shipped back again!!!</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We drove out, past the bewitching
plantations, and set up camp in the next free rest stop. Toilet and
rubbish bin!</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It was here that we met a Danish
family. We had been there for a while when a new van pulled up and
kids hopped out. Molly's kid radar had been activated and she went on
the prowl for some new </span>
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<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">play mates. I watched her go
over to the family but she was being shy so I thought I would go over
as well to give her a hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">That's when I heard it! Danish!</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Er du Danske?” (are you
Danish?) said I in my perfect Danish.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">And they were. We got chatting
and the kids got playing and before you know it we had arranged to
met at the next town's caravan park as they had just stopped for
lunch and were moving on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Very cool.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus had also met a backpacker
couple, Joakim and Flo. But I didn't know about this until the next
caravan park. That's when I met them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Coral
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<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
had a few hours drive ahead of us soon we went. The highlight, for
Rasmus anyway, was when we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn. We all
piled out of the car and performed the ordained rites, also known as,
taking lots of photos! And then piled back into the car. On we
went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
arrived at Coral Bay and set up our caravan for 3 days of sun, surf
and snorkeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
beach was just over the road from us so we knew where we were headed
as soon as we were ready.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Well,
actually the kids found the Danish family we had met at the last camp
spot so the beach trip was put off for a short time while they had a
play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was really lovely watching the kids interact with the danish kids.
Especially Ben. He and Johannes had really hit it off and so spent
all their time together. Johannes couldn't speak english so it was
left to Ben to fall back onto his second language and he did a great
job. I was so proud of him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">I
even made a Brun-sviger cake to share with our new friends. It was
all very cozy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">Eventually
we did make it to the beach and spent some great hours snorkeling
under the water watching the marine life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">Great
big Snapper would be swimming around your legs and if you swam out a
bit more you reached the reef and could see some beautiful coral. </span></span>
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<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">It
is such an adventure to see a different side of the world.</span></span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">It
was here that I met up with some people that Rasmus had previously
found. Joakim and Flo.</span></span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">They
were from The Netherlands and Switzerland respectively, and were
doing a trip around Oz in a van.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">They
came over a couple of times for beer and coffee and it was nice to
chat about stuff that is different from our own lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">The
Euro Cup was playing at the time and the 3 Europeans planned to met
up and watched a game between Denmark and The Netherlands. Not
surprisingly I have no idea who won! (Rasmus: the towns sports pub didn't show the game as the owner wanted to be in bed by 11pm... I managed to find an online streaming but watched it alone)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times-Roman, serif;">We
were only at Coral Bay for 3 mights as the caravan park was so darn
expensive so it was with a bit of sadness that we said goodbye to our
newfound friends. Ben and Johannes swapped email addresses and
promised to keep in touch.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Coral Bay Western Australia 6701, Australien-23.1410266 113.7764051-23.1556276 113.75666410000001 -23.1264256 113.7961461tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-51955437959909581172012-06-05T23:57:00.000+10:002012-10-08T23:31:55.228+11:00Gladstone 3 - 5 June<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">3</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">rd
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4</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">th</span></span></sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">
June</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Gladstone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
we travelled again. This time we chose a place off the main road a
bit. We had to open a gate to get through and then came 10kms of the
bumpiest and most corrugated dirt road we had encountered up till
now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">By
the time we arrived at our camp spot the caravan need totally
rearranging. Bits and bobs had moved and shifted but thankfully all
the cupboards had held tight.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qnRKOSDCHN8/UGr0EoY8LhI/AAAAAAAAfgw/zTJD0VtTQ6Y/s1600/Gladstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qnRKOSDCHN8/UGr0EoY8LhI/AAAAAAAAfgw/zTJD0VtTQ6Y/s640/Gladstone.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click for larger view of collage</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
were met at the camp ground by the Caretaker who looked liked he had
spent about 1000 years in the sun and had never trimmed his beard.
However, he was very helpful and we found a lovely camp spot right on
the water's edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
spent our time doing the usual- that is, at much at all; sleeping and
eating were periodically broken up with book reading and swimming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">They
had a very old jetty which had slipped into retirement without much
fanfare. A hand made stone and pebble path had been constructed so
that you could walked out to what was left of the jetty, only the
vertical support beams. The kids tight roped their way out as far as
they could while I hung on for dear life while trying to look cool,
as another family were there too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">From
the end of the jetty you could see some really big fish, or so I was
told.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
only vaguely dramatic event to interrupt our tranquility was the
visit from the Wild Life and Fisheries Dept. They were on the hunt
for illegally sized fish and looked in our fridge, rubbish bins and
esky. No stone left unturned in their pursuit of peccable fishermen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
our 2 days of lapping up yet more sunshine we battened down the
hatches for the bumpy drive back to the main road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Apart
from the usual dishevel inside the van we also lost one of the side
mirrors! We are really living on the edge heh!</span></div>
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Little Bike ride<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">5</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">th
</span></span></sup><span lang="en-US">June</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rest
stop before Carnarvon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
we made our way to Carnavon we had to make an overnight stop at one
of the free rest areas that we have made use of many times during our
journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
rest stops are usually not very exciting. Some are better than others
in that they have toilets and a shaded picnic area. Often there is
nothing more than a rubbish bin, a pull-in from the main road!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
some places they can be full of other rest overnighters and still
others we are the only ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
one we stopped at tonight was pretty simple. Just a rubbish bin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">All
went well during the night as per the usual. It wasn't until the
morning that disaster struck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
were packing away stuff getting ready to hit the road again, when I
asked Rasmus to take a pile of trash we had accumulated during our 20
hour stop over. Which he did as per his usual obedient manner.
Thanks Hubby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
wasn't till later, after having searched for his prized Kindle for
several hours, that he put two and two together and came up with
Kindle thrown into rubbish bin with the rest of trash!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">He'd
had the Kindle in his hand when I loaded him up with our rubbish and
must of dumped the whole lot in with out giving it a thought. Dopey
Hubby.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Gladstone, Wooramel Western Australia, Australien-25.953329 114.244698-26.0104385 114.165734 -25.8962195 114.323662tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-54505011519655141002012-06-01T15:49:00.000+10:002012-10-02T23:42:40.569+10:00Sharks Bay 29th May to 2nd June<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">World Heritage area</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whalebone beach</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
a little convincing Rasmus agreed to make the 300 km detour into the
Shark Bay Peninsula. We wanted to see some dolphins! As it was
quite a drive in we stopped at one of the free camping spots for the
night. There are 4 of them as you drive into Monkey Mia and if you
ring up the council for a permit you can stay for one night. We
chose Whalebone Beach (recommended by the Marsh family)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Great
choice too! What a spot! Right next to the water, and I mean only a
couple of meters. It was so lovely.</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ2D_V5KPBg/UC5m3lb8s6I/AAAAAAAAanc/IQ1j6NRmoSo/s1600/P1250318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ2D_V5KPBg/UC5m3lb8s6I/AAAAAAAAanc/IQ1j6NRmoSo/s200/P1250318.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7v2WtqGBwRA/UC5myxXjV4I/AAAAAAAAafY/LYvP1qSsY2s/s1600/P1250299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7v2WtqGBwRA/UC5myxXjV4I/AAAAAAAAafY/LYvP1qSsY2s/s200/P1250299.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local fish</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
water was flat and easy for the kids to explore. They soon donned
their snorkeling gear and made sweeps of the area on the look out for
treasure. There was also a bit of sand to dig around in which kept
them occupied for many hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Our
day ended enjoying a quiet sunset at the water's edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
the sun rose we headed off to spend 3 nights at the Monkey Mia Resort
which was rather a special treat. It's a bit expensive but quite
frankly they have you over a barrel as there isn't any other choice.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zgoQSgP2jLE/UC5nDkArKCI/AAAAAAAAagY/xzpdnZ-M1h4/s1600/P1250366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zgoQSgP2jLE/UC5nDkArKCI/AAAAAAAAagY/xzpdnZ-M1h4/s200/P1250366.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dolphin feeding</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tk9IaQiwZZI/UC5nCKTHeII/AAAAAAAAank/AEKMhxn15G0/s1600/P1250362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tk9IaQiwZZI/UC5nCKTHeII/AAAAAAAAank/AEKMhxn15G0/s200/P1250362.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flipper show</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was quite hot when we were setting up so to get the kids out of the
way I took them for a quick wander along the very nearby beach. We
spotted a jetty and headed in that direction. While the kids were
looking to add to their growing accumulation of sea side stuff I
chatted to a lady who said they were waiting for the dolphins to
arrive for their 3<sup>rd</sup> and final feeding of the day. If
they didn't come by noon it wouldn't happen at all.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hx66JTYAO5s/UC5nEn8jcLI/AAAAAAAAagg/zy_aRFb7jm0/s1600/P1250375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hx66JTYAO5s/UC5nEn8jcLI/AAAAAAAAagg/zy_aRFb7jm0/s200/P1250375.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dusk at Monkey Mia</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nOBx2KFHCCM/UC5nG6tqilI/AAAAAAAAago/oNeeFJMlt4M/s1600/P1250379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nOBx2KFHCCM/UC5nG6tqilI/AAAAAAAAago/oNeeFJMlt4M/s200/P1250379.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning at Monkey Mia</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Me
and the kids continued to wander as I thought we would catch the
dolphin show the next day when Rasmus and his camera where around.
Up on the jetty Ben was excited to see several large fish hanging
around darting under the jetty and back again.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Sea turtle and two crocs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emus scavenging everything</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Suddenly,
we saw dolphins!! They were right there at the jetty! Everybody had
waited on the beach and we had struck gold when the dolphins came to
us.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot top</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was a real sight to see them so close. A pod of about 5. I was very
conscience that neither Rasmus nor his camera were here to capture
the event but I wasn't leaving to fetch him for anything! By now
others had joined us and we were all ooh-ing and aah-hing over the
sweet water creatures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Eventually
the Monkey-Mia-dolphin-food-bucket-holder arrived and we got the do's
and don'ts of what to do around the dolphins.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0p_Zz2RDBPE/UC5nRNhvktI/AAAAAAAAahQ/TPfj2Pxwpaw/s1600/P1250410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0p_Zz2RDBPE/UC5nRNhvktI/AAAAAAAAahQ/TPfj2Pxwpaw/s200/P1250410.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coconut tree</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Standing
in a line in the shallows we waited for the playful dolphins to come
for a feed. Only 3 people get chosen to hand over a fish and guess
what??? Molly and Kasper were team number 1. And coz I was standing
with them I also had to help. Apparently it takes 3 from our family
to hand over a fish whilst others only had 1 member. Hmm......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
had turned up by now too and took the required photographic evidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
had a really fun time at this resort and were really lucky with what
we saw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Ben
was so happy to see Lion fish on several occasions, we swam with sea
turtles and Rasmus and Molly had dolphins swirling around them at one
stage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">At
the resort itself a family of emus roam the place looking for stuff
to eat. As I was holed up in the caravan with my dastardly
assignment, I was often dashing outside to rescue something that the
kids had left lying around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Hard
up for TV my children loved to sit in a darkened room watching
episodes of <i>The Blue Planet</i>.
