From Denhamm, we headed south to Kalbarri so we could explore the Kalbarri National Park. There’s no camping in the national park itself, so we headed a little out of town to a campsite up on the cliffs overlooking the ocean where we could see the sun sink below the horizon from our caravan. From … Continue reading Travel diary – Kalbarri, Hutt River, Pink Lake and Gregory, WA
Our next major stop on this amazing adventure was Shark Bay. We based ourselves in Denham, a tiny little town on a beautiful stretch of WA coast near the Francois Peron National Park. You might not have heard of this national park before, but you’ve probably heard of Monkey Mia just 25 mins up the … Continue reading Travel diary – Shark Bay (Denham and Monkey Mia), WA
Being on a bit of a deadline to get to Perth by early October, we decided to get through the next part of the WA coastline pretty quickly. From Cape Range National Park we spent a couple of days getting to Shark Bay, with a few stops on the way. Coral Bay – Coral Bay … Continue reading Travel diary – Coral Bay, Quobba Blowholes, Carnarvon, WA
From Karijini we made our way to Cape Range National Park, with an overnight stop at House Creek Rest Area on the way. Cape Range National Park is right on the coast, an hour from Exmouth, and includes the amazing Ningaloo Reef. Kurrajong campground – We camped in the national park, just metres from the … Continue reading Travel diary – Cape Range National Park / Ningaloo Reef, WA
I used to work for an organisation that had offices in some really remote parts of Australia. I remember people talking about how it was different there, and if you hadn’t actually been there yourself, you couldn’t really understand what it was like for our officers. I hadn’t been to any of our remote locations, … Continue reading Isolation
From Port Hedland, we headed into Karjini National Park. We had nearly decided to skip Karijini as it sounded like all the walks were too hard and too long for the kiddies, but luckily we stumbled across a blog where someone had done it with two kids younger than ours. We also found a great … Continue reading Travel diary – Karijini National Park, WA
From Broome we headed just over an hour south to Barn Hill Station—a huge working cattle station right up high on the coastal cliffs. The campground was quite rustic and would have been lovely and relaxing if it wasn’t for the extremely strong winds and searing heat on the day we arrived. We spent most of … Continue reading Travel diary – Barn Hill Station, Eighty Mile Beach, Port Hedland, WA
From El Questro, we headed straight to Broome, stopping at the Mary Pool Rest Area (a lovely, shady spot a few kms off the highway with plenty of room) and the Nillibubbica Rest Area (right on the highway, no shade and very hot and dry) on the way. We could have made it to Broome … Continue reading Travel diary – Broome, WA
From Lake Argyle, we headed into Kununurra to restock the fridge (it was completely empty as we’d stayed an extra day in Lake Argyle and we were already running low), and then we headed out to El Questro – a huge, privately owned station with camping, a restaurant and bar, two swimming holes, great showers … Continue reading Travel diary – El Questro, WA
I was hoping this gap year would simplify a lot of things for us and take away a lot of stress. And while it has in some ways, in others it hasn’t. There are still many decisions to be made. And now that we’re travelling in areas we haven’t been before, there seem to be … Continue reading Decisions
Our family gap year 