Up the west Coast !!

As we head up the coast towards Kalbarri, looking at it on the map..looks like you'd be there in a couple of hours but its over 6 hours later that the convoy rolls into town after one burst tyre and several service stations later !

We set up camp at a beach front campsite, really nice place, in this sleepy beach front town on the edge of the outback,

Its very green for such a dry place, really nice and warm too ! approx 28C

That evening is spent with a few beers round the camp with fish and chips,
the next day we shoot off in the cars down a 30 km dirt track to the gorges,

Z Bend Gorge

This however is hot ! I reckon its 40 over in the gorge, away from the coast...Im almost passing out !

Natures Window

At the Gorge

After an hour of checking this place out we drive back up to the coast to find a great beach where we play beach football and go for a swim...nice to think I'm doing this while your all shuffling about in the rain !

That evening we all go out for a spot on meal, and have all sorts...crock....kangaroo etc !!

Julie & Pascals Friends

First thing in the morning, we pack up our campsite, and they all get ready to head back to Perth, they drop me off at the sea front, and as they drive off leaving me looking out over the sea, for a moment I just stood there thinking..sh1t I'm completely on my own in the middle of nowhere !

But I find the hostel in no time, and waste no time checking in, and getting my bunk sorted.

Within an hour I was chatting to some guys in my dorm, a couple of Sweedish guys and a German, after chatting for a while discovered we were all making a similar journey up the west coast, they told me they were going snorkeling, so I tagged along..bought a snorkel along the way and headed out to the Blue Pools, some large rock pools just a short walk down the coast, an amazing deserted beach where we dived into the pools and started checking out the marine life trapped in these large rock pools.

Me Snokeling

Where the river meets the sea

...anyway so after a bit of that, we walked back down the beach back to the hostel.
where I chilled out most of the afternoon chatting some other travelers...Julia a Liverpool Fan informed me Liverpool won and Chelsea lost so that put a smile on my face...shame I wasn't in the office to rub Kev's nose in that one !!

Where the river meets the sea

Blue Pools

That eveing I had a couple of beers with Torston the German guy on the beach... really feel like im traveling now,

The next day I pretty much stayed out of the sun and just read my book, the heat was pretty unbearable today, I packed my bag as I was heading up the coast to Denham later,

With that the bus was here, and I was leaving Kalbarri !

Kalbarri Sunset

Up the west Coast !!

Kalbarri, Australia