In fact, sometimes we had to drag them outside to see the actual
things they were watching on the film!!! Kids heh!</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TpA_wJVdHUg/UC5nWgax6mI/AAAAAAAAahw/Wf_DD6HDFV8/s1600/P1250440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TpA_wJVdHUg/UC5nWgax6mI/AAAAAAAAahw/Wf_DD6HDFV8/s200/P1250440.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird watching</td></tr>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DP6djVsFjPY/UC5njGGKFmI/AAAAAAAAang/D19Ge1hCYac/s1600/P1250478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DP6djVsFjPY/UC5njGGKFmI/AAAAAAAAang/D19Ge1hCYac/s200/P1250478.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We did manage walks on the beach
and snorkeling in the ocean and...trumpets please....the end of
Assignment 1. Hip Hip Hooray. We even had a little party to
celebrate the event.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
the way out of the resort and on to our final overnight camp at
Sharks Bay, we stopped for lunch to see a most magnificent blue
lagoon. It was so inviting. I could of just jumped into the blueness
except I was trying to avert tears of disappointment of a level
unseen on the Richter scale.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Party for Julie</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Ben had been very keen to see
some sharks while we were at Sharks Bay but they not been as keen to
see him. We had agreed to let him go out on an early morning boat
that the resort organised but they cancelled due to windy weather.
So, we had tears. Lots of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In my job as mediator (for which
I get paid bucks!) I rang the local Ocean Park and arranged for Ben
to pop in and see their sharks. Free of charge! I know, you don't
have to say it. I'm amazing.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8G-cOoVsaI/UC5nnJ5iYbI/AAAAAAAAakg/BOuv3S7NLuw/s1600/P1250777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8G-cOoVsaI/UC5nnJ5iYbI/AAAAAAAAakg/BOuv3S7NLuw/s200/P1250777.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">First wild sharks spotted below</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Needless to say I missed out on
jumping into the Blue lagoon but I had put a big smile on my boy and
that was worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So, after lunch off we went.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bush walk</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The others stayed behind with the
van while I took Ben into the Park and we meet the manager. Ben </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">went
off with him and I waited in the foyer. I could see Ben following,
listening and asking a million questions and an hour later he
returned full of smiles and feeling much better about the world.
Yes, you can say it again, I'm amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We hit the trail again to find
our camp spot for the night. We were going to do another freebie
even though you are only allowed to do 1 per week on the Sharks Bay
Peninsula.. We're rebellious like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Finally arriving about 4.30 we
set up camp and Rasmus began to make dinner. I suddenly remembered
that we hadn't rung the council for a permit (for the free camp) so
was in the process of doing that when the Ranger pulled up in his
car. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Hi.” I said, “I was just
going to call you for our permit.”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ranger pulled up at sunset</td></tr>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I'm sorry.” he answered, “
there aren't any permits left. You'll have to leave.”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Reading infographics by tourch</td></tr>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Huh!!?? But I've got young
kids and we are eating dinner and.....”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Sorry, you will have to pack
up and leave.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There was no persuading him and
he went on to ask another van to leave too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus insisted that we stay and
eat dinner first which was good foresight on his behalf as it went on </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">to be a long night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Driving out of the campground we
remembered that we hadn't seen Shell Beach yet, that was going to
done tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Oh well, we will have to see it
in the dark!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So we did!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under Orion on shell beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shells here are 5 meter deep</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Lucky for us it was a full moon
so seeing the endless meters of tiny white shells was not as
difficult as it might have been on another night. We walked over the
shell dunes and down to the water's edge picking up handfuls of the
shells and reading the messages written by other visitors. It was
actually a pretty cool evening (and by cool I mean coool, not
chilly).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We put the kids into their pjs
and snuggled them into the car as we were not really sure where we
were going next.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">By the time we had reached the
end of the Peninsula they were asleep and we needed petrol. Pulling
up to the bowser we noticed another car who had locked their keys in.
And left their lights on!! The petrol station guy was of no help but
eventually we got them out and on we went.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning after a late night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trees hang to life in the bush</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It was 9pm before we found a
suitable place to pull over for the evening. We popped the kids into
their beds and then sat back to breathe the night air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Another adventure complete.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580273656211547533noreply@blogger.com0Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australien-25.732342 113.5728501-27.563043999999998 111.0459946 -23.90164 116.0997056tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-31295660417387675032012-05-28T01:14:00.000+10:002012-08-30T01:05:11.521+10:00Kalbarri and a rest stop 25 - 28 May<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arriving in Kalbarri</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There
were no free or cheap camping in this area so we had to bite the
bullet and pay for a caravan park! $65 a night thank you very much.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lush green lawns</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">However,
Kalbarri is an oasis. Driving through the dry coast line from the
last town and coming over the hill into Kalbarri it is a real
picture. A bay with the bluest water and dotted with palms on it's
edges. The sight itself was worth the $65. Maybe not, but you get
the idea; it was really, really beautiful. Besides, our friends the
Marshes were also camped there.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting in vain for pelican feeding</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">At
the registration desk the park owners took one look at our Beast and
put us down the back. That's ok, we thrive on adversity!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another sunset</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">For
the 3 days we were in Kalbarri I think we wore a track between our
van and the beach across the road!! The kids just love to go to the
beach!! Snorkeling, catching stuff, collecting shells. As long as
there is sand and water they will be there!</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_gyq3yCGu4A/UCuO450UaEI/AAAAAAAAEIo/oAGwxFdqevE/s1600/P1250062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_gyq3yCGu4A/UCuO450UaEI/AAAAAAAAEIo/oAGwxFdqevE/s200/P1250062.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mushroom Rock</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
took them for a drive one day to see a few of the sights but that
rarely gets hoots and cheers. Lots of, “when are we going to the
beach?” or “I wanna go for a swim.” comes from the back seat.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lookout</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes
Rasmus and I think we should have just spent our year traveling to
Mornington and back again. The kids would have been just as happy.
We better get some credit for this trip when they are older or I want
my money back :o/</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yKzTqlAAPhw/UCuOyUaVUDI/AAAAAAAAEIY/OXy4rsWg5ng/s1600/P1250052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yKzTqlAAPhw/UCuOyUaVUDI/AAAAAAAAEIY/OXy4rsWg5ng/s200/P1250052.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hike</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">But
back to the topic.....</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlGkY6OzbUk/UCuPjhzHCMI/AAAAAAAAEXU/2SET6MCObxk/s1600/P1040676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HlGkY6OzbUk/UCuPjhzHCMI/AAAAAAAAEXU/2SET6MCObxk/s200/P1040676.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Kalbarri
beach is a bay with some rocky points further out which lead into the
open sea. Rasmus, in his wisdom, decided to take the kids out to the
rocky points as the snorkeling looked better out there. As you
couldn't walk out to the points they had to swim it!!! I was a
little concerned when he was telling me this, my children are not
going to be the Ian Thorpes of this world. However, they all made it
back so it must have gone alright.</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tHdJEDWTzpw/UCuPh_6RuLI/AAAAAAAAEXQ/Y6J0n0BL2ok/s1600/P1040671.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tHdJEDWTzpw/UCuPh_6RuLI/AAAAAAAAEXQ/Y6J0n0BL2ok/s200/P1040671.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Usually,
in the evening, we are so knackered we crash and not a lot of night
time activities are scheduled. On one night however, it was our new
friend Leanne's 31<sup>st</sup> birthday [;-)] so after watching the
sunset down at the beach's edge we bought fish and chips and wine and
had dinner together. Happy Birthday Leanne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
don't know if I mentioned this, but I was, for the most part, sitting
in air conditioned comfort banging out 3000 words on the computer for
my assignment. Which means most of the stuff I have written is
hearsay but it comes from reliable sources so we'll still print it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">28</span><sup style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
May</span></div>
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Stop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
finally stopped late in the afternoon. It was a big paddock with lots
of dry, scratchy grass lumps. Not particulary inspiring but it was
fine for us and a few other vans for an overnighter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
was still feeling restless knowing that my assignment still hadn't
been completed so I left Rasmus boiling the water for dinner and took
my glass of wine outside for some fresh air. The kids were being so
noisy after being cooped up in the car all day they were making my
head spin- or it could have been the wine!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
it was only an overnight stop we never get the chairs out so I had to
sit in the car for my peace and quiet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Surprise
Surprise I actually got the laptop out and wrote another 100 words.
That made me feel better-or maybe it was still the wine!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving down to Coronation Beac</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly like beach life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setup close to the water</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Arriving
late in the morning we waited an hour or so till some one left so
that we could pinch their spot. As there are only 15 camping places
and not many of them were suitable for the Beast, which was our
home...It was worth the wait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Sitting
right next to a beautiful beach under an endless blue sky is a rather
nice way to spend one's day I think. After a quick set up we went
down to the water and spent some time frolicking in the suds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
awakening on the the second day it was so windy we couldn't keep the
fridge gas alight and the awning was about to take off on its own.
The neighbours were also having trouble so they had decided to pack
up and leave. No use staying and spoiling a fridge full of food.
After several attempts to keep the flame lit we thought that perhaps
we should move on too. The beach isn't much fun when it is whipping
your legs with sand. So, we half packed up the van and thought about
leaving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
hadn't had breakfast yet so there was going to be no rush. Gotta
pace yourself even in an unwelcome situation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
said goodbye to the next door people and went inside to eat. After
we did a bit of tidying up and thought we had better get on with the
rest of the pack down. On opening the door we found a calmness had
replaced the restlessness of the morning. Pack down ceased and set
up began again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
felt a bit sorry for the people who had jumped the post and moved on
too quickly. If only they had been as lazy as us they could have
enjoyed the area for a few more days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Later
on we met up with other 2 families we had been bumping into along our
journey up the coast. The kids now had friends to play with, sunny
weather and a beautiful beach to play in. What more can a kid ask
for? Don't worry they thought of other things...more computer/DSI
time, TV, food. The list goes on and on with kids doesn't it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">But
for now they were happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
also met a new family, the Marshes from Newcastle. Two boys and a
girl in the same birth order as our own family's. Must be fate :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Internet
connection was a bit slow at the camping ground which was not a lot
of help as I was doing my assignment. Especially at night when the
whole system seemed to shut down. Perhaps Telstra only worked 9-5 out
here?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kids playing</td></tr>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sdpmUYhsCk8/UCuNynH13zI/AAAAAAAAEHc/eq2c2f3ghmg/s1600/P1240939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sdpmUYhsCk8/UCuNynH13zI/AAAAAAAAEHc/eq2c2f3ghmg/s320/P1240939.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">They
had built a tall, wooden structure at the rear of the grounds as a
viewing platform for the amazing sunsets which occurred each night.
Watching the sun go down into the water is a particularly special
event-especially for us eastern dwellers. Each evening campers would
meet up in the tower with a beer or wine in hand and say good bye to
the day. It was a lovely communal area and lots of chatting and
laughing took place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
it was the highest place in the area it was also the best spot for
telephone and internet connections. Consequently, many of us spent
our time up there with our electronic bits and bobs searching for
that sweet spot which would connect us to the rest of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
beach took up the majority of our time here. Although snorkeling was
not at its optimum with the waters being too murky, they had fun
doing what you do on the beach. Swimming, sand stuff and lying around
not doing much at all.</span><br />
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May </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dongara East rest Area</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was still only early in the afternoon and still plenty of driving
time left but we had a lot to do in the next town and wanted the
whole day to do it in so we found a lovely pull over spot and called
it home for the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There
was already a few vans there which was odd being just after lunch.
We spoke to one guy who explained he was having car problems; that
explains why he was here. Rather than asked the others I decided to
make up stories about them instead. My brain needed some fantasy
time after sitting in the car all morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
kids, on the other hand, spent their time collecting Paddy melons.
