Archive for July, 2010
As the distance from Perth to Exmouth is more than we cared to do on one day we picked The Riverside Sanctuary as a stopover. It was still a 530 Km drive and we planned our route so we would arrive at the Sanctuary by sunset.
We left Perth via the highway until we got to Jurian Bay from where we took the scenic route along the coast. 15 Km south of Geralton we stopped at Greenough where many of the trees are growing near horizontal because of the winds blowing in from the sea.
When we arrived at our cottage for one night we were just in time to see the final daylight that colored the western sky. There was nothing more to do than have dinner and preparing for tomorrow.
It was a short night but we were on our way to the rentalcar company by 10:30. We were given a 3.6 V6 cylinder Holden with 9000 Km on the clock. Not bad 
After stopping at a nearby shoppingcenter to get some food and drink and a prepaid phonecard we set off to the center of Perth. We first went to the Bell Tower at the waterfront, thee spot where wee found our first Ozzie geocache. We strolled along one of the main streets to the Perth Mint where gold coins are made (no free samples though).
We continued to the Belgian Beer Cafe and then back to the car. All is set to drive north and “really” begin our tour of this part of Western Australia.
There will be no internet access tomorrow as we’ll be in the middle of nowhere, at least 20 Km from the nearest “town”.
We left home at 17:00 on Sunday to take our first flight from Brussels to Frankfurt. The flight left right on time and 40 minutes later we touched down. We changed terminals and boarded QF6, the Qantas flight to Singapore, for a 12 hour flight east. Still spot on time we again changed planes once again for the final leg of our trip, a 5 hour flight south to Perth. 100% to schedule we touched down on Ozzie soil at 30 minutes past midnight. A quick stroll through immigration and customs and a 15 minute drive in the hotel courtesy bus and we could get to sleep around 2 in the morning.
