Streaky Bay & Sceale Bay{Passing Through}

A hop, skip & a jump and we arrived at Streaky Bay.

What an amazing little town, filled with beautiful old buildings {So many lovely buildings with so many stories and so much history}.  We stopped at the information centre, looked at the amazingly large shark {well replica} that was caught at the local jetty.





A wander around the streets, taking in a close look a the old buildings, new rashies {long sleeved} and some supplies from the shop before we took the back road to check out Sceale Bay.

 

 Sceale Bay is again another lovely bay and what appears to be a very quiet holiday town.  Heading into the bay there was an impressive fog rolling in off the sea.  It made the air really cool and was something else to see.

 

Perlubie Beach {Camping}

Saying Ceduna at just after 10am with a night stop planned for Perlubie Beach {on advice from Amanda & John} we decided to make a detour to Smoky Bay for a look.

What a lovely little sea side town it is, another oyster town and another jetty.  The jetty was teaming with sea life, people fishing & crabbing and a shark safe swimming are {I really had no idea how bad sharks are in South Australia}.

 

We arrived at Perlubie Beach at noon and WOW!  It was amazing, the camping is right on the beach and there are also lovely little shelters scattered along the beach.

 

Our chosen camp spot was right next to another lovely family from NSW.  Sadly this time I forgot to exchange details with them {how silly am I} but if by chance anyone else happens to bump into Tina, Paul & their two daughters in their travels let me know {they're traveling in the opposite direction to us}. We had a great afternoon watching the tides, chatting, fishing, swimming, crafting and simply relaxing.

 

  

The sunset was beautiful, if not weird to be facing directly west to watch it!  The only downfall was the field mice, that for some strange reason moved to the beach after the sun went down.  A cheeky one snuck in the camper at 530am when I took Kaleb to the look, which didn't make for much sleep before it was time to get up for the day.

 

  

At $5 a night we could easily have stayed here for a few nights but there was a wedding planned for Saturday {which we knew prior to arriving} and they had hoped for a free beach for it.  The set up for it looked beautiful, so hopefully the couple had a great day.

Ceduna {Caravan Park}

A quick stop for a train and also for quarantine, then into Ceduna we headed.

We decided on the Foreshore Caravan Park because it was only a short walk into the town shops and also the foreshore its self, obviously.  While booking in I also decided it was time to become a Top Tourist member, cheap to do so and will come in handy during our coming trip. 

 

 

Marty, who runs the park is a really friendly character.  The park its self has a great new camp kitchen, which we managed to camp right next too and the bathroom has recently been upgraded too {they also have free WIFI}.

Originally we said one night but with the need to focus a little on school and do some washing we ended up staying another night.  We had a walk down the jetty on Friday morning before some school work.  After lunch we had a drive around town and out to Denial Bay before heading back.

 

Staying another day worked out well as we meet a lovely family from New South Wales, Amanda & John {along with their three children} and we had a great night chatting.  They gave us some suggestions for camps and we decided to head to one of them for the night.

South Australia & The Head of the Australian Bight {Traveling}

HELLO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

We said goodbye to Western Australia today and I didn't have any revelations or sudden urges, well other than to keep driving to see what we could discover. So that is exactly what we did, kept driving.

Stopping to take in the Head of the Great Australian Bight.  I have no doubt that on a clear day it would look even better, but with the chilly windy and fog filled sky you still can't help but appreciate all that this wonderful part of Australia has to offer.

We took in the array of different and interesting road signs, again.

 

The kids also did a little more school work in the car, probably about time given we officially started back on the second.

Heading to South Australia {Traveling}

We are on the road, leaving Perth for South Australia!

I am sure that everyone, myself included can hardly believe that we will be finally leaving the state or that it will actually happen {I might not even really believe it until we are across the line} but that is the plan as we head out of Mundaring slightly later than planned.  Given we left later we decided to stick to the road well traveled and followed Great Easter Highway until Coolgardie.

Heading towards Norseman we stopped around 80km before, just in a road side rest area.  Nothing fancy bit it serviced it purpose.

I did however learn two very important things when picking somewhere for a quick overnight stop:
#1 Trains can be LOUD when they're long and one is trying to sleep
#2 Trucks drive heaps at night, big trucks, big LOUD annoying trucks at all hours of the night






We packed up bright at early and hit the road again.  A refuel in Norseman, including taking in the local lookout and a drive around the town {My Mum's family did live here for a time} before we hit the Eyre Highway.

It wasn't anything like I expected it to be, the Eyre Highway that is.  Whilst, yes it does contain 'Australia's Longest Straight', it had a surprising number of changes to the landscape.  This doesn't even include the trip up a massive range. That is right there was a HILL, I totally didn't expect that!

The drive was uneventful and relatively painless.  We again stopped in a rest area, but this time moved further back from the road {for a much better night of sleep}. 














Being 40km from the border means we will be in South Australia bright and early tomorrow morning.

Perth {Visiting}

Hi ho, Hi ho, It's back to Perth we go!

Sometimes it feels almost like groundhog day, driving to Perth from the up north.  This time at least we have a plan, a plan to catch up with people and even better to actually leave the state.  I am sure that people think it isn't actually going to happy but I am positive that this time it will {power or positive thinking and all that}.

It was different this time in Perth as we stayed at Leah's place, Mum & Dads house has settled and it also meant the got to be close to Zoe {and who doesn't like adorable baby snuggles}.

 

 

 

We hit the ground running, as we always do with a trip to the sea container and then a catch up with Dad.  Friday saw us running around all over the place and having a great night with Ben & the kids.

Saturday was a family trip to the zoo, we went with all of Justin's family and it was great to walk around the zoo and relax with everyone. We finished with a lovely dinner with Dad {at Leah's place}.

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday we pottered around with Leah & Rus in the morning before heading the the Parky to catch up with all our friends.  It was great to catch up with everyone and although I am sure I shouldn't be, I am surprised at the number of people that showed up {after being away for this long you somethings thing you might have been forgotten}.  It was a great afternoon and the evening arrived in the blink of an eye.

Monday was our departure date, which ended up being later than planned due to the rain over night {did I mention how bloody weird the weather was in Perth the last few days?} but this meant that we got to hang out with Dad while we packed down.  I am going to miss him *sigh*.

 

We headed to Mundaring for some last minute {as in should've done it yesterday but was at the pub} shopping and off we went, just after 10am driving off into the unknown.