We had seen the round objects in the fields for ages now, growing
next to the sheep. The sheep however, did not seem interested at all
in them so we were really curious about what they were.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with paddy melons</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">They
looked like watermelons on the outside but were much smaller so when
the kids had a few we decided to open one up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">BANG.
BANG. SMASH!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">That
job done we agreed they also smelt like watermelon. Putting on my
<i>home schooling hat, </i>we
hypothosised that they were perhaps unripe watermelons. It wasn't
till we met some people later that we were told that they were
actually called Paddy Melons and wouldn't grow bigger than what they
were.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish and Chips by the sea shore</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">21<sup>st</sup>
May</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Driving
into Geraldton we headed straight to the Visitors's Center. We
needed some stuff and we needed to know where to get it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">As
we looked around the place and asked questions of the sales assistant
the kids, as is their usual habit, perused the gift shop. My darling
Molly spotted the basket of shells and asked if she could buy one! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Guess
what I said? No! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Buy
shells!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gaol craft shops</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Is
she out of her mind? We are hitting every beach from Melbourne to
Upper Backofnowhere and back again and she wants to BUY a shell!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
did feel bad that they only cost 10c each, but it's the principle.
Buying shells indeed!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow Submarine</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Needless
to say there were tears, loud ones :o(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
an attempt to distract her we went next door to the local Old Gaol.
Obviously it wasn't used as a jail any more but we were surprised
that each cell had been reprised as craft shops! How entrepreneurial.
It stopped her tears and luckily there was nothing else in the shops
that caught her eye.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aGvAznf4woY/UCuNV97d6QI/AAAAAAAAEEw/wNnkJQoYl40/s1600/P1240929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aGvAznf4woY/UCuNV97d6QI/AAAAAAAAEEw/wNnkJQoYl40/s200/P1240929.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">self learning Monopoly card game</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knitting Nancy</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
then continued our tour of the town and arrived at the Geraldton
Museum. It was quite fascinating here. They had sections on the
local indigenous people, local flora & fauna, a huge fish tank,
which the boys especially spent much of their time at taking photos
and video of the wriggly aquatic vertebrate (warning: thesaurus being
used). I found the section <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(D48)#Final_battle_and_loss" target="_blank">on maritime disasters </a>most fascinating;
must be the ghoul in me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After
looking at the beautiful photographic gallery they also had we found
Molly in the kid's playroom playing dress-ups! Uncultured waif!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
ate hot chips down at the beach for lunch and then for the rest of
the day we traversed the town doing our jobs. </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dress up anywhere!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish'n'museum</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was getting late in the afternoon by the time we were filling up with
fuel and driving at dusk you run the risk of encountering our skippy
friends on the roads. As I was paying at the counter I asked the
sales lady did she know of any free camp spots close by? She said no,
and then I casual said that I wish we could just pull up over there.
Pointing to a vacant lot behind. She answered that if we wanted we
could park in front of her house. She lived in a cul de sac full of
big empty blocks just across the road from where we were now. Wow!
Very Cool!</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ola1b6thcD4/UCuNTE5qJ_I/AAAAAAAAEEg/je9C4vsjUms/s1600/P1240925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ola1b6thcD4/UCuNTE5qJ_I/AAAAAAAAEEg/je9C4vsjUms/s640/P1240925.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br />So,
I said yes please and that's where we spent the night.</span></div>
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<small>Vis <a href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=216904405425927532463.0004c74cf81d5c1a2a663&ie=UTF8&t=p&ll=-28.967298,114.812622&spn=0.720889,0.585022&z=10&source=embed" style="color: blue; text-align: left;">Geraldton Area</a> på et større kort</small>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0Old Geraldton Gaol Craft Centre, 84 Chapman Rd, Geraldton Western Australia 6530, Australien-28.7687779 114.614762-28.7826969 114.595021 -28.7548589 114.634503tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-70836613219235066382012-05-19T21:14:00.000+10:002012-08-15T22:38:22.994+10:00Sandy Cape 15 - 19th May<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">320º sea view at Cervantes</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We had found a lovely camping ground via the internet and were on our way to seek it out. Before that though we did the usual top up (of fuel, food and water) in town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">With that done we went to the camp site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Driving along the main road we spotted the turn off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Hmm....road seems a little unmade for a well used campground but we continued.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Coming to a t-intersection we used the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps" target="_blank">GPS</a> to guide us as there was no sign post. Again...Hmmm...but still we continued.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The road was no longer a road but a sandy track.</span><br />
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<small>The Garmin didn't have any of the roads leading into Sandy Cape</small></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">found the roads on Google Maps Satellite view on the Android Phone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Now starting to get a little concerned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We eventually come to a rather alarming sandy hill, rather like a dune. Now we stopped.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DB7YEZfpcCY/UAyScrsa55I/AAAAAAAAD_8/zUcGa1fg0hA/s1600/P1240842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DB7YEZfpcCY/UAyScrsa55I/AAAAAAAAD_8/zUcGa1fg0hA/s320/P1240842.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theropoda" target="_blank">Descendan of a theropod</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus got out to take a look at the top of the hill- it just better be the right direction before we attempt to take our 23ft appendage up a deeply sandy and hilly track.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The re-con mission suggested a big NO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Oh god, what to do now. We have to try and turn around and go back to the t-intersection and go the other way. Bloody <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps" target="_blank">GPS</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We did it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Actually I did it while Rasmus directed (he thinks I can't direct! Rude man!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Ok, attempt #2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So far, so good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Oh $HlT!!! The road/track has become a 4WD training course!! With vegetation thickly lining the track and touching the car. There is absolutely no room to do anything except go forward. I closed my eyes for most of the trip waiting for the nightmare to end. Hoping that it brought us to a clearing.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick" target="_blank">Tick</a> bite (mollys scalp)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">After some kms of bush bashing guess what??? We came to an unsealed but beautifully smooth</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading in the morning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun" target="_blank">sun</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">road. It was the road we were supposed to come down!! Apparently we had missed the correct turn off and made our way cross country style! Well we do like an adventure...NOT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Finally arriving we found our little corner of the campground and set up for our stay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Now pass me the wine bottle!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset with <a href="http://eriksfjord.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Tim and Bec</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In
the morning we had a good look around and while we looked we found a
family we had met at previous campgrounds. They have a little girl so
Molly was organised for play dates!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The
campground is right next to a really lovely beach which we planed to
utilise a lot during our stay. And when I say “we” I mean
everybody but me coz guess what??? I had HOMEWORK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Thus,
our days were spent snorkeling, eating, playing and studying. Some of
us doing only some of the things on the list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Every
day we filled the solar bags with water and set them out to heat up.
When the days swimming was complete we hung the bags in a nearby tree
and we all got lovely warm showers and nice clean clothes. It felt
good to know the kids weren't relying on their sea water dips as
their only source of cleanliness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rasmus
had found a great part of the beach which was nice and calm and the
water was clear enough for some snorkeling.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">snorkeling is good and most diverse<br />
seaweed in Australia</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
one afternoon Kasper returned telling me about a seal he had seen.
“How cool” says I. Kasper went on to tell me that the seal
thought he was her baby as he had his flippers on. I asked him was
he very close to it and he replied simply “Oh, about from here to
there.” Very helpful thought and went back to my work.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another sunset</td></tr>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rrKLhqaT3AE/UAySlUFbqlI/AAAAAAAAEAc/O3a6dniCAr4/s1600/P1240882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rrKLhqaT3AE/UAySlUFbqlI/AAAAAAAAEAc/O3a6dniCAr4/s200/P1240882.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Later
in the day somebody asked me if Kasper told me how he swam with a
seal? What!! The seal actually came up to him and Rasmus and swam
around and between them!! I'm thinking Kasper played that down a
bit. What has to happen to impress that kid?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">On
our last day I decided to down pencils and check out the scene down
at the beach. I even tried my hand at a bit of snorkeling too and
they are right, it is the coolest! The under water neighborhood was
so pretty; lots of different seaweeds and even the odd fish. It
wasn't the Barrier Reef but it is always special to see our fishy
friends in their natural habitats :o)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Our kids with The boys of <a href="http://eriksfjord.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Tim and Bec</a></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0Sandy Cape, Jurien Bay Western Australia 6516, Australien-30.183789586079961 114.99853134155273-30.19065258607996 114.98866084155273 -30.176926586079961 115.00840184155274tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-23783453376573358442012-05-15T11:33:00.001+10:002012-08-03T00:03:53.732+10:00The Pinnacles May 15th<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Banksia
Rest Area </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">14</span></span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">th </span></span></sup><span lang="en-US">May</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We wanted to see the Pinnacles of the area. You often hear of there
being The Pinnacles in various parts around Australia, and even in
other countries. But this time we were going to see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)" target="_blank">Pinnacles ofWestern Australia</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
had checked the Camping Book and found the camping-spot we wanted to
stay the night at. It had to be nice and close as the plan was to
watch the sunrise over the said Pinnacles and didn't want to drive
too far while it was dark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Cool.
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">All
organised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Everything
was running smoothly and to plan until we arrived at the
predetermined camping-spot. In between writing the Camps Book and us
arriving to stay the night they had changed to conditions and we were
no longer permitted to sleep over night!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Bugger!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Ok.
Plan B.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
drove to the next rest stop. O Oh! Same problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">What
to do now? We could have driven to the local caravan park but it was
already late in the afternoon and we hate to pay $50 just to sleep
and leave. We like to get our money's worth out of the facilities
and arrive about 10am :o)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking around the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)" target="_blank">Pinnacles</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Well,
we decided to go back to the first rest stop and sneak an illegal
sleep!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
am telling you it is hard to hide a caravan the size that we have but
that's what we were going to do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
covered the windows so that no light escaped and went to bed hoping
that we weren't discovered. Rasmus slept like a baby but I, have a
more sensitive moral demeanor, woke up every time a car drove past
and thought was this the Ranger coming to ask us what did we think we
were doing???</span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)" target="_blank">Pinnacles</a> morning of 15</span><sup><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="en-US">th </span></span></sup><span lang="en-US">May</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">However,
early morning came without us being detected and we quickly got into
the car to drive on to the next leg in our mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was still dusk as we arrived at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)" target="_blank">Pinnacles </a>carpark so we were
excited. As we drove on, following the directions to the spectacle
itself Kasper says, “Oh, that sign says no caravans.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Sweet
Kasper we said, thanks for the heads up but they mean you can't park
in that park of the carpark with a van.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So
we continued down a track that pointed to sightseeing. The track
turned a bit sandy but we began to pass the beginnings of the rocky
fingers of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)" target="_blank">Pinnacles</a> so we knew we were on the right path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Until......we
can't take our 23ft appendage down THAT road!!! Whoops! Maybe
Sweet Kasper had been right after all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">With
no where to turn around we now had to reverse a couple of 100 meters
back up the path! Hope nobody else wanted to see the sunrise!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">With
the caravan all parked in it's proper spot we raced back to the rocks
just in time to see the sun coming up! Phew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
spent the next couple of hours wandering around the alien landscape,
marveling at way nature does things. Photos we taken from every
conceivable angle and even a few that hadn't been invented!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Afterwards
we returned to the van for some well earned brekky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Other
cars had been coming and going by this stage so we decided to release
the van and try our luck on the sightseeing track again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">We
found sand dunes that the kids spent ages climbing up and rolling
down. They made their own mini versions of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pinnacles_(Western_Australia)" target="_blank">Pinnacles</a> in sand form
and I'm sure did other equally kid style activities. Unfortunately I
never saw them as I fell asleep! Let's hope Rasmus was being more
observant!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">With
our fill of the Pinnacles rocky fingers and the sun getting hotter we
went inside to take a look at the informative visitors center which
told us about the animals, environment and locals of the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
bought a badge and then we were off.</span></div>
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has taken us a great deal of the time along the coastline and we were
still really keen to keep up our marine explorations. However, while
doing research on where we would be staying next I came along some a
little town called New Norcia.<br />
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So, although it was not on
our usual route and was about 100kms inland on the Great Northern
Hwy, it sounded like a fascinating place to visit so off we went. In
addition, I liked the sound of a nice quiet town to finish the never
ending assignment that was still plaguing the holiday atmosphere I
was trying to achieve.</div>
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When we arrived we found a
lovely little spot on the edge of the local footy oval and set up our
living quarters for the week.</div>
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The town itself had an
amazing history. It was settled and maintained for many, many years
by Benedictine Monks. A Spanish monk came to Australia and was sent
into the area to convert the locals, that is, the Aboriginals. He
apparently did such an amazing job of becoming their friend and they
really respected him and him them. The settlement grew over the
years and missions where founded and then schools and on and on it
went. Artisan tradesmen would come and work there not only to teach
the mission children but also to build and develop the churches,
chapels and whatever else they had going on. At some stage a miracle
occurred there too which doesn't hurt a town's reputation does it!</div>
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There are still monks
there now, as the town is still run/owned by them but there are no
kids or nuns anymore.
