2023 Beast trip Melb to Perth

mars - mai 2023

Southwards and westwards across the continent to Perth and back home. 🙏 Les mer

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- 26. mar. 2023, 12:06
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Høyde: 218 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Gnamma Creek -33.645332, 120.4409933°38’43” S 120°26’28” E
Dag 18
Esperance
26. mars 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Uh oh folks - rainy Esperance - and poor visibility limited our sightseeing at Le Cape Grand. Apparently it is the whitest sandy beach in whole of Stralia - and had we been able we would have seen nude beauties and kangaroos on beach!!!! So our highlights pretty slim pickings; Markus loved the sandwich shop, we got in some nice swims at front beach, Minnie met a new friend called Gizmo, I liked my Patsy photo after two wines, and we loved the glass buildings on the foreshore that featured historical images of local families. There was a memorable story from a local bloke in 1957 who saw a grand piano being offloaded into a dinghy from a tanker in the harbour in the dark of night - but he never found out where it went.Les mer
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- 28. mar. 2023, 09:03
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 9 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Boat Harbour -34.5118, 118.80434°30’42” S 118°48’14” E
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Boat Harbourr beach to Albany
28. mars 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We spent the last couple of days in a beautiful spot by ourselves, oh and of course can’t forget Trevor - A free camp at Boat Harbour beach - it was a little bit rugged getting in off South Coast Hwy but Beast purred thru. - located past Bremer bay famous for whale watching and about 1.5 hours before Albany.
TBH I was not as taken by Trevor as Markus was…themes of misogyny ringing in my ears…however Trevor lives a pretty tough life as unofficial caretaker but is taking donations to buy a defibrillator for campground … a living legend reckons Markus.
A very relaxing stay as the weather was great, it is not used as a harbour these days - it is surrounded by gorgeous and climbable large orange rocks and many small rock pools.
It was all soooo relaxing. We could only swim thigh deep though as White pointers call the place home.
The sea birds were fascinating - fast,agile hunters skimming the waves and rocks. Too fast to photograph.
Ah bliss for a day or two - now onward and upward back in civilisation in Albany - first impressions are 👍Les mer
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- 29. mar. 2023, 16:43
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Høyde: 14 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Albany Centennial Park Anzac Peace Park -35.027235, 117.8863235°1’38” S 117°53’11” E
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Around Albany
29. mars 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Albany is a pretty place of around 40,000 in the greater area. There are fabulous National Parks and trails and beautiful coves. Thank god there is no longer a whaling industry. We met a local who told us that during whale season the oceans were blood red. Nowadays seems to be more of grain and dare I say, woodchips.
The Anzac memorial is amazing - all First World War troops left from here.
They say it’s colder than Melbourne however we had heavenly weather and could swim in Frenchman’s bay. Long live the kebab shop in York st - alas no pics as we gobbled it up so speedily.Les mer
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- 31. mar. 2023
- 🌬 22 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- Indian Ocean -35.034832, 117.15997435°2’5” S 117°9’36” E
Dag 23
Denmark and Parry Beach
31. mars 2023, Indian Ocean ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
We stayed at another beach camp (well what a surprise - this trip should be called follow the sun) Parry beach - 20ks out of Denmark Margs side - which had a Red Hill vibe. There were more of these sea hare’s washed up on beach - very poisonous to dogs - like a black slug/blob just a lick causes dogs to die in 24hours - so while Polly was working up a sweat about the potential danger - Minnie ripped her dewclaw half out on some rocks - $415 dollars later - surgery and antibiotics etc she got the royal treatment.
Oh and of note we met John Brown - 94 yr old man who has camped at Parry beach on and off for 70 years - got lots of great stories from him and from the two very special Tassie campers around the camp fire.
John was recovering from Covid - his 91 yr old fishing mate had been taken to Perth hospital - then we saw John chopping his own firewood the next day! Blimey he was a toughie made me feel like such a woos.Les mer
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- 3. apr. 2023, 10:49
- Høyde: 71 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Margaret River Warperup Creek -33.950827, 115.08395233°57’3” S 115°5’2” E
Dag 26
Margs the place to be
3. april 2023, Australia
