(Photo: With William and Merran in Perth)
Pippa – Well we zoomed back home and stopped at a rest stop. Then we stopped at the head of the bight. We stopped at port Germein. We went down to Adelaide. Then we to Handorf an old German town but didn‘t stay the night we stayed at Nhill near Horsham. Then zoomed home. We have been home for about 10 days.
Campbell – We saw whales right up at the Great Australian Bight. We went 800km a day. We got home. We packed up. Going on our trip was beautiful. I liked Gambanan at Cape Leveque the best.
Campbell – We saw whales right up at the Great Australian Bight. We went 800km a day. We got home. We packed up. Going on our trip was beautiful. I liked Gambanan at Cape Leveque the best.
(Photo: at the Superpit, Kalgoolie)
Kathy – Pippa is right. We zoomed home! From Perth we made it home in four days and managed to squeeze in visits to Kalgoolie and Hahndorf on the way. For places we basically just passed
through to get home we went through some interesting places. One of the highlights was a great spot on the cliffs of the Great Australian Bight. At night the stars were amazing. The Milky Way looked three dimensional there were that many stars. In the morning we were privileged to see a mother and calf hump back whale make their way along the coast right under the cliffs we were camping at. Another lovely spot was Port Germein near Port Augusta. This was a lovely little fishing village with beautiful SA sandstone buildings and a very, very long jetty. We then traveled through SA before staying the night at Nhill and next morning we hot footed it home. The kids were super excited to be nearing home. They were nearly beside themselves as we were going down the drive. We got home on Wednesday 1 October and it is great to be home – even though it is way cold! The trip was so memorable. You cannot replicate actually experiencing places up close and personal. TV shows or books are really a very poor second. We have seen so many amazing places and met some great people. The kids have had a trip of a lifetime and have learnt so much about Australian history, geography and demographics. My favourite places? Hmmm… there were so many. In no particular order they would be: Gumlon Falls at Kakadu, Exmouth, Cape Leveque and El Questro Station Gorges. We’re looking forward to catching up with you all asap. Thanks for tuning into our blog and sharing our journey with us.
Lachlan – we hurried back home. We zoomed across the nulabor. I thought it would be a lot longer. On the way we stopped at pt geman and at the head of the bight. I collected fossilsed shells. The next morning we saw some whales. This was the best expereance that I could ever had I did not think Australia was like this I liked cape levque and litchfeild.
Lachlan – we hurried back home. We zoomed across the nulabor. I thought it would be a lot longer. On the way we stopped at pt geman and at the head of the bight. I collected fossilsed shells. The next morning we saw some whales. This was the best expereance that I could ever had I did not think Australia was like this I liked cape levque and litchfeild.
(Photo: Coast along the Great Australian Bight)
Rhys – this is about the first time I’ve actually read the above comments before I write my comments, so in order to keep this brief I wont comment on the time from Perth to home only to say that we stayed at very nice places. I’ll just try and sum up some of my thoughts on the trip. Firstly would like to
say that even if you are not an outdoors type person it is an amazing experience to go away from the big cities and towns and just gaze up at the stars and see how many their really are, millions. Secondly there are so many amazing places to visit and people to meet, why not plan to make the time to go and see this wonderful country, not just by staying in a nice resort on the sunshine or gold coast. Get out and see the real country, even camping at night in the middle of a desert or a lonely creek someplace is an experience that everybody should do at least once in a lifetime.(Photo: Mother and Calf Humpback Whales of the coast of the Great Australian Bight)
The whole experience has been well worth it the challenges from the children at each others throat to open air “ala carte” meals under the stars by the seaside prepared by a beautiful wife to playing hide and seek in the pinnacles of oration gorge are all experiences to learn from. What a memorable experience and a lifetime dream come true. Sorry better go, need to prepare for the 
next trip!
next trip! (Photo: Rhys and Campbell on the Jetty at Port Germein, SA)