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They get the bulk of their
income through the tourist trade now. There is a ripper of a tour
and the accompanying retail outlet brings in a few dollars. You can
rent a better class of sleeping arrangement then we opted for if you
want to meet a monk too.</div>
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To my joy I found out that
they also have a bakery there. The bread is baked in a billion year
old wood oven and used to be made by the monks but now a local guy
does it and it gets sold all over the place. I asked if I could
watch him do some baking but my offer was politely declined. Not
being too put out we tried a couple of loaves, as I love a good loaf
of bread, but I wasn't jumping over the moon impressed- and it wasn't
coz he wouldn't let me watch! The loaf I would have probably jumped
over the moon for cost $7.80 but even I have a limit on the price I
will pay for bread!</div>
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There is an interesting
museum which I spent quite some time in when the kids had been
annoying me one afternoon and I needed a wee break. And also an
impressive art collection, or so we were told.<br />
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None of us got to see
it as I still had to get that assignment written regardless of how
many times the kids annoyed me and the rest of the family had been
less than impressed with the place. In fact, I think at one stage
Ben asked when we would be leaving this hell!! Uncultured child!</div>
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The rest of our week was
spent with the kids riding their bikes and Rasmus fixing the 1000
punctures they kept getting from the spikes in the not so lush green
grass of the oval.</div>
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Getting quite the list of
achievements under his belt Rasmus also managed to change the oil in
the car for the first time. (Then we had to carry 50* liters of dirty
oil around with us for months** until we could find a place to get rid
of it!!!)</div>
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It was here we also
celebrated that magical moment in a child's life-Mother's Day.</div>
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I received 3 beautiful
hand made cards-and no, I will not say whose I liked the best Ben-
and some yummy soaps. Then we got our best gear on and went to the
local hotel for the pizza dinner they had on the menu that night~just
a quick note on that subject, mine is better :o)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">* 10 liters , </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">** weeks</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0New Norcia Western Australia 6509, Australien-30.9733981 116.2131191-31.082315100000002 116.0551906 -30.8644811 116.3710476tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-10270499709626509322012-05-09T01:44:00.000+10:002012-07-13T19:29:46.604+10:00Myalup, Maida Vale and Perth 7 - 9th May<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">7</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
May</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Myalup
Rest Stop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
the way to Perth we made a late stop in the middle of a forest which
was by the hwy. It was a bit soggy and actually a bit creepy too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Full
of pine trees the forest didn't let in much light so it looked like a
place a misadventure might happen. Like in one of the Danish crime
books I've been reading. Perhaps I should stop reading those kind of
book until we have finished camping in secluded, out-of-the-way
places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was also a bit noisy, being next to the hwy and all but we got
through the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
the morning we were still unsure where we would be camping so we got
onto the internet bright and early to do the ring around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">At
last we found something that fell within our budget. They told us we
needed to be there by 10am as they close up shop till 4 in the
afternoon. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok”
says I, “we'll be there”. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was 9am and we needed to hit some asphalt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">8<sup>th</sup>
& 9<sup>th</sup> May</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Perth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Advent
Caravan Park</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite
being 15 mins late the caravan park was still open and we were shown
to our spot. Lovely. Lots of grass and clean toilets. Just how I
like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
park is actually owned by the 7<sup>th</sup> Day Adventists and is
used for camps. So they were very well set up for large groups.
Long rows of toilets and showers meant that nobody would have to wait
long in peak times. As it was there weren't that many of us so we
could really spread ourselves out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was still early after we had finished the unpacking so we decided a
trip into town was the go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As
we weren't that far from the CBD we caught a bus thinking that would
be the best course for us. Positive #1 was that the bus stop was just
outside the caravan park. Positive #2 was that we didn't have to
think about where to park the car and pay for parking fees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
the flip side the 20km trip took over an hour and cost us $45!!!! No
complaining about public transport prices in Melbourne anymore! At
least we were being environmentally friendly :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once
in town we started to make our way towards the main shopping
district.</span></div>
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like
our <a href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Bourke+Street,+Melbourne,+Victoria&hl=da&ll=-37.813861,144.965833&spn=0.004933,0.01133&sll=-37.81392,144.96769&sspn=0.019732,0.045319&oq=Bourke+Street,+Bourke+Street,+Melbourne,+Victoria&hnear=Bourke+St,+Melbourne+Victoria&t=m&z=17" target="_blank">Bourke Street in Melbourne</a> Perth also had their own version
called <a href="https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Hay+St,+Perth+Western+Australia&hl=da&ll=-31.954247,115.859107&spn=0.002649,0.005665&sll=-31.954584,115.859209&sspn=0.005298,0.01133&oq=Hay+st&geocode=FRl4GP4dnrXnBg&hnear=Hay+St,+Perth+Western+Australia&t=m&z=18" target="_blank">Hay Street</a>, although it was a bit shorter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
browsed the shops dreaming about what we might buy when we have an
income again. The kids asked, in almost every shop we went into, to
buy something. It is always nice as a parent to make your kids cry
with by saying “no” at every opportunity don't you think :o(</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
our defense we were trying to give lessons in window shopping, a very
important skill for the monitory challenged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
did give in at the lolly shop. Not really sporting to window shop in
a lolly place is it!</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TzdJWP7jcLc/T_5U8BTkOdI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/jhxIgfaKuYU/s1600/P1240080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TzdJWP7jcLc/T_5U8BTkOdI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/jhxIgfaKuYU/s200/P1240080.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mall</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kSaw_khg1UA/T_5U_ukaoCI/AAAAAAAAD3g/UwGBMJ4Q9ao/s1600/P1240086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kSaw_khg1UA/T_5U_ukaoCI/AAAAAAAAD3g/UwGBMJ4Q9ao/s200/P1240086.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">shopping</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perth Downtown</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">There
was also the instance when Ben wanted to buy a DS game. Rasmus and I
didn't want to just spend $31 as a treat (being monitory challenged
and all) so decided to get him <a href="https://foursquare.com/oegleaeg/checkin/4fa8bf4ee4b07cb43bf5ea3c" target="_blank">the game for his birthday</a> as a
surprise. We shuffled the kids out of the shop, with Ben almost in
tears, and tried to get them as far from the place as possible so
that I could sneak back to buy it. The mission was completed with
success, I think. I'll let you know in August when we give it to him
at his birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Later
the kids and I settled ourselves in the town square to have lunch
while Rasmus went to an appointment at <a href="https://foursquare.com/oegleaeg/checkin/4fa8b518e4b0f293abf7995a" target="_blank">Mac Cafe</a>. It is an Apple
place as we were having problems with our laptop making too much
noise.</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bN7yclSPMxs/T_5VIEyXzjI/AAAAAAAAD5M/l-6NqCe15yc/s1600/P1240090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bN7yclSPMxs/T_5VIEyXzjI/AAAAAAAAD5M/l-6NqCe15yc/s200/P1240090.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Back
at the town square however, we were trying to eat our lunch but
failing miserably. I had brought some bread with us which I had
bought some place but we couldn't eat it. It was quite dry and fell
apart as we tried to take a bite. All we were left with at the end
was a pile of crumbs around our feet and empty tummys! I promised we
would get something else when Dad returned from his meeting. The
kids were happy with this and went on to spend their time running
around the lawned area annoying the other lunch timers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">When
Rasmus returned he told us the Apple people had said that nothing was
wrong with the laptop! Huh?? Was it supposed to be making all those
noises? Dopey Apple people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">To
get over the disappointment we found another <a href="https://foursquare.com/oegleaeg/checkin/4fa8c338e4b0e745f2fba98a" target="_blank">Mac Cafe</a> but ordered
fries and cheese burgers at this one. Num num...yum.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">To
add a silver lining to our afternoon Ben found a bus ticket!! Yah!
Only $35 for the ride home!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">So,
when we had finished our tour of Perth's main street we took the bus
home again. I jumped off a bit early to go to the shops, Rasmus went
all the way with the kids and came later to pick me up with all our
fresh goodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
the morning there was much discussion regarding what we would be
doing. However, when I say “we” I mean Rasmus and our offspring.
I had another assignment looming so my time would be spent tucked
away in the van-lucky me heh!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eventually,
the decision was made and with a yummier lunch than yesterday they
were all packed ready to go. Even the car was getting a trip-we
learnt our lesson about that too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For
the inside scoop about what happened while I was M.I.A. I will pass
you over to our resident junior blogger.....</span></div>
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SciTec- 9th May</div>
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Perth</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
By Ben Fiedler
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When mum said we HAD to go to SciTec i
was NOT! happy.
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But when we got there I changed my mind
about it.</div>
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When we were there it was really cool.</div>
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There were fish in an aquarium, chicks
scratching around in hay but I think there was one was dud egg.</div>
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A glass tank filled with water and 2
ping pong balls. There was one lever outside the tank which you
pulled and made a Hurricane change size and shape.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sea Rescue</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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There was some fried ice that was relly
cool-I could make rings of steam. The water was cold even though it
was steaming!
