32. Tasmania - Cradle Mountain & Wombats

Cradle Mountain is located in the central highlands of Tasmania, in Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park. It has a sub-polar ocean climate, with its average temperatures in October range fromLäs mer
31. Tasmania-Cataract Gorge & Penguins!

Travelling from east towards Cradle Mountain, we stopped for a night in Launceston, a small town with not much going on other than its local Cataract Gorge attraction. Although I've seen far moreLäs mer
30. Tasmania - Freycinet NP

Our 1 hour 15 minute flight from Melbourne to Hobart, capital of Tasmania, somehow occupied the whole day. We got to the airport early (due to hotel check-out times) but weren't allowed to check inLäs mer
29. Melbourne & ARF

Melbourne is a bustling city of 5.35 million people, and capital of the state of Victoria. We returned our rental car here after our Great Ocean Road trip & spent a few days doing what the locals do -Läs mer
28. The Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road is one of Australia’s most iconic coastal drives, stretching 240 kilometers along Victoria’s rugged south-west coastline from Torquay to Allansford.
Although it is a popularLäs mer
27. South coast - Albany & Denmark

Before heading back to Perth for our flight to Melbourne, we toodled around the coasts of Albany & then William Bay NP in Denmark. If you like rocky coastline with rough and rugged surf, this is theLäs mer
26. Albany - Granite Skywalk

I woke up feeling better today and was determined to get back in the game after 2 days of mostly rest, so, after grabbing a massive breakfast at the local diner, we drove north to Granite Skywalk toLäs mer
25. Margaret River & southern road trip

We picked up our rental car the next day and drove the 3+ hours down to Margaret River, stopping at the small towns of Bunbury & Busselton, neither of which offered much in the way of attractions. InLäs mer
24. CWP lll (cont)

23. CWP ll (cont) - Koalas, wombats +

22.Caversham Wildlife Park (CWP) - Roos!

Upon arriving on the train in Perth from Fremantle, we spent a few hours checking out the area via the hop-on hop-off bus, then grabbing dinner & a cocktail. We agreed we were neither particularlyLäs mer
21. Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island, aka "Wadjemup" to the Whadjuk Noongar (indigenous) people, is a 19 sq km coastal sanctuary 18 kilometers off the coast of Fremantle. It is a nature lover's paradise, with over 60Läs mer
20. WA Maritime & Shipwreck Museums

Btw - WA stands for Western Australia.
Strolling through the city, we stopped to visit the Maritime Museum & the Shipwreck Museum. The former was pretty good & they let us old codgers in for aLäs mer
19. Fremantle Prison tour

Between 1788 & 1868, more than 165,000 men, women & children were transported from Great Britian to Australia as punishment for their crimes.
The Fremantle Prison itself was constructed by convictsLäs mer
18. Fremantle & the markets

We flew without ado from Boome to Perth. Well, maybe there was a little ado.
At the airport we discovered Mike left his jacket back with our friends staying at a hostel. We checked our bags, and hadLäs mer
17. Broome - End of the Tour!

We made it to Broome - yay! It is here we will say our goodbyes to all of our new friends. What a wonderful privilege it was to meet and travel with all of them.
Arriving Wed eve, I spent all dayLäs mer
16. Tunnel Creek (Dimalurru)

Many of our excursions have introduced us to the various gorges, swimming holes and waterfalls that the Kimberly is known for, but today was a special treat as we visited Tunnel Creek. TC is anLäs mer
15. Bell Gorge & Windjana Camp

Windjana Camp was the last camping night of our trip - yay! (Did I say that out loud?)
We stopped along the way to collect firewood for our first campfire tonight.
We also hiked out to Bell Gorge toLäs mer
13. Boabs, et. al.

The boab tree (aka boabab in Africa) has a distinctive swollen trunk with sparse branches that is said to appear upside down, as if its branches should really be its roots. Also sometimes called aLäs mer
12. El Questro Station & Emma Gorge

El Questro Station is an outback retreat sprawling across 700,000 acres of wilderness.
Set along the banks of the Pentecost River, it was originally established as a cattle station in the earlyLäs mer
11. Purnululu NP, Bungle Bungles

Heading south we made our way to Purnululu National Park, home of the famous Bungle Bungles, and did 2 spectacular walks there through Echidna Chasm and Cathedral Gorge. Not sure the pix will doLäs mer
10. Lake Argyle & Crocs

We crossed the border from the Northern Territory to Western Australia on our way to Lake Argyle, a man-made yet gorgeous lake with a surface area of 700 sq km. There we took an entertaining boat rideLäs mer
9. Katherine, Nitmiluk NP

Our first day on tour took us to Nitmiluk National Park, where we hiked up to Edith Falls to take a refreshing swim in the water.
Well, some of us did. Others of us didn't quite prepare properlyLäs mer
8. "The Kimberely" Tour

The Kimberely is a wilderness region in the NW corner of Australia covering 160-165 K sq miles. Although roughly the size of California, it boasts a population of 40,000, half of which are indigenous.Läs mer
7. Last Day in Darwin

Our last night in Darwin involved packing for our tour & treating ourselves to a "seafood tower" dinner.
Wandering the area before that, I ran into a demonstration (very peaceful compared to theLäs mer