Perth to Shark Bay

Rottnest Island

Whats for dinner?

How about lobster?

No Josh, quokka soccer has been banned

The Batavia Coast

The Batavia and other Dutch ships were wrecked on this coast 150 years before Cook - this is understandable as the wind never stops here.

And of course the Sydney lays off here

The Blounts visist another Australian Icon - the Pinnacles

I need a boat

How about we get one?

This is fast dad!

Natures window at Kalbarri

Shark Bay

Into the tropics and we were greeted by cyclone Pancho

But it soon cleared up and we were away

This is a world heritage area, home to:

bilbies

turtles and dugongs

stromatolites

plenty of shags

Big tiger sharks like this 12 footer

and the best fishing yet

pinkies

blackies

Cook this up please Craig

We were lucky enough to meet the Butcharts (Wayne, Tania, Rachel and Monique)

who took us exploring

to the Peron Peninsula

and Faure Island

Captain Josh

Goodbye beautiful Shark Bay

Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia - where man meets dolphin


and girl meets dolphin

South West WA

ESPERANCE and CAPE LE GRANDE

This is surely one of the best parts of Australia

Check out the white beaches

We hung out with a French family: Phillipe (dad), Agnes (mum), Juliette (9) and Louise (7) whom we are now travelling with

More beautiful beaches

And some cute kids too

The surf gets good around here

Chloe gave out a few tips to the Frenchies

Esperance Locals

Leatherjackets are always a tasty treat

One happy lad

And why wouldn’t he be!

Many hands make light work

The International Gameboy challenge

And yes we still managed time for some school work

ALBANY and DENMARK

They once caught whales around here

Now they catch salmon

Beautiful beaches at Albany

Yes it is beautiful, but you can’t keep it Chloe

Agnes’ birthday party

THE FOREST and MARGARET RIVER

Massive prehistoric forests occur around here

And this is the biggest tree of all

The easy way up to the canopy

And the hard way up

Supertubes at Yallingup

The south west corner of Australia (you can just see the lighthouse on the left)

South of Perth

Busselton jetty is apparently the longest of them all

Chloe caught up with Sammy,

an old friend from home who has migrated west