The Busselton jetty
The big Snapper
Snapper, cod and Nanigai
Miners hall of fame
tasting @ Barossa
on the Nullabor
Nullabor clif
London Bridge on the Great
Ocean Road
12 Apostles
The 'Ava'nator
Swim time
Lovin it
Christams day
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Pics!
The Busselton jetty
The big Snapper
Snapper, cod and Nanigai
Miners hall of fame
tasting @ Barossa
on the Nullabor
Nullabor clif
London Bridge on the Great
12 Apostles
The 'Ava'nator
Swim time
Lovin it
Christams day
Perth to Melbourne
Hello everyone,
Hope you all had a great NY. We haven't posted a blog for a while due to laziness and limited access to decent computers so this is quite long.
Our Christmas was spent on a beach in Perth eating fish and chips washed down with a bottle of champas. It was bloody hot with a heat wave of 40 degree plus days. Boxing day was spent at Hillary's Boat Harbour cooling off on some waterslides.
From Perth, we left for Busselton, a few hours south. A very nice spot with a long jetty that we jumped off. Crystal clear waters but lots of flies.
Margaret River was next and we spent NY here also. We went on a wine tour which included over 50 tastings. I think Luke had every one of them! We met up with some of the people we met on the tour for a NY celebration at the local tavern. The surf here was pretty big and we managed one session at Redgate Beach. Very messy waves.
We had a nice lunch on NY day with a guy who we had previously met at Pardoo station (he was working with the mines). He and his wife lived on a very nice acreage there and it was here that we had to call RAC (NRMA) for the third time (getting the value out of our membership). Car battery was flat which meant we couldn't even get into the car because of the computerised key.
From here we went to Esperance where we were booked in for a full day fishing charter. It turned out to be very successful with Luke catching the fish of the day, a 70cm snapper and various other big fish. A seal started hanging arouns the latter part of the day eating people's fish as they were bringing them in. It was at this time that i was tangled with another line. Upon untangling it and as quick as a flash the big hook went straight through my finger, in one part and out another. Boy, did i scream. The seal had grabbed on to that other line's fish and that had caused the hook to do what it did. Luckily the barb hadn't gone in and the deckie was able to unpierce it. Ouch!
Kalgoorlie was next and it proved to be a good detour. We saw the super pit (a large open cut gold mine), went underground in an unused mine and saw some gold pouring. There was an old hotel there with skimpies (bar girls who wear lingerie and bring out a titty kitty later on in the night so they get their jugs out). It definately gets the guys in.
Nullabour Plain was next and for three days we crossed it into SA. We've never driven on such a boring road. At one stage for 146.6km it is dead straight, the longest in Oz.
Bypassed much of SA due to time restrictions (wanted to spend most in WA as we it is so far to get to). However, we did check out the Barossa. We didn't think it was as good as Margaret River but it was still a good day.
Again, we passed through most towns and got to the great ocean road. Very nice and will definately come back and take our time with it. We ended up in Melbourne last week and have been staying with Luke's sis, Louise, brother in law Paul and niece Ava. It was great to see them after so long esp Ava who is 11 months now. Luke and i went to the Aus open which was good and we have all been to St Kilda, the city etc.
We leave here tomorrow morn and make our way home via the coast.
The 16 weeks are coming to an end and as much as we have enjoyed every bit of it, we are looking forward to going home.
Bye for now,
Loz n Luke xoxo
Hope you all had a great NY. We haven't posted a blog for a while due to laziness and limited access to decent computers so this is quite long.
Our Christmas was spent on a beach in Perth eating fish and chips washed down with a bottle of champas. It was bloody hot with a heat wave of 40 degree plus days. Boxing day was spent at Hillary's Boat Harbour cooling off on some waterslides.
From Perth, we left for Busselton, a few hours south. A very nice spot with a long jetty that we jumped off. Crystal clear waters but lots of flies.
Margaret River was next and we spent NY here also. We went on a wine tour which included over 50 tastings. I think Luke had every one of them! We met up with some of the people we met on the tour for a NY celebration at the local tavern. The surf here was pretty big and we managed one session at Redgate Beach. Very messy waves.
