We here in Western Australia have avoided the worst of Covid-19 thanks to sensible scientific-based decisions of our politicians and public servants. We spent 3 months isolating ourselves. Once restrictions on local travel were eased, we headed north to Kalbarri, … Continue reading
Like the wildflowers: Eremophila Murchison Rose Detail of the plant above Birds’-beak Hakea Detail of the flowers of the Hakea And the animals: The big reds around Kalbarri were sometimes brilliantly red And the birds: Where galahs mow the lawn … Continue reading
So, the Kalbarri coastline was pretty spectacular, but the true glory of the area is further up the Murchison River: into the river gorges. We went for many walks and rambles and scrambles… A Hans Heysen painting? No, maybe more … Continue reading
Kalbarri had still more to offer us than I mentioned in yesterday’s post. Spectacular walks along the coast and into coastal gorges and beaches…like these: Mushroom Rock I know this looks as if someone dripped vanilla ice cream on reddish … Continue reading
The Murchison River is supposedly 850 kms long (510 miles), the second largest river in Australia after the Murray-Darling. I say supposedly, because…well, in common with many Australian rivers, much of it is dry riverbed more often than not. The … Continue reading
The view from our caravan. Well, the view we had yesterday, anyway. Today it’s raining. And blowing a gale. Which makes it a writing day… Kalbarri … Continue reading
