Best of 2017 – Photography – Australia
One of my favourite travel destinations (thankfully, as other than the Pacific Islands it’s the only place within reasonable flying distance of New Zealand), I made four trips to Australia…
Tag: Perth to Broome
Western Australian wildlife
Australia has some unusual and often colourful wildlife, I came across many travelling through Western Australia from Perth to Broome. Emu, Monkey Mia Osprey, Yardie Creek Yellow Spotted Monitor Lizard,…
Running in Western Australia – Karijini National Park to Broome
Despite the increasing heat and humidity I managed to fit in a dozen runs, totalling over 70km, during my ten days travelling through Western Australia from Perth to Broome. Sunset…
Port Hedland, Pardoo Station, 80-Mile Beach and Gantheaume Point
The main export port for iron ore from Pilbara region of Western Australia, Port Hedland is a hot, humid and rather hideous place in which even the police station has…
Joffre Gorge and Eco Retreat, Karijini National Park
Joffre Gorge was an unexpected surprise, only 15 minutes walk from where we’d been staying at Karijini Eco Retreat (covered below) for three nights. Wandering through the bush we came…
Western Australia from the road
Travelling through Western Australia is an experience, and a lengthy one given that it is the size of Western Europe. By road is most likely. other than a single passenger…
Hamersley Gorge, Karijini National Park
Yet another amazing gorge in Karijini National Park, they’re all spectacular but in quite different ways. Hamersley Gorge was particularly impressive for the folding patterns of the rocks. It was…
Running in Western Australia – Kalbarri to Yardie Homestead
Despite the increasing heat and humidity I managed to fit in a dozen runs, totalling over 70km, during my ten days travelling through Western Australia from Perth to Broome. Sunset…
Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park
A highlight of Karijini National Park, Hancock Gorge offers stunning views along a tricky little walk at it’s base. The lookouts on the rim provide an idea of scale, and…
Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park
A beautiful spot in Karijini National Park, in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia, Dales Gorge offers epic views from the rim, and plenty of waterfalls, swimming pools, and lush greenery…
Cape Range National Park and around
Along the western coast of Australia from Exmouth, Cape Range National Park is a great place for wildlife spotting and home to some amazing beaches. Yardie Creek The only inland…
Coral Bay
Gateway to the Ningaloo Reef, a World Heritage Site, Coral Bay is a tiny settlement existing almost solely for tourism, primarily diving and snorkelling on the reef. It’s world famous…
Shark Bay
The first place in Australia to be designated a World Heritage Area (in 1991), Shark Bay is a pretty unique place, home to the oldest lifeforms on earth, 10,000 dugongs…
Murchison Gorge, Kalbarri National Park
One of my favourite types of landscape to explore, Australian gorges with their wonderful rock formations, colours and reflections. Murchison Gorge looked pretty spectacular from on high through the aptly…
The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Dongara and Kalbarri
A few hours up the road from Perth, The Pinnacles are some pretty unusual and striking rock formations, for their shape, number and colour. Whether they formed through rock erosion…
Perth street art
Perth, like most places to be honest, has gained a lot more street art in recent years. I remember none from my previous trip seven years ago. Most of these…
Perth
It’s been seven years since I last visited Perth, and while there are more flash buildings and more obvious wealth around, there are also definitely more people living on the…