Tales from under the bows of a billabong tree ...
Everyone should come to Australia!
I forgot to mention vital bit of news in last e-mail - now eaten Kangaroo, closest comparison I can give if horse but maybe a little tastier! Now think I've just got Emu to try if its possible!
So what's been happening - I'm now in a place called Coral Bay which is around 1800 km north of Perth I think, the sky is blue and the sea's fairly warm. So far the road trip is going brilliantly and the car (now answering to the name Brucetta) is running well, though we've had to get used to a couple of eccentricities like the fuel gauge not registering the last 1/4 of the tank (meaning we ran out of fuel on trip down to Margaret River - best place in Oz to break down), one of the tired being a bit shit and needing replacing and and the hand break not holding her when when we park on an angle.
On the trip so far we've visited the Pinnacles - which where very cool, Jakes Point - amazing surfing spot where watched bloke be pulled into massive waves by a jet ski (didn't go in, waiting for something a little more controlled to get me going here in Oz) and walked around the Kalbarri National Park which is v. cool. Late today I'm going snorkeling around the reef then tomorrow morning I'm heading up the coast in search of the perfect wave. On the road so far we've spotted quite a few live kangaroos, a couple of Emus and 62 dead Roos, got to love road kill spotting! Predictions for Perth to Darwin total from start of trip range from 110 to 330 dead roos but think 150 will be somewhere close!
Before leaving Perth as planned we when south to Margaret River which again had some amazing waves that I didn't surf on, we also climbed a couple of trees that used to be used as fire lookout points, one was 62m and the other 68m tall and all you had to climb on was a couple of sets of metal bars hammered into the tree and a piece of netting round the outside which was nice! THere were great views of mile after mile of forest from the top, in fact the taller of the two was so good we camped (slept in back of car) under it and climbed it again once slightly drunk at midnight - possible not the brightest move of my life but well worth living through.
People I'm traveling with are a good pair, changed from original plan so lost one bloke (not Dave the Tim Henman look-a-like thankfully!) and gained a girl (Sara from Scotland). No fights yet so fingers crossed we'll get to Darwin without major incidents at which point I'm loosing them and will be looking for new passengers (so if any of you are in the area and fancy a 8,000km drive to Sidney via north, middle and east Australia let me know).
And that's the story so far, hope you are all having fun.
Laters
Jonathan
Internet Cafe
Coral Bay
Western Australia
I forgot to mention vital bit of news in last e-mail - now eaten Kangaroo, closest comparison I can give if horse but maybe a little tastier! Now think I've just got Emu to try if its possible!
So what's been happening - I'm now in a place called Coral Bay which is around 1800 km north of Perth I think, the sky is blue and the sea's fairly warm. So far the road trip is going brilliantly and the car (now answering to the name Brucetta) is running well, though we've had to get used to a couple of eccentricities like the fuel gauge not registering the last 1/4 of the tank (meaning we ran out of fuel on trip down to Margaret River - best place in Oz to break down), one of the tired being a bit shit and needing replacing and and the hand break not holding her when when we park on an angle.
On the trip so far we've visited the Pinnacles - which where very cool, Jakes Point - amazing surfing spot where watched bloke be pulled into massive waves by a jet ski (didn't go in, waiting for something a little more controlled to get me going here in Oz) and walked around the Kalbarri National Park which is v. cool. Late today I'm going snorkeling around the reef then tomorrow morning I'm heading up the coast in search of the perfect wave. On the road so far we've spotted quite a few live kangaroos, a couple of Emus and 62 dead Roos, got to love road kill spotting! Predictions for Perth to Darwin total from start of trip range from 110 to 330 dead roos but think 150 will be somewhere close!
Before leaving Perth as planned we when south to Margaret River which again had some amazing waves that I didn't surf on, we also climbed a couple of trees that used to be used as fire lookout points, one was 62m and the other 68m tall and all you had to climb on was a couple of sets of metal bars hammered into the tree and a piece of netting round the outside which was nice! THere were great views of mile after mile of forest from the top, in fact the taller of the two was so good we camped (slept in back of car) under it and climbed it again once slightly drunk at midnight - possible not the brightest move of my life but well worth living through.
People I'm traveling with are a good pair, changed from original plan so lost one bloke (not Dave the Tim Henman look-a-like thankfully!) and gained a girl (Sara from Scotland). No fights yet so fingers crossed we'll get to Darwin without major incidents at which point I'm loosing them and will be looking for new passengers (so if any of you are in the area and fancy a 8,000km drive to Sidney via north, middle and east Australia let me know).
And that's the story so far, hope you are all having fun.
Laters
Jonathan
Internet Cafe
Coral Bay
Western Australia
posted by JP at 2:51 am
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