A long drive South along a straight highway passing the occasional road train, wild goat and small dust cloud brought us to Shark Bay. We pulled in for a leg-stretch at Shell Beach – so named for the tiny cockle shells that are just about the only thing able to thrive in the lagoon’s super…
Coral Bay: The Ocean As It’s Manta Be
Craving the relative cool and tropical beaches of the Coral Coast, we had a 6am start from Karijini to arrive back by the ocean mid-afternoon. With a compact, walkable centre, relaxed vibe and spectacular shallow lagoon on its doorstep, Coral Bay was one of our favourite towns yet. There were no bush camping areas near…
The Secret World of Karijini National Park
Karijini in late November is not a national park for the faint-hearted. You drive hundreds of kilometres to get there. It is hot. 43 degrees at 5pm kind of hot. There are flies. Flies that are extremely persistent in their wish to be on and around your face. And there are steep scrambles down rocks…
A Cape Range of Amazing Animals
Cape Range National Park, located on the remote Western edge of the Exmouth peninsula in WA is known for its tropical beaches lining the Ningaloo reef, and its wild scrubby bushland. The perfect place, we decided, to unwind for a few weeks! On our first night in the area we stayed at a campground at…
Ex(mouth) Marks The Spot: A Turtley Lovely Peninsula
The tiny town of Exmouth on Western Australia’s Coral Coast is apparently full to bursting in winter as tourists flock to see whale sharks in the waters nearby. Unfortunately for us, we were too late in the season to catch them and on our arrival the town itself seemed pretty dead with many operators closed…
Firing South: Eighty Mile Beach and Point Samson
From Broome, it’s a long, lonely and exposed road down towards Exmouth on the Coral Coast. We had read that there were just two roadhouses on the first 600km stretch and as we approached the first, appropriately named Sandfire, we noticed smoke funnelling upwards out of the bush in the distance. Travelling at the end…
The Wild West: Broome and the Dampier Peninsula
Broome was the first place in a long time that felt like a typical holiday destination. White sand, turquoise waters, tropical heat and a relaxed vibe to boot. We enjoyed a cold smoothie overlooking some street art at Good Cartel before heading into the compact town centre known as Chinatown. There was a low-key charm…
Gibb River Road Part II: Gorging on Gorges
Welcome to the second installment of our off grid adventure along the legendary Gibb River Road. If you missed the first part, taking in the beautiful El Questro Wilderness Park and Home Valley Station you can click here to read it. Approaching the halfway point along the Gibb, we arrived at Mt Elizabeth, a working…
Gibb River Road Part I: The Legendary Quest Begins
The infamous Gibb River Road, a 4WD ‘shortcut’ traversing the majestic Kimberley had been close to the top of our hit list ever since planning our off grid adventure around Australia. To say we were excited for the days ahead was an understatement. Finally prepared with two-weeks worth of food, a full fuel tank, sub…
Reflections on Arriving in WA: Lake Argyle and Kununurra
From Darwin up in its northernly peninsula it’s a long old way over to Kununurra in Western Australia, the start point for our Gibb River Road adventure. We travelled down the Stuart Highway back to Katherine and on to the Victoria Highway, before pulling in for the night at a leafy roadside rest stop at…
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