We had a nice lunch on NY day with a guy who we had previously met at Pardoo station (he was working with the mines). He and his wife lived on a very nice acreage there and it was here that we had to call RAC (NRMA) for the third time (getting the value out of our membership). Car battery was flat which meant we couldn't even get into the car because of the computerised key.
From here we went to Esperance where we were booked in for a full day fishing charter. It turned out to be very successful with Luke catching the fish of the day, a 70cm snapper and various other big fish. A seal started hanging arouns the latter part of the day eating people's fish as they were bringing them in. It was at this time that i was tangled with another line. Upon untangling it and as quick as a flash the big hook went straight through my finger, in one part and out another. Boy, did i scream. The seal had grabbed on to that other line's fish and that had caused the hook to do what it did. Luckily the barb hadn't gone in and the deckie was able to unpierce it. Ouch!
Kalgoorlie was next and it proved to be a good detour. We saw the super pit (a large open cut gold mine), went underground in an unused mine and saw some gold pouring. There was an old hotel there with skimpies (bar girls who wear lingerie and bring out a titty kitty later on in the night so they get their jugs out). It definately gets the guys in.
Nullabour Plain was next and for three days we crossed it into SA. We've never driven on such a boring road. At one stage for 146.6km it is dead straight, the longest in Oz.
Bypassed much of SA due to time restrictions (wanted to spend most in WA as we it is so far to get to). However, we did check out the Barossa. We didn't think it was as good as Margaret River but it was still a good day.
Again, we passed through most towns and got to the great ocean road. Very nice and will definately come back and take our time with it. We ended up in Melbourne last week and have been staying with Luke's sis, Louise, brother in law Paul and niece Ava. It was great to see them after so long esp Ava who is 11 months now. Luke and i went to the Aus open which was good and we have all been to St Kilda, the city etc.
We leave here tomorrow morn and make our way home via the coast.
The 16 weeks are coming to an end and as much as we have enjoyed every bit of it, we are looking forward to going home.
Bye for now,
Loz n Luke xoxo
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a great christmas. Luke and i celebrated in Perth, living it up in a hotel in the city. We spent a very hot christmas at the beach with fish and chips and a bottle of champas. We will be heading to Maragaret River today after spending two days in Busselton, a very nice place with a jetty that stretches 1.8km. We will download some photos in the coming days.
From exmouth we travelled to Coral Bay and stayed right on the water in a nice caravan park. It was then on to Denham/shark Bay where we visited Monkey Mia and saw the dolphins being fed. Geraldton was passed through for a night before we stopped at Cervantes where we saw the Pinnacles at sunset and encountered our first semi-road kill on the way home. Unfortunately it missed the nudge bar and the quarter panel copped it. The kangaroo must have been pretty tough as it hopped away when Luke went to give it a love tap.
Anyways, have a happy New Year! We will.
Loz n Luke :)
Hope you all had a great christmas. Luke and i celebrated in Perth, living it up in a hotel in the city. We spent a very hot christmas at the beach with fish and chips and a bottle of champas. We will be heading to Maragaret River today after spending two days in Busselton, a very nice place with a jetty that stretches 1.8km. We will download some photos in the coming days.
From exmouth we travelled to Coral Bay and stayed right on the water in a nice caravan park. It was then on to Denham/shark Bay where we visited Monkey Mia and saw the dolphins being fed. Geraldton was passed through for a night before we stopped at Cervantes where we saw the Pinnacles at sunset and encountered our first semi-road kill on the way home. Unfortunately it missed the nudge bar and the quarter panel copped it. The kangaroo must have been pretty tough as it hopped away when Luke went to give it a love tap.
Anyways, have a happy New Year! We will.
Loz n Luke :)
Friday, December 14, 2007
Pics From Pardoo to Exmouth
The open air cinema in Broome,
the oldest operating in the world
Our last day of work! in front
of the general store
Me with Mika, th family pet.
She chewed right through the
christmas light cords that Luke
and i had just put up
Our favourite toy on the station.
