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| Arriving in Kalbarri |
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.
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| Lush green lawns |
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.
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| Waiting in vain for pelican feeding |
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!
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| Another sunset |
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!
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| Mushroom Rock |
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.
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| Lookout |
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/
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| Hike |
But
back to the topic.....
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.
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 31st 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. |
| Stjernekaster |
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| B'day party |
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| only legal Australian fireworks |
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!
28th
May
Rest
Stop
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.
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!
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.
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!
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