– By Rod One adventure ends and another one begins. After three productive, interesting weeks at Kojonup it was time to say farewell our hosts and relocate to Bremer Bay on the south coast. Darren and Rosie had very kindly offered us the use of their “beach house” not far from the small seaside town, nestled in … [Read more…]
– By Dee Summer was just around the corner and we had it all pretty well planned out with camphosting, housesitting, and working. An interesting and varied set of adventures to dive into. Well, we had experienced Life in The Burbs, attended our first National Parks Camp Hosting workshop, explored a bit of the South … [Read more…]
– By Rod As nice as our time housesitting in suburban Perth was, after two weeks of city life it was great to be back on the road and heading south to start to explore the South West corner of WA. It was an area that we had heard lots of good things about and … [Read more…]
— by Dee Whenever we experience someplace as magical as Shark Bay, there is some sadness and reluctance when the time comes to move on. But, that is our life for now. We had a house-sitting position and a volunteer workshop to get to in Perth, and much to see and do on the way. … [Read more…]
-By Rod Shark Bay is 2.2 million hectares of colourful, pristine, and diverse landscape. It is so rich in flora and fauna, beauty and biodiversity, it was given World Heritage listing in 1991. As we headed down the coast from Carnarvon, we stopped off for a couple of nights at Gladstone and got our first view … [Read more…]
– By Dee We were greeted like honoured guests when we arrived at our 2 week housesitting job at a beautiful organic avocado & mango farm in Carnarvon’s plantation district. After months of hot, dry countryside, it was like arriving on another planet! Our hosts gave us the royal tour, our very own house and … [Read more…]
– by Dee It was a long, boring drive to Exmouth, gateway to Cape Range National Park and world famous Ningaloo Reef. First impression: a big Thumbs Down. There was a real uptight, “don’t touch anything” culture in Exmouth and, according to everyone we asked, a slim chance of getting a campsite in the ridiculously … [Read more…]
– By Rod Leaving the massive mining operations around Newman behind, Leo and The Wombat were heading into The Heart of the Pilbara. Just like The Kimberley, The Pilbara is a vast and extremely diverse area, which stretches from The Great Sandy Desert in the east to pristine waters of the Ningaloo Reef in the … [Read more…]
– by Rod We had just spent over five weeks in The Kimberley travelling from The NT border to Broome. We had seen some magical country, made some good friends, and taken a ridiculous number of photos of boabs! It was time to head south and see what there was to see in The Pilbara. … [Read more…]
– by Dee Getting off the Gibb River Road and into Derby was a relief, and when we were directed to our own private campsite under The Tree at Mark and Bec’s, handed the keys and given the run of the house, the relief nearly overflowed into tears. I guess I was more traumatized than … [Read more…]