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There was a ball pit (which I all most
drowned myself in even though that was not allowed). I think thee
was a cloneing ball machine coz if you put one ball in there even
more would come out-or sometimes not! The boat in the ball pit
crushed me like a bug. 2 minutes later someone found me-finally!</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
We saw a seat which had a rope attached
to it. You sat on the seat and pulled the rope which made you rise
up! If you let go of the rope you went down, but slowly.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Kd_G_WdI3k/T_5VTzDIGHI/AAAAAAAAD4I/D14H4mEpAQ4/s1600/P1240118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Kd_G_WdI3k/T_5VTzDIGHI/AAAAAAAAD4I/D14H4mEpAQ4/s200/P1240118.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interactive flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YpUyajCJxwc/T_5VL4C8HXI/AAAAAAAAD5A/0yGtSqFXC-c/s1600/P1240111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YpUyajCJxwc/T_5VL4C8HXI/AAAAAAAAD5A/0yGtSqFXC-c/s200/P1240111.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planetarium</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I made a kind of doodle bug picture. A
table was attached to the roof by wires. A pole attached to the wall
lend over the table and had a pen attached to it. You placed you
paper on the table under the pen and when you pushed the table it
would swing and the pen would draw a picture on your paper. But if
you touched the table after you swung it it would stuff up the
picture.</div>
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There were projectors that would change
if you did a certain thing to it. For example, one of them shone onto
the ground and made an image of a lawn. If you stood on it flowers
would grow under your feet!</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HfB-cZXsu44/T_5VXgOn0WI/AAAAAAAAD5I/d6kNqQvdHS0/s1600/P1240119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HfB-cZXsu44/T_5VXgOn0WI/AAAAAAAAD5I/d6kNqQvdHS0/s200/P1240119.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to Sci-Tech</td></tr>
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Another one shone onto a tent a picture
of a shed and there were 4 different types of fire exinguishers in
front of you. When you clicked go the a fire would start some where
in the shed. Maybe on oil or paper or pastic or metal. Then you had
to choose one of the extinguishers and try to choose the right fluid
to put out the type of fire that had started. A red laser told you
if you were you were going to aim. I liked the powder the best.</div>
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There were so many things I can't write
about them all- you have to visit it.</div>
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(Location will be on the map.)</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(which
is on our blog :o) )</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3uaHdjNW2Y/T_LtZUvRqHI/AAAAAAAAD14/s3apS7ZAuzE/s1600/P1230975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3uaHdjNW2Y/T_LtZUvRqHI/AAAAAAAAD14/s3apS7ZAuzE/s400/P1230975.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grass tree</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Did
you know that it is very difficult to find free camping in the
Margaret River area? Luckily for us we did find a great campground
on a working sheep station. It wasn't free but it was so lovely and
there with plenty of grass and lots of sheep.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tR7FaZ3Hg2M/T_LdBEgC-AI/AAAAAAAAD08/YjPbiAIXxlo/s1600/P1240028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tR7FaZ3Hg2M/T_LdBEgC-AI/AAAAAAAAD08/YjPbiAIXxlo/s320/P1240028.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Sheep Station Stay</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Did
you also know that sheep can sneeze?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
the property they had a big camp kitchen which proved useful as the
weather was not as kind to us as it could off been and the kids used
the big tables to sit at and do lots of drawing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite
the weather we liked it here so much we decided to stay an extra
night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">One
of the three nights we had here was spent tipping our fridge upside
down, and that is not easy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let
me explain :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
had been been having trouble with the fridge and could not get it to
work with either the gas or on power. All our food had been
transferred to the esky and I was cooking like a demon before our
supplies got spoilt. We had called the dealer and the plan was to
take it to the next town, some hours away, where they dealt with gas
fridges- but not caravans. We had to remove the fridge and take only
that to them. As we found out later though, the fridge does not fit
through the door. Hmm...</span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zo0YoGfsXJU/T_LdD8EL9YI/AAAAAAAADyk/5B6iXql9G1s/s1600/P1240030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zo0YoGfsXJU/T_LdD8EL9YI/AAAAAAAADyk/5B6iXql9G1s/s200/P1240030.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upside down fridge</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">By
fortuity, when we were at an ice-creamery I think, we had a chat with
our lovely friend <a href="https://www.facebook.com/daniel.ellis.7923" target="_blank">Dan Ellis</a> -Hi Dan- and told him about our problem
fridge, he got onto his friends and they suggested pulling the fridge
out and turing it upside to move the coolant around. Well, we had to
move it out anyway so it was worth a try, and it might actually save
us some money and some time. So that night that's what we did. And
it worked! Thanks again Dan :o)</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4-K8v8ePtM/T_LdFmoxh-I/AAAAAAAAD1g/G0HsVELIDy0/s1600/P1240033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T4-K8v8ePtM/T_LdFmoxh-I/AAAAAAAAD1g/G0HsVELIDy0/s200/P1240033.jpg" width="186" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Popcorn and a movie</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">So
that meant we could get on with the serious business of sight seeing.
And in Margaret River that meant food tasting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
our first foray we wandered the streets soaking up the atmosphere.
It was a Saturday so the streets were busy with people doing the
same. Lots of cafes and specialised shops filled the shopping area
which gave it a low-key cosmopolitan feel (Is that possible?).
Although most of the boutiques were way to expensive for our budget
it was fun to look. I even got my hands on some rye kernels at the
local organic shop which I had been looking for all over Australia to
make some Danish rye bread. The recipe calls for them to be broken
so the shop keeper said she could pop them in her whizz bang
Thermomix. I was so excited. </span>
</div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Guess
what?</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">That
machine actually can't do everything after all :o(</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZtIKAHRa294/T_4sB4Oe4sI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/Bl4SrKU_lc4/s1600/P1240010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZtIKAHRa294/T_4sB4Oe4sI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/Bl4SrKU_lc4/s200/P1240010.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Millers Ice Cream</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TgmNKL1d98M/T_4r_phdAOI/AAAAAAAAD2o/C31ezxMJ2Q8/s1600/P1240007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TgmNKL1d98M/T_4r_phdAOI/AAAAAAAAD2o/C31ezxMJ2Q8/s200/P1240007.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice Creams</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
could only bring the kernels to flour which was no good to me. Oh
well, back to the drawing board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Later,
during our roving, the kids found a library and spent some time
there. The weather wasn't super great so it was nice to get out of
the cold for a while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lucky
for us our next day was, although cool, sunny so we decided to try
out the ice-creamery which we were told was of an excellent standard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was a really cool place with a great playground and wooden cows which
you could practice milking by pouring a bucket of water into its bum
and pumping it out again via its equally man made udders. </span>
</div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
ice-cream shop itself lived up to the hype and we all had a huge
problem making a decision from the flavours which had been pipped
into mountains of creamy deliciousness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
eventually went for rum & raisin much to Rasmus disappointment as
he doesn't like that kind so wouldn't taste it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
the way home we stopped off at a road side shed offering organic
vegies but unfortunately there was nothing I could use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Further
down the road we saw a sign for a brewery and thought we could all
see how to make beer – very educational of course- but we were
again fooled and it was merely a pub. A very fancy pub I might say
with a huge outdoor playground and lots of lovely wooden bench seats
and bar stools lining the tables. We decided not to waste our drive
there and sat down to try their sample plate of 6 different beers
while the kids had a play. Rasmus scored well coz I only liked the
first two so he got to finish the rest, and then took the passenger's
seat home!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheese Tasting</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zA6HL-hbnlc/T_LdNt1QEnI/AAAAAAAADzE/pnRP0PuzaSk/s1600/P1240039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zA6HL-hbnlc/T_LdNt1QEnI/AAAAAAAADzE/pnRP0PuzaSk/s200/P1240039.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Tasting</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
last day in Margaret river and on the way out of town we visited
several different shops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
cheese place was great and we got to try LOTS of different cheeses
and yoghurt. Kasper had so much of one particular kind I felt
obliged to buy a wedge of it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then
there was the chocolate shop :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
entering we saw huge bowls of milk, white and dark chocolate buds
which we filled our palms with and nibbled on as we perused the other
treats. They had a big window to view the huge vats of melted
chocolate being stirred and tipped from one pot to another which
naturally made our mouths water. The kids bought one truffle each
and on the way out we tested the bowls of chocolate buds again, just
to be sure they were still of the same high standard ;o)</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xpoGohMDxcE/T_LdLCyumPI/AAAAAAAADy8/ouQ9wgfrPeQ/s1600/P1240037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xpoGohMDxcE/T_LdLCyumPI/AAAAAAAADy8/ouQ9wgfrPeQ/s200/P1240037.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast products</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu21Cn1METs/T_LdVYoI9tI/AAAAAAAAD0c/Lj-A8wYaxcA/s1600/P1240064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu21Cn1METs/T_LdVYoI9tI/AAAAAAAAD0c/Lj-A8wYaxcA/s200/P1240064.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Olive oils</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
last places we visited was an olive orchard. In the front room of
the store they had an open plan workshop where the soap was produced. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> You could see all the different stages of development by watching
them at the different work stations. The shop itself had shelves of
lotions, scrubs and cremes which you could test. We did hand scrubs
and moisturising until we had no more skin to exfoliate. To wash off
the beautiful smelling potions they had an amazing plate of granite
which the water splashed down onto from a tap and then seemed to just
melt away. It was quite an ingenious design.</span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I4ctGFF7C58/T_LdZHZYtgI/AAAAAAAAD1I/s5qFvPAo9C8/s1600/P1240066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I4ctGFF7C58/T_LdZHZYtgI/AAAAAAAAD1I/s5qFvPAo9C8/s320/P1240066.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soap Factory</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
the second room of the shop was the olive oil and other food stuff.
Here you could dip little pieces of bread into the various flavours
of oil or seed mixtures which they also sold. In addition to these
there were vinegars, dips, whole marinated olives and all sorts of
yummy things to try. </span>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Needless
to say, after all our tasting during the day, we didn't want to eat
lunch. </span>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ahh,
it's a nice way to go. </span>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com046 Boronia Rd, Rosa Glen Western Australia 6285, Australien-33.984933086075031 115.1543140411377-33.991516586075029 115.14444354113769 -33.978349586075034 115.1641845411377tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-90630891225108243142012-05-03T01:09:00.000+10:002012-07-03T21:35:25.707+10:00Pemberton 30 April - 3rd May<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">30<sup>th</sup>
April-3rd May</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pemberton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
continued our journey and began our movement westward towards a
lovely wooded campground we had heard aboout and we were all very
excited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ben
was in a mushroom and fungi period of his life and was busting to
find some in the nature. He had also commandeered his siblings to
follow him in his pursuit and the forest where we would spend the
next few days would be perfect hunting grounds.</span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k56RHkobnH4/T9390XBpgrI/AAAAAAAADo4/oi2fTFvtZEQ/s1600/P1230764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k56RHkobnH4/T9390XBpgrI/AAAAAAAADo4/oi2fTFvtZEQ/s400/P1230764.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie clearing forrest road from low hanging branch</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As
usual Rasmus had his GPS on to mark the spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unfortunately,
all did not go as planned and we found ourselves on yet another
unplanned adventure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
approached the turn off that the GPS suggested however, instead of
our campground we found a big sign telling us that this was a one way
street, and when I say street I mean dirt track!</span></div>
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<br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hmm??</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Doing
a U-turn we decided to try the road which we had passed a wee bit
back. So off we went. The track was made of similar dirt as the one
before so, feeling reasserted by that we continued on, and on, and
on. Now, we were not only on the same dirt track but also in the
middle of the forest!!! </span>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">With
the sun beginning to set!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
was getting nervous. With no where to turn around we had to keep
ploughing on and the track was still holding out for us....so far.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1rMjfXIVF7g/T939wQA1FwI/AAAAAAAADow/jsiZzZliCF8/s1600/P1230759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1rMjfXIVF7g/T939wQA1FwI/AAAAAAAADow/jsiZzZliCF8/s320/P1230759.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little house in the forrest</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eventually
we came to a clearing where a house stood!!! Out in the middle of
the forest! It felt a bit like we had stumbled onto Hansel and
Gretel's place!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As
it was getting latenand they had some paddocks surrounding their
place I decided to ask them if we could stay the night and set off in
the morning when the light was better. Unfortunately, again, no-one
was home and we didn't feel right just staying without permission, so
back into the forest we returned. This time with even less light.
Have I mentioned that we are also pulling a 23ft and almost 3t
caravan??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hmm...</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally
arriving out the other end there was no way I was pulling out onto
the main road searching for the hidden entrance to our campground.