It’s been around 20 years since we were here - on the way people were telling us that Margaret River had been spoilt by trendiness and development- which may well be true for some older locals- it really has grown and Main Street a bit like Noosa with so many restaurants and bars - however we are very grateful it is just still such a beautiful place - we are loving the forests, the beaches, the organic farms and of course the vineyards - their stunning buildings and settings. Also great to eat out and wash our clothes.
And Minnie is recuperating well - chased a cat around the Riverview caravan park this morning.Les mer
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- 10. apr. 2023, 08:46
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Høyde: 17 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Mandurah Halls Head Wisteria Gardens -32.548317, 115.69950132°32’54” S 115°41’58” E
Dag 33
Easter 23
10. april 2023, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Easter greetings - Joe Cocker quote always comes to mind - “I just want to say - don’t get hung up about Easter”
We are leaving Mandurah today - really great stay with relos - very hospitable stay as usual - good company and fab boat trip. It’s a pretty seaside town - always growing and offers lots of boating fishing and seaside and canal living.
Our neice has a new florist online venture - and sparked me to notice all the gorgeous natives and tropical plantsLes mer
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- 11. apr. 2023, 09:02
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Høyde: 360 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Westonia -31.304407, 118.69748731°18’16” S 118°41’51” E
Dag 34
Stumbling into Westonia
11. april 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Westonia is a really small town located on the eastern wheatbelt region of WA - population of around 70 locals but has a few hundred extra who work at local gold mine. As we are useless at planning - it came as a big surprise to us. It’s history as a gold mining town has had a big makeover to resemble yesteryear - we first thought it was a film set - which apparently it has been used for - google it as not sure my pics do it justice.Les mer
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- 11. apr. 2023
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Høyde: 285 m
- Australia State of Western Australia Dundas Norseman -32.197735, 121.77725632°11’52” S 121°46’38” E
Dag 34
Go for Gold
11. april 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Kalgoorlie - never been here - wow aren’t humans interesting - digging humongous holes in the ground - bloody hard work and incredibly labour and engineering intense - about 5 grams of gold from a tonne of rock ore - really incredible when you watch it - like little matchbox trucks - the big feeders load up each truck with about 20 tonnes. Minnie and I are standing in a digger and have been photobombed.
Then we went out bush - it was so beautiful - all one needs is a coffee and toilet paper.
Got toNorseman tonight and this gorgeous camper was next door. Up early to cross Nullabor again 🙏Les mer
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- 18. apr. 2023, 12:12
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- Australia State of South Australia Mid Murray North West Bend H and L G S Reserve -34.036483, 139.67254134°2’11” S 139°40’21” E
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Homeward Bound
18. april 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Well once we pointed the Beast South and Eastwards from Kalgoolie - she went towards home with gusto. Perhaps doing the Nullabor twice in a month wasn’t the brightest idea and it didn’t seem to be as much fun. So we gunned it. We ran across a huge cold front with rain and 70km wind gusts, followed by a stay with smelly and noisy mice, then a confronting stop in a town struggling with a visible ice problem, as well as pretty gruesome food stops along the way aka Kimba bakery.
Things turned much brighter after we arrived in beautiful Clare Valley - though we nearly lost Minnie forever in the bush when she got Kangaroo lust and almost ran herself into a heart attack. We stayed in our fave bush cabins and lapped up the mild days, epicurean days and nights by the fireside.Les mer
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- 19. apr. 2023, 15:16
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Høyde: 106 m
- Australia State of Victoria Buloke Bunguluke -36.076908, 143.40264536°4’37” S 143°24’10” E
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Last Day - Beast Road Trip Melb to WA an
19. april 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Lovely stopover in Mildura - the town is looking good - little sign of the Murray floods a few months back. We had luck, finally, to get a table for dinner at Stefano’s after trying many times. What a legend Stefano De Pieri is - he told us it’s his 31st year in the restaurant, and he’s thinking that he’s nearing the end of his career- 5 course set menu which I am not a fan of - however it was sensational - light, and superbly fresh with local produce - homely Italian done really with a fine touch. Gobbled down with a gorgeous Chianti. Yummy
We drove on today to my hometown of SeaLake for a nostalgic stopover.
Then it was on to Boort to stay the night with our old mate Macca - a nice ending to this Beast Road Trip.
Looking forward to seeing the hood tomorrow. The End.Les mer
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