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Arumvale

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    • Day 9

      Hamelin Bay und Jewel Cave

      April 22, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Nach einer längeren Autofahrt erreichten wir heute zunächst Dave Evans Bicenntinal Tree und schließlich Hamelin Bay. Dave Evans ist ein riesiger Baum, den man besteigen kann. An dem Baum sind Metallstäbe befestigt, die wendeltreppenartig den 65 Meter hohen Stamm hinaufführen. Nur dass es sich hierbei um keine Treppenstufen handelt, sondernr dünne Metallstäbe. Da das ganze ohne Sicherung erfolgt, darf man definitiv keine Höhenangst haben. Alizée und ich haben es bis zur ersten Plattform in etwa 20 oder 25 Meter Höhe geschafft. Danach sind wir schnell wieder runtergeklettert. Ohne gesichert zu sein war es uns dann doch zu heikel, noch höher zu klettern!

      Hamelin Bay ist eine Bucht, die berühmt für Stachelrochen jst. Leider konnten wir zunächst keine entdecken. Am Strand trafen wir die Freunde von Maya wieder, die wir vorgestern schonmal getroffen hatten und mit denen wir den Nachmittag mit Sonnenbaden und Schwimmen im Meer verbrachten. Auf einem Spaziergang am Strand entlang entdeckte ich dann doch noch einen Stachelrochen!

      Danach sind wir zur nicht weit entfernten Jewel Cave gefahren. Dort haben wir eine etwa einstündige Tour durch die größte touristisch zugängliche Höhle in Westaustralien gemacht. Die Höhle war ziemlich beeindruckend! Sie war riesig und hatte verschiedene Hallen mit Stalagmiten und Stalaktiten in allen Formen.

      Danach schauten wir den Sonnenuntergang bei einem Leuchtturm am Meer an und schlugen dann unsere Zelte auf einem Campingplatz auf. Dummerweise hatten wir vergessen unsere Wassercontainer zu fühlen, sodass der Wasserkonsum auf ein Minimum reduziert werden musste!
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    • Day 279

      Margaret River

      December 30, 2023 in Australia

      Unfortunately we didn’t get to spend as much time in Margaret River as we wanted as it was really busy due to school holiday.

      We explored some areas of the northern section of the area with the kids over Christmas so now we ventured into the town itself and explored the southern part of the coast.

      The town of Margaret River was lovely and the costal areas stunning.
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    • Day 13

      Orchid hunting day

      November 3, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      We set off bright and early to pickup honey from Pemberton Honey, then to Beedalup Falls for the first hunt. We found a few heading towards the swing bridge but not many. We saw pink lady, white spider orchid and a pink spider orchid. Then we went to Sue's Bridge Campgrounds to check out the campsite, we saw the highest concentration of cowslip orchids ever and Ruby even spotted a ( green hood orchid)
      We then headed to Boranup campsite to reserve a spot. A strategy told to us by Sue camphost at Warren River Campground.
      After the tent was pitched, we left for Augusta, hunt number 3. On the way, we stopped off at a gallery and that was most opportune. We met a fellow customer and whist exchanging pleasantries, the topic of orchid hunting came up. The lady drew us a map to Donavan Bushland and told us specifically where a path would be to take us to Flat Rock, nicknamed, Augusta's Kings Park where there would be an abundance of orchids.
      It truly was orchid paradise. We lost count as to the number of orchids we encountered.
      We saw lots of different spider orchids, enamel orchid, clown orchid, green hood orchid, donkey orchid and forest mantis orchid The highlight for Ruby was finding the Leopard Orchid. It took us 2.05 hours to complete that 2.5km track. It was an extremely windy afternoon, so photos of the nodding waving orchids posed an enormous challenge.
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    • Day 14

      Conto to Redgate on the Cape to Cape

      November 4, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      The Conto to Redgate stretch of the Cape to Cape walk is very picturesque and interesting because it incorporates bush, beach and clambering over boulders in it's 7 km undulating track.
      At the beginning of the walk we met a paraglider who was taking off from landing nearby. He said he preferred landing back on the landing or on the beach because there are snakes in the scrub and his gear might get entangled.
      It was coincidentally that Ruby managed to photograph the paraglider and a wedge tail eagle flying close together.
      At about the 4km mark, a cave appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Sadly there were no orchids on this walk. We were rewarded with Ruby's yummy lunch at the end of the walk, perched on a flatrock about 50m above the beach.
      We enjoyed a cup of tea at the White Elephant Cafe at Gnarabup.
      On the way back to the campsite we stopped at the Calgardup Cave to ask the guide if there were any orchids nearby. She was very helpful and suggested Bob Hollow which was a 4WD track opposite the carpark. We were amazed at how many orchids were found in a mere kilometre stretch of the track. There were spider orchids, pink enamel orchid, cowslips, sun orchids and the highly rare leopard orchid.
      We made another impromptu stop at a carpark at the Boranup Forest. It was magical to walk under the tall karri trees with an added bonus of finding pink lady orchids and donkey orchids.
      It was a wonderful way to wrap up a memorable holiday.
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    • Day 2

      Love Spring/Davies Loop and Boranup

      September 15, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Preparing our vegetable frittata for breakfast and lunch was challenging with cheeky bold magpies who would snatch a piece of food from right beside you. After breakfast, we ventured down a track near our campsite and gathered some gumnuts to hurl towards the magpies at future meal preparations. We also found a pile of firewood which we gathered with the help of our washing up pail. Unfortunately, the periodic rain prevented us from lighting a fire this evening as we had dinner in the car and retired to the tent at 7.38pm.

      The forest was very burnt in 6.53km hike at Davies and Love Spring Road. An enormous bushfire ravaged and destroyed over 8000 hectares of forest, started 8 December last year and took 4 days to contain, and many more days to burn out. There was much regeneration where we walked today, but the devastation was still very apparent. Some giant karri trees have fallen, grass trees which require a bushfire to thrive have also succumbed some victims. It was rather infuriating to see the damages done and know this fire was deliberately lit. That and the litter on the 4WD tracks made me ashamed to be a human.

      The Boranup Drive loop is a very well maintained compacted dirt road, and it was good to leave the burnt forest behind. We had an in-car picnic lunch on a side track. Grace spotted a very unusual orchid near the toilets by the lookout.

      Margaret River Open Studios are on, so we chanced upon young Ben Edwards who does beautiful resin and wood serving boards and furniture.

      We abandoned our hike towards the Boranup Beach after 1.5km of slow ascend on a 4WD track. We shall save this for another visit.

      3km
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    • Day 163

      Boranup Campground

      October 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      We stayed here overnight. Had to go down to Augusta nearby to pick up a new water pump in the morning.

      Was bitterly cold and drizzly rain all afternoon. So stayed tucked up inside. We did have an emu pop in for a visit. Not quick enough for a photo. But did I get the roo that visited on dusk. Was going to take a walk and do some photos in the morning. Graham had parked us in a tricky place and spent ages getting out. Didn't even get breakfast. On the positive side, he sprung for an excellent breakfast at Augusta when we got there.Read more

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