Fremantle, Rockingham and Swan Valley
More driving round and round as we toured Fremantle: fisherman’s wharf and jetty, the Fremantle Prison (built by convict labor between 1852 and 1860) and the Roundhouse, the oldest remaining building in Western Australia, built as a jail, and the first permanent building in the colony. There is a tunnel underneath the walls, built to […]
Brekky on the Beach
After a quick breakfast on the beach by the picturesque Geraldton Lighthouse, we head inland to the real Wildflower Country. In this section, the most common were pink, yellow, and white everlastings, along with banskia, purple scaevola and in a few areas the rare wreath flower, which grows in a circle, flowers around the outside […]
Wildflower Way
This morning we drove the 18 km loop through Leseur National Park, one of the most important reserves for flora conservation in Western Australia. There are many endemic and rare species here, and September is prime, spring wildflower viewing time. On the drive we saw many of the 900 species of flora in the park, […]
Pinnacles and Stromatolites
Our drive took us along the coast, past small towns, fishing villages and vast open spaces. We checked into the Cervantes Lodge in the crayfishing town of Cervantes. The town was named for some nearby offshore islands, which in turn had been named for a shipwreck. The streets of the town are all named from […]
Perth
We arrived safely in Perth yesterday at 2 am, though Donny’s bag was again MIA. It arrived a day late, delivered by the airport courier…but the bad luck of having the bag go missing 3 times in a row is really unbelievable! Perth is lovely city, and we’re just starting to explore. With the closest […]