So, we pulled up along <u><b>side</b></u> (as opposed to the middle)
of the forest, opposite the local cows, and spent a chilly night
there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was quite lovely waking up, donning hats and jackets and drinking hot
tea with the cows as neighbours. A far cry from some of the dusty
vistas we had had up till now.</span></div>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD5gc70gRoY/T93-CqMXFwI/AAAAAAAADrk/C760b_0YLGM/s1600/P1230768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD5gc70gRoY/T93-CqMXFwI/AAAAAAAADrk/C760b_0YLGM/s200/P1230768.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fungie hunters</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUdpd9xykuE/T9398JvQjbI/AAAAAAAADpA/Jc3tSI-F5LQ/s1600/P1230766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUdpd9xykuE/T9398JvQjbI/AAAAAAAADpA/Jc3tSI-F5LQ/s200/P1230766.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forrest road stay</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">When
we had eaten our warm porridge and the kids had seen a few mushies
growing next to the giant trees we went to try our luck again with
the evasive campground entrance.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Embarrassingly
we found the entrance about 5 meters past the original one way
track!!! </span>
</div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">B*@%&y
GPS.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Luckily,
the camp was serenely beautiful so my bad feelings faded quickly.
The campground was set in a sunny opening surrounded by lots and lots
of tall and grand trees. There were fire pits which put a smile on
Rasmus' face and many places for the kids to explore on the look out
for their fungi.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMbalKP8iC8/T93-FN2jVuI/AAAAAAAADpQ/Wi3vzY2VwU0/s1600/P1230811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qMbalKP8iC8/T93-FN2jVuI/AAAAAAAADpQ/Wi3vzY2VwU0/s200/P1230811.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JohJ_J4Z1qU/T93-JwSn9hI/AAAAAAAADpg/SfnEsnL05B0/s1600/P1230820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JohJ_J4Z1qU/T93-JwSn9hI/AAAAAAAADpg/SfnEsnL05B0/s200/P1230820.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
didn't leave the place very often. It was just so nice to be amongst
all that nature. Occasionally we went for a drive and ended up in
the small town. They had a play ground and a second hand book shop
which the kids liked to visit. The owner had also agreed to look
over the books the kids had collected along the way from op-shops and
to their delight received $2 per book!! They each received $6 each
and for the first time in their lives were allowed to go to the
supermarket and buy some treats with their money. They had
originally wanted to buy toys or books but Rasmus didn't want any
extra weight so junk food was the compromised option.</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">They
had so much fun trying to decide what to buy. Kasper, my sensitive
little man, nearly had a nervous breakdown trying to pick just the
right items!</span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6AHIiUGPO0/T93-OdD1DNI/AAAAAAAADpo/MvwpZPi0bT4/s1600/P1230822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6AHIiUGPO0/T93-OdD1DNI/AAAAAAAADpo/MvwpZPi0bT4/s200/P1230822.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree growing on stump</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3ai_o0pswc/T93-eS-KwXI/AAAAAAAADqA/hL-Q32jvrTE/s1600/P1230830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q3ai_o0pswc/T93-eS-KwXI/AAAAAAAADqA/hL-Q32jvrTE/s200/P1230830.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">60 m tall Gloucester tree</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3zcAttPhxG0/T93-ke5TyTI/AAAAAAAADqI/LQnslkjmZ7Y/s1600/P1230834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3zcAttPhxG0/T93-ke5TyTI/AAAAAAAADqI/LQnslkjmZ7Y/s200/P1230834.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing the tree</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6AHIiUGPO0/T93-OdD1DNI/AAAAAAAADpo/MvwpZPi0bT4/s1600/P1230822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Regrettably,
it will be the last time for a while that they will be allowed such
extravagance as most of the loot was eaten in half a day instead of
the “little bit each day” that I had requested and sore tummies
soon followed. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.</span><br />
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trip out took us to the famous Glouschester tree. Set in the
National Park a 60 m tree had spikes banged into its trunk all the
way to the top. Originally these foot holdings were used for people
to climb in order to spot fires in the area now it was only tourists
who made the ascent in search of adventour, amazing views and a
fantastic photo opportunity.</span></span></div>
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I was not keen to try the climb and luckily for me my out was bad
foot wear-no things allowed. My job was to stay on the ground and
tell the children 150 times that no, they were not permited to go up.
Eventually I yeilded, after much nagging, and allowed them to go
part way. 60 m is a really long way!! My daring hubby, never
saying no to the opportunity to capture the perfect snap, went all
the way. And spent an awful long time at the top getting those
snaps!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well
worth the effort I think :o)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each
night the temperature dropped low and the campfire was much
appreciated. Rasmus had the billy on constantly boiling water for
cups of tea and hot water bottles. Marshmallows were singed and we
even had a sing-a-long one night. We really did!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rasmus
and Ben made dinner one night . A lovely mushroom pasta with the
main ingredient plucked from the forest! It was a real buzz to do
that; cook what the kids had found.</span></div>
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weather had been quite nice while we had been in the woodlands but we
knew some rain was coming so it was time to move on.</span></div>
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of the places we wanted to visit before we headed out of the area was
the Giants Valley where we experienced a couple of amazing
happenings.</span></div>
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30 April</div>
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Tree Top walk in the Giants Valley </div>
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By Ben Fiedler</div>
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<span lang="en-US">When</span><span lang="en-US">
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</span><span lang="en-US">it</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">was</span><span lang="en-US">
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</span><span lang="en-US">to</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">find</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">some</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">fungi</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">as</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">well</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">as</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">looking</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">at</span><span lang="en-US"> </span><span lang="en-US">the</span><span lang="en-US">
</span><span lang="en-US">trees.</span></div>
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There was this nature
place but I don't know what it was. We were in there for about 15
mins. So then when we were actually on the bridge (finally) dad was
not helping by rocking on the bridge making Molly & Kasper
snuggle up with mum (making it impossible for me to get past) it took
about 5 mins for the rocking to stop. At the same time Mum had motion
sickness.</div>
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When we were half way we
saw a bird. Apparently it was a Whistling bird. I even saw a fungus
on the ground (I was 30m above the ground) and it's called a Karri
Cushion fungi.</div>
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When we were off the
bridge we went to the gift shop. We had a look around and left
(without loosing a single penny). So, we went on the ''the ancient
tree walk''. All those giant trees are called Tingle trees, man i
forget that name a lot. They have a hollow base which is sometimes
so big a car can drive through it.</div>
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I forgot to bring my
camera so dad lent me his so now he's got a dozen fungi photos on his
SD card!</div>
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400 yeas old (on the walk). When we finished the walk it started to
rain and mum needed to go to the toilet (No secrets here!). We did
not want to wait for her because it was bucketing so we ran like mad
men to the car. It took dad ages to open the car! Mean while me and
Kasper were getting drenched (literally). So, we got in the car and
waited for mum.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0Pemberton Western Australia 6260, Australien-34.4451654 116.0340397-34.4713549 115.99455769999999 -34.4189759 116.0735217tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-88177446622734358722012-04-30T09:19:00.000+10:002012-06-27T03:06:59.007+10:00Denmark 26th - 30 April<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
next morning, before we left Cosy Corner, we celebrated the birth of
my second baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hurra.
Hurra. Kasper turned seven years old and we lined up to give him a
few presents we had collected along our journey so far. He was
smiling from ear to ear, which is always how a parent loves to see
their child and it looks particularly good on my toothless little man
:o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kasper
had lined up the day's menu so we begun with his requested bacon and
eggs-always a good choice- and then hit the road for the next chapter
in our gap year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
the scrubby flora of the coastline we had been following for a lot of
our journey it was a real buzz to drive in amongst the old, tall
trees of Denmark. </span>
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loved it here straight away.</span></div>
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reminded me of home.</span></div>
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first came into the town and parked next to a lush green area which
had a playground and a wonderful river flowing along side.</span></div>
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hit the shopping area and first dove into a book shop. I usually
feel a bit embarrassed, uncomfortable and awkward in these places as
the kids just love them and commonly sit themselves down on the floor
and begin to read as if we were in a library. They are oblivious to
the sideways glances of the sales staff and of their “be careful of
the spines” and “don't bend the pages back” comments they make
as they take one book after another from the shelves. But I'm not! I
find myself hurrying the kids along and shuffling them out the door
as soon as I can without making them feel too deprived of a good
read.</span></div>
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few doors down we found a second hand book seller and later on an
op-shop. Now my little book worms can read and bend the spines on
their books to their hearts content without feeling the steely gaze
of a shop keeper on their backs :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span>I
was rather relieved as we had earlier walked past a bakery that had
claimed many prizes for its wares and I am a sucker for a bread shop,
especially one that has blue ribbons on its windows. While Rasmus and
I sampled their pies luckily for the kids they could still have their
hot chips as they sold them too! We finished off with sweet cakes to
share-very yum.Eventually,
even a cracker of a book cannot contain the grumblings of a tummy and
so we went on the lookout for food. Kasper had asked for fish and
chips for lunch but can you believe that no such shop exists in
Denmark, how strange.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Denmark
seemed a town well versed in their environmental concerns as they had
many nods in that direction. We went to a shop which sold lots of
stuff information regarding how to care for our world and Kasper
selected a book about bugs for his birthday which he was super glad
for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
we had done the rounds of the shops we headed back to the car and the
grassy lawns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everybody's
wishes were fulfilled here. Molly could have her fun on the swings
while the boys grabbed their nets and tried to find out what was
drifting by in the river's currents and mummy and daddy sat back and
watched them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Soon
though we were on the road again towards the camp ground we had
chosen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Parry's
Beach was about 30kms out of Denmark but had a budget price which
suited us. That and the beach the camping ground sat next too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">However,
on arriving we became a bit nervous coz a big sign said that no
caravans about 3m could enter the park and to support this they had a
large metal pole suspended above the entrance, presumably at the 3m
level, preventing anyone taller gaining entry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
got out and went to have a talk with the caretaker who was quite the
character. Despite being all hunched over and bent in the middle she
was not a woman to mess with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
having a chat with her and reassuring her that our van was not more
than 3m her parting words were, “Don't you dare cut my trees.”
“Of course not”, I assured her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">~Later,
during our stay we, would hear her driving around the park on her
quad bike or shouting at her husband to hurry up and do a particular
job. It was cute.~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
decided to chance the 3m clearance and closed our eyes as we drove
under the metal pole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
made it with ease, which suggest that their 3m ruler might be a bit
out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Having
wandered the park to see if there were spots available for us a
family who were parked near the entrance said that we could share
their space and so we squeezed in next to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
introduced ourselves to our new neighbours and as they also had 3
kids we spent a bit of time during our stay getting to know each
other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For
the two nights we were bordered each other we shared their campfire
and when Kasper's birthday cake, homemade mint ice cream, came out,
we shared that too.</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eE1TXmCCZ5Y/T9370se9Y4I/AAAAAAAADn8/3sO8dDUVakw/s1600/P1230609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eE1TXmCCZ5Y/T9370se9Y4I/AAAAAAAADn8/3sO8dDUVakw/s200/P1230609.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
the drive out to the campground we had noticed lots of places to
visit. Foodie places.</span></div>
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was with this in mind that we set out the following day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As
we came to the Cheese Factory my intention was to enlighten the
children on the finer art of cheese making however, it turns out the
place was a merely a front for selling cheese and other deli style
food stuff. Oh well! We tasted the cheeses on offer and bought some
yummy things for lunch the next day.</span></div>
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stops included </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">~Cider
Making where they did not have the making of said cider on view to
the public. We tasted the cider and settle on chilli for Rasmus and
an apple for me- that will go nice with lunch tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">~A
honey producer who had one hive of bees sandwiched between to plates
of glass for you to look at while the rest of the shop was filled
with bee costumes, bee games and other bee paraphernalia. We enjoyed
tasting the honey pots though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">~An
Ugg boot lady who sold the most amazing colours, but not in my size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">~A
veggie stand which sold some lovely produce that you paid with via
the honour system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
also attempted to visit the alpaca zoo but as we pulled up it began
to rain so we decided to give it a miss. Molly was not at all happy
with this decision and planted herself firmly refusing to move.
