Best of 2019 – Hiking overseas
For the first time I did more hiking overseas than in New Zealand this year, walking in the Himalayas, Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and Europe. Looking back on the…
Tag: Western Australia
Perth and Freemantle
My third post on Perth, after my third visit, which demonstrated how far the city has come since I visited in 2010 and 2017. The waterfront is now home to…
Margaret River and around
For foodies and wine lovers Margaret River is one of the best places in Australia, for a teetotaller visiting on a wet day the attraction is somewhat less. Thankfully there…
Albany and the South Coast
The oldest city in Western Australia, founded in 1828, Albany lost out to Perth to be the state capital and has struggled to recover since. It has a population of…
Esperance and the Stirling Ranges
Esperance is popular seaside town on the southern coast of Western Australia, one of the last major towns before the epically barren stretch through to South Australia. I visited it…
Cape Le Grand National Park
One tenth the size of Fitzgerald River National Park, but seemingly home to ten times the number of visitors (though this is Western Australia so still tiny numbers comparatively), Cape…
Fitzgerald River National Park & Wave Rock
Covering nearly three thousand square kilometers Fitzgerald River National Park is an ecologically notably, and scenically beautiful, place about 500km south east of Perth. I was there for a night…
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…