We drove down to the beach on
it one arvo after work
A mining truck @ Wickham
A happy and scary moment!
This black tip didn't want to
stay still. There were bigger
ones circling our liv baits. Hooked
up to a couple but broke our lines
off.
This one didn't get away! Luke
caught this at night. Measuring
1.7m this black tip was put back.
Jumping off an exmouth pier.
Water is crystal clear and the
perfect temp
Luke staring out at his dream boat
Finally! Plenty of fish dinners.
The trevally is 56cm and four
emperors about 30cm. Caught
from the zodiac
Ningaloo reef. 5m from the
shore, shallow enough to see
it all snorkelling. Saw a few
sharks, white tip this time.
Just hanging around
Absolutely love this photo of
Luke looking through a cave
opening.
Went turtle watching last night.
This is their breeding season.
As you can see from the pic below
we saw absolutely everything
One experience we'll never forget!
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Broome to Point Samson
JUst a quick note on what we have been doing. We worked for a week on a cattle station called Pardoo. 500,000 acres and 5000 head of cattle. We didn't do too much with the cattle though as they only get mustered anually. Our jobs included moving the sprinklers on the quad bike, mowing, cleaning, maintenance etc. We got paid pretty well on top of our keep. There was a chef there, cookie, who was employed by a mining company as Pardoo is also a pace for the miners to stay. Her meals were awesome. A good break from cooking also. The temp barely dropped below 40 in the day and last WEdnesday it topped 43. Very hot when working outside.
The experience was awesome and the people we met couldn't be nicer. On one of the arvos after work, Luke and i took the quad bike to the beach via a very sandy 4wd trail. Lots of fun andd lots of cattle, Kangaroos and other wildlife.
I will attach some photos when we get to a better computer.
Point Samson is nice. Great swimming, still no surf. Great snorkelling, saw turtles, fish and rays. Been fishing quite a bit. Hooked on to a big one last night but it snapped us of afer about 5 mins. Will go back tonight. Will headto Dampier tomorrow.
LOve loz
The experience was awesome and the people we met couldn't be nicer. On one of the arvos after work, Luke and i took the quad bike to the beach via a very sandy 4wd trail. Lots of fun andd lots of cattle, Kangaroos and other wildlife.
I will attach some photos when we get to a better computer.
Point Samson is nice. Great swimming, still no surf. Great snorkelling, saw turtles, fish and rays. Been fishing quite a bit. Hooked on to a big one last night but it snapped us of afer about 5 mins. Will go back tonight. Will headto Dampier tomorrow.
LOve loz
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Pictures
Arriving at the NP entrance
The view from Ubirr lookout
The view from Ubirr lookout
Barra fishing on the East Alligator
River near the border of Arnhem
Land. Lots of crocs here!
Taking off on the scenic flight
over Kakadu
One of the views from above
Edith Falls
Edith Falls
In one of the spa plunge pools
formed by the rapids. We had
this whole area to ourselves
Watching the sunset after our swim
One of Luke's prize cane victims.
One of Luke's prize cane victims.
The biggest pest in QLD and NT.
This was caught among many others
at Katherine.
A Boab tree used as a holding cell
A Boab tree used as a holding cell
for travelling prisoners near the
town of Derby
town of Derby
We drove the car on to the beach,
watched the sunset and the camel
riding.
A Broome sunset
At Broome Port
Broome
riding.
A Broome sunset
At Broome Port
Broome
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Kakadu to Broome
We have travelled over 10,000 km in total now and we are in Broome. It was a long stretch from Katherine (NT) to here taking 3 days and averaging about 500- 600 km a day. Not much to see in between.
In kakadu, we enjoyed an hour scenic flight over the whole region including parts of Arnhem Land. So many winding muddy rivers with crocs and rock cliffs all around. We tried our hand at some more Barra fishing, fishing right on the border of kakadu and Arnhem at the East Alligator River (also full of crocs). It had been in the papers earlier that a big barra jumped right out of the water and landed in the lap of the river tour operator in an attempt to get away from one of the crocs. There were a few other people fishing there also and most locals said it was the right tide but a lot of us had no luck.