Being the natural parent that I am I said, “If you don't get in the
car now we will go without you.” Molly didn't care so we started
to drive off. Her reaction to this was to sit down on the ground!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
the end we chickened out of our threat and I went to carry the
sobbing mess back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Day
two of our stay involved lots of sitting around doing not much at all
as the rain pitter pattered down. We suggested to the boys that we
do some school work but as it was Saturday they politely refused!
How did they know what day it was?? I never do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Instead
we donned coats and walked on the rocks at the beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
our last day the sun came out briefly enough for us to attempt a spot
of snorkeling Of course when I say “us” I mean Rasmus and the
kids :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
drove to a place called the Green Pools which was well known for its
top snorkeling spots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
rain started up again when we arrived so Kasper pulled out of the
diving party and headed back to the car with me. I was supposed to
be studying but couldn't get any connection so the two of us read our
Kindles sitting in the dry car. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rasmus
assures me though that a nearby reef made the water very calm and
schools of fish were easily spotted amongst great tall rocks which
stood in the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">When
they returned from their snorkel the sun turned out enough for me and
Kasper to agree to a spot of fresh air with the others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
went for a terrific walk down to the beach again to view these
amazing huge boulders sitting in the water called <i>The Elephant
Rocks</i>. They were quite a sight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
continued to wander amongst them getting close up views and managing
to discover a small, seemingly unchartered, area of white sand and
clear water. I felt a little like Robinson Crusoe stranded on a
deserted island. I would have felt more like him too if it wasn't
for those pesky tourists that kept popping up all over my
inaccessible beach!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">That
night, back at the van, with the neighbours having moved on, Rasmus
made our own campfire and we cooked baked potatoes in the coals.
Heavenly.</span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0Denmark Western Australia 6333, Australien-34.9618728 117.3561703-34.9878988 117.3166883 -34.9358468 117.39565230000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-40346670786462236942012-04-25T01:24:00.000+10:002012-06-25T00:49:29.702+10:00Albany area 23rd - 26th April23rd to 24th April<br />
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Rest stop before Albany</div>
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A wee overnight stop where
Rasmus took the kids for a bush walk and Ben chatted with his friend
Austin.
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Apparently I never left
the van.</div>
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Must have been too busy
cooking delicious meals for my ravenous loved ones :o)</div>
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In the morning we began
the drive towards Albany and then promptly drove straight through it!
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We had bigger fish to fry-
and look at.</div>
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Mum had told us about this
old whaling station which was now a historical tourist hot spot. So
onwards we drove, past the $3 for 5kg strawberry sign (yes, I am
still annoyed HE wouldn't turn around!), eventually veering left to
drive down a small peninsula.</div>
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On our way to the whales
we stopped off at the local Blowhole.</div>
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Parking the car we had our
first emergency family meeting. After being on the road for 3 months
and in each other's space 24/7 things had become more and more heated
between the kids and I was becoming very tired of being referee and
judge.</div>
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“Shall we go home?”
said I very sadly.</div>
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But everyone agreed they
did not want to go home and would try to look after each other
better.</div>
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Good, catastrophe averted.</div>
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We began the 1 km trek downhill towards the blowhole. My only thought now was how steep we were going down hill what it would be like on the way back!!!</div>
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Oh, and of course the views were great too!!</div>
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Climbing over rocks and boulders we finally came to the celebrated blowhole.</div>
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The water was pretty calm so no water sprayed up from the crack in the rocks but Rasmus and the kids could stand on the area and feel the power of the water as it surged under them. It was a very extraordinary experience for them....until the underground force had built up so much that trapped air exploded with the loudest bang scaring the children out of their socks! The boys jumped away giggling nervously but vowed not to go back for Rasmus' forgotten photo opportunity. Molly ran crying from the scene and needed to be reassured for some time before she could settle down.</div>
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Poor babies!</div>
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But now poor me as we begun the hike back up to the car. All in a day's fun.</div>
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On further we drove at
last coming to our destination.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Whale
World was the last operating whale ship in Australia and finally
closed on 21st November 1978. Now it is </span></span></span></span></span>made
up of an interactive museum where you can find out how a whaler's
life was experienced.
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I found it quite
fascinating as we wandered from site to site with our tour guide
recounting the different processes involved in the capture, slaughter
and then dismemberment of our largest mammal relative.</div>
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It was fascinating but at
the same time confronting and repulsive.
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They also had cinemas,
which was the kids favourite part, which helped to give us a fuller
picture of what went down on that bit of the coast.</div>
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After getting our money's
worth on whale info we managed to corral the kids through the exit
and gift shop without buying anything!</div>
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A successful day :o)</div>
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24th to 26th
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Cosy Corner</div>
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It was getting on in the
afternoon so we headed towards the night's camping-spot and in our
camping book we found a lovely area called Cosy Corner. How could we
resist.</div>
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It is always a bit risky
arriving at camp spots late in the afternoon as it is possible all
the places are gone. And with such a big van as ours it becomes even
more speculative. So, as we approached the campground we were a bit
apprehensive.</div>
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Sure enough the place was
pretty full with campers but as we were only going to stay overnight
we drove up close to the side of the road and shared the space with
the flora that was growing there.</div>
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Molly wasn't long in the
park before she spotted some kids so she was off annoying somebody
else's family for a change :o)</div>
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Kasper followed after her
coz it looked like she was actually having some fun and Ben hung around home
asking for some computer time-or perhaps it would be more appropriate
to describe it as nagging ;o)</div>
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But on rethinking (or
perhaps because his parents said no) he wandered down to have a look
at the sea and beach which was right next door to us.</div>
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Rasmus and I eventually
wandered to see who they were actually playing with-being the
responsible parents we are- and met up with some other mums and dads.
We had a nice time chatting until it was time to do the usual dinner
time routine-people must eat, even on fabulously exciting holidays
around Australia.</div>
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That night, after the kids
had gone to bed and were asleep we decided to stay an extra day and
night. We thought the boys could get some neglected study done and
we could have a swim at the beach, it had looked so lovely.</div>
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So that is what we did!
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We also continued our
“getting to know you” routine with the kid's little friends and
Rasmus and the youngsters enjoyed a wild romp in the surf, jumping
over the frothy waves.</div>
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Another day in paradise
completed :o)</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0LOT 83 Cosy Corner Rd, Kronkup Vestlige Australien 6330, Australien-35.059720501593077 117.64640808105469-35.066219501593075 117.63653758105468 -35.053221501593079 117.65627858105469tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-52878948879560796952012-04-22T00:05:00.000+10:002012-06-18T02:12:52.768+10:00Esperance and Stokes Inlet 19 - 22nd April<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">19</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">
April - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Esperance</span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYdjUL8-oCc/T8pKIXALdkI/AAAAAAAADho/HQE1V7uTZ_M/s1600/P1230341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CYdjUL8-oCc/T8pKIXALdkI/AAAAAAAADho/HQE1V7uTZ_M/s320/P1230341.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
headed back into town to top up the shopping and water before heading
off to the next National Park. As we hadn't had much of a look
around when we arrived the first time we decided to do that now so
headed off, naturally, to the beach and pier :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
beach was lovely soft sand but lots of seaweed which we had to go
across at some stages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Once
at the pier we were greeted by a seal!! It was so sweet. We had
noticed a statue of Sammy the seal at the start of the pier but I
thought it was merely a fundraiser as they had a collection box at
his flippers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But
sure enough- there he was in the flesh. We kept dashing from one
side of the jetty to the other as Sammy darted underneath us- it was
lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ben
meet some young kids fishing at the end of the pier and secretly
imagined it was him I think. He rattled on and on with questions and
chatter as is his style :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
we got back from our beach walk we had banana milk and chilli corn
chips sitting on the nature strip under the shady trees - quite a
blissful way to pass some time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">With
all our jobs done we finally make a move to our camp spot for the
night, back to the over flow area at Esperance Footy Oval where it
was a bit cheaper than the caravan park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
sun gets up about 7ish at this part of the world so after the kids
had made their regular migratory transit from their beds to ours and
woken us up the only way kids know how to-noisily-we all slowly made
a move to get up and get ready to move on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">About
7.30am we had a knock at our door!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">How
weird!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nobody
was out of their pj's yet but as I was closest to the door I answered
it, adorned in my flanney nightie and fluffy morning hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was the park ranger. Apparently we weren't allowed to park there and
the overflow area only applied to xmas and new year holidays-oops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
made our apologies and promised to move along as quickly as we
could-after breaky of course!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
extra bonus-other than getting an early start to the day, was that we
didn't have to pay the $27 they usually charge for the privilege of
using their oval.</span></div>
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20th-22nd April</div>
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Stokes Inlet (Benwenerup)</div>
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This was a really lovely
campground. The caretakers obviously took great care ;o)</div>
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I even imagined having one
of the pit toilets at my house! There had been a fire through the
area some years before so the campground was only a few years old.
Beautifully combed camping bays and freshly oiled wooden doors on the
loos. Amazing wooden doors. Too good for out in the middle of a
National Park. We weren't used to such grandeur, and Molly thought
the toilets smelled like cucumber. Which is a huge plus after some
of the toilets we have used.</div>
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The inlet, which the
camping ground lay next too- hence the name, did not invoke one to
dive in and spend hours swimming. Not only was the water was very
salty, as it's only open to the sea when it floods, it also didn't
look very inviting.</div>
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But we can't blame our
lack of swimming totally on the outward appearance of the inlet. It
also rained like there was no tomorrow.</div>
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Rasmus managed to collect
about 50 liters of rain water which spilled from the corner of the
awning. He used this precious commodity to do the masses of laundry
which stubbornly and continually accumulates.</div>
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So, we were pretty much
holed up for a day or two. We kept busy doing school work, having
sing-a-longs, playing charades and hugging each other a lot. Who are we
kidding, we didn't do any school work :o)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cycad tree</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing and Havskum at the shore</td></tr>
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At one stage the weather
cleared for a bit so we thought we might get some fresh air and
managed a bush walk. It was a guided walk where we were informed
about the amazing flora of the area, including the long lost
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycad" target="_blank">Cycad</a> tree. It was fascinating. Apparently they are not to be
eaten, although they are very tasty, unless they go through a
cleansing process. This was information which the early settlers did
not know about but the local aborigines did. Guess who got the bad
stomach cramps?</div>
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Rasmus and Ben had a go at
fishing again but between the rain and the incredibly bad luck we
have with fishing they didn't get a bite between them. Oh well,
there is always the next fishing hole.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelican over Stokes Inlet</td></tr>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0Stokes National Park, LOT 515 Stokes Inlet Rd, Coomalbidgup Vestlige Australien 6450, Australien-33.819659626496865 121.14761352539062-33.872431126496863 121.06864952539063 -33.766888126496866 121.22657752539062tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-73769010911115325022012-04-18T02:06:00.000+10:002012-06-08T02:27:35.114+10:00Cape LeGrand 15th -18th April<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cape
Le Grand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
the Nullarbor the first town you come to is a pretty place called
Norseman. A gold mining town which gained it's name from the horse
who dug up the maiden lump of shiny metal.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horse at Norseman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mollys 1st success at the Monkey Bars<br />
- Salmon Gums -</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
children played on a great playground and there were wondrous areas
of green lawn to wriggle your toes in-a real treat since we hadn't
seen any since Elliston - 7 days ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">However,
it was Esperance we were aiming for so into the car we climbed again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On
arriving we drove straight to the Visitor's Center. Rasmus had heard
about the beautiful Cape Le Grand National Park and was desperate to
stay there so we needed a permit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite
it being only 2pm the Center was closed! But to make matters worse
there was a large sign up saying that the campground at Cape Le Grand
was full!! Rasmus was so disappointed.</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wcv6FGQ1hrw/T5F0vfc9JJI/AAAAAAAACxY/vR3ziiHyuSo/s1600/P1230287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wcv6FGQ1hrw/T5F0vfc9JJI/AAAAAAAACxY/vR3ziiHyuSo/s200/P1230287.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_pnaw2ANj2Q/T42Dk488H8I/AAAAAAAACm0/OgYz-4zw2Oo/s1600/P1230188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_pnaw2ANj2Q/T42Dk488H8I/AAAAAAAACm0/OgYz-4zw2Oo/s200/P1230188.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Adding
to the afternoon's list of misfortunes was when we found out it was
still school holidays in WA and would be until 26<sup>th</sup> April!
