Dome of Souls HMS Sydney Memorial – commemorating the loss of HMAS Sydney II and her crew of 645 men during a battle with a German ship during World War II on 19 November 1941 about 200km west of Shark Bay. The roof of the dome has 645 metal seagulls – one for each sailor … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 37 – Geraldton
Wildflowers on the roadside as we head for Meanarra Hill in Kalbarri National Park. Malleefowl trail at Meanarra Hill – we are usually good at finding wildlife but this fowl creature continues to elude us. Red Bluff Wittecarra Creek Beach . This marks the spot where Europeans landed in 1629. The ship Batavia was wrecked … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 36 – Pink Lake
Kalbarri National Park (coastal section) – along the coast, wind and wave erosion has exposed the sedimentary layers in the sandstone cliffs that plunge more than 100m in places to the ocean. At Red Bluff there was a range of wildflowers across the cliff top heath. Eremophila Pine-leaved grevillea Caustic bush Donkey orchid Natural Bridge … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 35 – Kalbarri NP coast
Today we venture back into the Murchison River gorge section of Kalbarri National Park. Meanarra Hill Lookout with views over Kalbarri township and the Murchison River bar to the Indian Ocean. Bill E. Goat looking forlorn – the kids were out of control. The Murchison River estuary The road into the gorge was lined with … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 34 – Kalbarri NP gorge
Driving out of Denham Not much road sense The Useless Loop salt facility Coastline south of Denham Crow showing his mate how to do jazz hands A very big old Red kangaroo Nerren Nerren Rest Area is about due west of the Sunshine Coast. After the overwhelming repsonse to my last toilet review, I was … More Way away in WA 2023 – Day 33 – Murchison River
Francois Peron National Park is a large national park occupying the northern half of the Peron Peninsula in Shark Bay. It has arid shrublands, sandplains and circular depressions bounded by spectacular coastal scenery. Most of it is only accessible in high clearance 4WD. With increasingly large “monster” 4WD becoming popular, this makes sand tracks in … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 32 – Monkey Mia
Shark Bay is in the vast World Heritage Area. It was pretty expensive staying in the Shark Bay area – it cost me an arm and a leg. Immature Pacific gull over the road from our accommodation Rum the labrador is a permanent resident where we are staying. Number two dot point of the house … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 31 – Shark Bay
A nearly semi-circular drive of 350km around Shark Bay. Wattle We disturbed a few Wedge-tailed eagles on roadkill. They flew away and then circled for a while. Wooramel Roadhouse – no towns and two roadhouses between Carnarvon and Denham (Shark Bay). Wooramel and Gladstone Scenic Lookout with views over the low lying coastline with Shark … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 30 – Around Shark Bay
Lake Macleod is a vast salt lake Wildflowers near Lake Macleod Coastal sand dunes behind Lake Macleod as we near Quobba. Dampier Salt has a huge operation north of here on the lake. Quobba Lighthouse An important reminder of the freakish king waves that have caused deaths and severe injuries along the coast here. The … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 29 – Carnarvon and Quobba
Today we journeyed from Exmouth to Carnarvon via Coral Bay – a distance of 390km. But first a drive up to the Murat Point area at the north of the cape. Bundegi Beach Naval Communications Harold E Holt towers. The white tower (Tower Zero) is the second highest artificial structure in the Southern Hemisphere (387.9 … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 28 – The Ningaloo Coast
Cape Range National Park has a rugged limestone range and arid coastal plain adjoining pristine waters of Ningaloo Marine Park. Our first botanical find of the day – Banksia ashbyii growing on red sand dunes near the lighthouse. This is the northern most banksia in WA and the only species found here. Green birdflower growing near … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 27 – North West Cape
Cape Range National Park – today we visited the scenic high country and gorges of the park. Is this the dirtiest bird in WA? Outside our accommodation, a Western bowerbird Chlamydera guttata appears on a fence. We had seen some in gorges of Central Australia but they are a disjunct population to the ones in … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 26 – Canyons of Cape Range
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