After a few days in Kakadu, we left to head down to Katherine, stopping for two nights before it at Edith Falls, a part of Katherine Gorge NP. Definately one of the nicest places we have been so far with a series of waterfalls that drop into giant freshwater plunge pools. It was good to be able to swim again but it really is hard to get those salties out of mind when there are freshies in the water. We walked up to the top of the falls in the arvo (the only time the temp would drop below 40) and had to ourselves more waterfalls, little spa pools (from the water flowing) and the gorgeous sunset over the hills.
One of the downsides of being in the Top end is finding it really hard to refreshingly cool off in the water ways and tourist park pools as the weather just warms them up so much.
After Edith we travelled to Katherine, did the whole gorge tour but again even at 9 in the morning it was 43 degrees. It was here we were looking forward to that coastal breeze again.
Heading to Broome we stopped at Kununurra for two nights (the start of the Kimberly region), travelled to Wydnham (a town in the gulf, with not much else) and on to Hall's Creek. The car had been sluggish for the last few days and we thought it was because of the heat and the km. In Hall's creek, a place you DON'T want to be stuck in, the car wouldn't start after we had fuelled up. We waited for a bit, but again no luck. It was getting later in the evening and noone was willing to help us out. Luckily, the NRMA guy was around the corner and after a new battery we were outa there. The amount of people coming in and out of the fuel station that were drunk and abusive was unreal. These outback towns have been a real eye opener for how a lot of the Indigenous really live.
Finishing up, Broome is quite nice. The colours of the red dirt running into the white sand leading in to the aqua blue ocean makes for a great picture. Will do some more fishing tonight . Luke's gone into town to buy a gaff as last night's fishing proved there are some big fish.
Until the next blog, keep well.
Loz xo
In kakadu, we enjoyed an hour scenic flight over the whole region including parts of Arnhem Land. So many winding muddy rivers with crocs and rock cliffs all around. We tried our hand at some more Barra fishing, fishing right on the border of kakadu and Arnhem at the East Alligator River (also full of crocs). It had been in the papers earlier that a big barra jumped right out of the water and landed in the lap of the river tour operator in an attempt to get away from one of the crocs. There were a few other people fishing there also and most locals said it was the right tide but a lot of us had no luck.
After a few days in Kakadu, we left to head down to Katherine, stopping for two nights before it at Edith Falls, a part of Katherine Gorge NP. Definately one of the nicest places we have been so far with a series of waterfalls that drop into giant freshwater plunge pools. It was good to be able to swim again but it really is hard to get those salties out of mind when there are freshies in the water. We walked up to the top of the falls in the arvo (the only time the temp would drop below 40) and had to ourselves more waterfalls, little spa pools (from the water flowing) and the gorgeous sunset over the hills.
One of the downsides of being in the Top end is finding it really hard to refreshingly cool off in the water ways and tourist park pools as the weather just warms them up so much.
After Edith we travelled to Katherine, did the whole gorge tour but again even at 9 in the morning it was 43 degrees. It was here we were looking forward to that coastal breeze again.
Heading to Broome we stopped at Kununurra for two nights (the start of the Kimberly region), travelled to Wydnham (a town in the gulf, with not much else) and on to Hall's Creek. The car had been sluggish for the last few days and we thought it was because of the heat and the km. In Hall's creek, a place you DON'T want to be stuck in, the car wouldn't start after we had fuelled up. We waited for a bit, but again no luck. It was getting later in the evening and noone was willing to help us out. Luckily, the NRMA guy was around the corner and after a new battery we were outa there. The amount of people coming in and out of the fuel station that were drunk and abusive was unreal. These outback towns have been a real eye opener for how a lot of the Indigenous really live.
Finishing up, Broome is quite nice. The colours of the red dirt running into the white sand leading in to the aqua blue ocean makes for a great picture. Will do some more fishing tonight . Luke's gone into town to buy a gaff as last night's fishing proved there are some big fish.
Until the next blog, keep well.
Loz xo
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