That meant peak payment at the caravan parks- if we could get in at
all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
scoured the cheap camping spots online and found that there was
infact an overflow area at the local footy oval which was a bit
cheaper than the what the others were charging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
knew Rasmus was still frustrated at not being able to get to Le Grand
but he went ahead setting up our van for the night. An hour later he
announces we must pack-up NOW!! </span>
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“<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">What!??!!”
says I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">While
I thought he was quietly getting on with the job at hand he was
actually texting a friend who had just been there and had said,
“There were heaps of spots when we left this afternoon.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
packed up in record time and hit the road. It was over 60kms out to
the camping-ground and the sun was setting early so I was a bit
worried.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
kangaroos were starting to come out and more than once we saw them on
the side of the road. Finally we arrived. It was a beautiful spot.
Right on the beach. Glorious white sand and superb blue water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Guess
what?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">They
were full!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span><a href="mailto:S*@T">S*%T</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">!</span></span>
Driving back another 60kms in the dark!! This didn't sound like
fun, for us or the kangaroos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">There
was another camping-ground about 10kms away, Lucky Bay. We decided
to head over there and hope that it was our lucky bay-day :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">And
it was!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After
checking out the one or 2 spots they had left which were too small
for our monster of a van, the caretaker allowed us to stay the night
in the bus turn around bay. Thanks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Still,
Rasmus was determined to get a spot at Le Grand so he set the alarm
for some time very early in the morning and up we got.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape Le Grand</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
kids were carried from their beds to the car. No breakfast and no
weeing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was still dawn when we got back to Le Grand to be first in line for
the next camping-spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">So
it was in the day users carpark that we dressed, ate- and pee'd!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was all worth it though as we got a really great spot and had the
best time there. Can you believe that this National Park had not
only flushing toilets but hot showers too. Remarkable and very
muchly appreciated :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite
the fact that I was left at home for most of the time as it was the
middle of assignment writing season Rasmus and the kids had heaps of
fun. They were down at the beach everyday discovering all sorts of
amazing stuff. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
most dramatic happening was when Ben and Rasmus came across a Brown
snake!!! EEKKK!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">A
real live Brown snake just resting in the sunshine along the cliffs.
It was both an awesome discovering and a mother's nightmare all
rolled into one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
my 45 years I have never seen a snake in the wild but my family
manage to stumble across Australia's most venomous!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way to Little Hellfire beach</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everybody
survived the episode-including my poor heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Other
adventures include traversing down cliff faces in the hunt for better
snorkeling areas (another event I am sure it was better I didn't see)
and catching sea urchins for the french tourist-fishermen to use as
bait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Opposite
our camping-spot an Austrian family moved in and we had some nice
times drinking coffee and watching the kids play together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
also met up by chance with our German backpacker friends who came by
our van for a cuppa, a sandwich and a last goodbye-photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">There
was a cool hike up a hill called the Frenchman’s Nose but we could
only imagine the views-and photo opportunities- as Rasmus cut his
foot on some rocks whilst snorkeling one day (the perils of being an
action man) and it was some time before we could hear the end of that
drama ;o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">However,
Cape Le Grand was a really beautiful spot and the quite calm of the
area a real highlight on our travels.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at Cape Le Grand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset Cape Le Grand (windmills in Esprance)</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
mythology and mystery which surrounds this stretch of our nation is
well known and appreciated by most Australians. It was because of
this that I started this part of our trip with much excitement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
had initially envisioned endless kilometres of sand and isolation.
Reminding Rasmus that we must have our car full of fuel and our tanks
full with water in case we got lost or broke down and were stranded
for days. My sister then informed me it was not like this at all and
in fact you could see plenty of coast and they had even stopped to
watch the whales when they were there. Cool, says I. I love whales.
My new image was now of us driving along the coastline as we watched
the ocean life frolicking in the waters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Uuhhmmm......reality;
it's often a disappointment.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first rest area on the Nullarbor</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh
yes, it does goes past the coast- from time to time! When you do
come close to the water it is a magical mix of green and blue and it
goes on endlessly towards the horizon. It is a weird feeling to
stand on the cliff reminding yourself that this is the edge of
Australia and the next land was Antarctica!</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-AU" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JMkTC_1Fljg/T6kVcoAMEtI/AAAAAAAADJc/Ljl6qypXQuk/s1600/P1230027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JMkTC_1Fljg/T6kVcoAMEtI/AAAAAAAADJc/Ljl6qypXQuk/s320/P1230027.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But
I didn't see any whales! Granted it's not whale watching season but
that logic doesn't fit into my fantasy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
landscape along the Nullarbor was, for the most part, scratchy shrubs
and gum trees. Not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">the
majestic kind which inspire songs about our swagmen or heroic horses
dashing down cliff faces, but the uninspiring kind that have only the
barest of foliage scattered on their scrawny brittle limbs.</span></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--o1AVF1gkek/T6kVXDoV_jI/AAAAAAAADMg/Ng8fU4gKa3w/s1600/P1230009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--o1AVF1gkek/T6kVXDoV_jI/AAAAAAAADMg/Ng8fU4gKa3w/s320/P1230009.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not
only have we not seen any whales but we have seen only the rarest
sightings of any animal life at all!! Despite the often repeated
signage to take care of the wombats, kangaroos and camels which may
wander across your path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Actually,
the only wildlife we have seen were two tiny skinks spotted by Ben
and a huge huntsman which Kasper saw when he went out for a wee at
bed time. We have been so starved for fauna that we all trotted out
in our pj's to see and photograph the rare sighting.</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Igg6SCDBAro/T6kVKfJVQeI/AAAAAAAADIk/7haYnv_Qfrg/s1600/P1220965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Igg6SCDBAro/T6kVKfJVQeI/AAAAAAAADIk/7haYnv_Qfrg/s200/P1220965.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As
for birds, no emus walking the plains or eagles soaring in the sky,
crows is all we have managed. Lots of black crows picking at the
carcasses on the side of the roads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
hasn't been all bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
have met some lovely people and one night shared a camp fire with 3
young german backpackers. We roasted marshmallows and cooked bread
on sticks and chattered about nothing in particular. Molly fell
asleep on my lap as we sat memorised by the flames, Rasmus pulled
the billy out to boil water, Kasper drew pictures of the flames
which leapt high into the air as one of the boys kept adding branches
of dried leaves and Ben found a kindred spirit who shared his love of
computer games which they talked about for ages. It was a good
night.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Border between South and Western Australia</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite
originally planning to brake the 1200 km trip into 6 days we only
spent three nights on the Nullarbor </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">There
is just nothing extra to see once you have pitched camp for the
evening so you might as well keep driving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite
my less than enamoured experience driving the Nullarbor my last
thought is of the golden trees of the last campground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
first noticed them at the night viewing of Kasper's spider. Shining
my torch I flashed upon the trunk of a gum tree and thought what a
beautiful colour it was- like it had been sculptured from bronze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
the morning the trunks glowed, like the sun had a spotlight on the
them. Now I could see that there were dozens of them grouped
throughout the landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As
we drove towards Norseman, the final leg of the Nullarbor journey,
there were many more gum trees along the way which were shedding
their bark to reveal their bronzed torsos. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a pretty picture to end 1200 kms of “the treeless plain”.</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0Eyre Hwy, Eucla Vestlige Australien 6443, Australien-31.765537409484374 128.5235595703125-31.873438909484374 128.3656310703125 -31.657635909484373 128.6814880703125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5644419860768860752.post-49122564059416777842012-04-12T14:00:00.000+10:002012-05-30T00:53:21.519+10:00Ceduna 11 - 12th April<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The
last town before heading onto the Nullarbor we were told that there
was a fruit and vegie declaration station just as you left the
township heading west.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">We
had been caught out with a weeks worth of the stuff at the Vic/SA
boarder so we were going to be really clever and be very prepared
this time- we were not fools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">So,
we decided to stay the night and get it done properly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Naturally,
we chose the cheapest caravan park, which also happened to be the
dodgy-est looking. No problems, we were here for an adventure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">There
wasn't really much going for the town itself. Shops and take away
food places for the most part.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring the rocks… then came back snorkeling later</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But
there was the beach and our newly acquired snorkeling gear so as I
holed myself up in the van doing yet more assignment work Rasmus took
the kids out to get wet and wild :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">They
had a fab time and I got nothing done as the internet dropped out and
I didn't know how to get it back, or contact my computer techie
(hubby).</span></div>
<div align="JUSTIFY" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In
their absence I did managed to get all the vegies cooked up and the
fruit disposed of in an orderly manner (instead of the guzzling that
occurred at the last border!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was a peaceful and pleasant night despite the permanent park livers
enjoying a beer or 15 during the heat of the day-and night! And with
power included in the park's fee I could fall asleep to the humming
of the television's late night movie-I love doing that :o)</span></div>
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<i>Rasmus: As I rarely take a camera to the beach when snorkeling, there won't be many photos from that sort of activity.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't think squirrels come here often </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">celebrating 14 years of love</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rest Area Haslam Highway B100</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just
a little rest area which we stayed in. Usually we only stay for one
night at these kinda places. We drive in and don't unhitch the van
or take any chairs out. Often they are merely camping spots on the
way to some where. This time Julie had her Uni work to do so we
decided to stay an extra day and night. </span>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It
was just up the road from the tiny town so Rasmus took the kids for
the grand tour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I
had expected them to be an hour or so but they were gone for ages. I
should of guessed that they had discovered a jetty and spent their
time exploring all the cool things that you find hanging around those
watery neighborhoods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">My
kids, especially Ben and Molly, LOVE the beach. They love the water
and the sand and everything you find in between.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kasper
would enjoy the beach more if it wasn't for that nasty sand :o)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ah
well! We all have our druthers :o)</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06119673346436824636noreply@blogger.com0LOT 40 Main St, Haslam South Australia 5680, Australien-32.5061533 134.2146362-32.5597163 134.1356722 -32.452590300000004 134.29360020000001