13.6.07-25.6.07 Adelaide - Perth - Fremantle

Hi everyone

That's my 3th Travel report. I hope it's working bit better with a blog. Enjoy and write something in my guestbook!!!





On the street again! It feels really good. Only driving without worries, except the diesel price. It's not that much, about $1.30 in cities up to $1.76 in the outback. But for some reason is my car using about 17l for 100 km but you know, it feels just good.




13.6.07

We started on the 13. of June after midday. We drove about 400-600 Km per day. It sounds much but it's about 3000 Km direct from Adelaide to Perth but we've done some extra km.

It was a really good time and good experience. I found some cool travel mates. You can see all of us on one of the picture (L: Iris M: Boris R: Christiane and me in front). That was my little Family for this time.

We found mostly wonderful places for our tents. We stayed the most nights near the beach. Sometimes on a camping ground, sometimes somewhere in nowhere.




15.6.07

We arrived this morning in Head of Bright. It's a famous whale watching place. That means you have to pay to can go down to the ocean. We payed and saw some whales. It was amazing.

It was a good day and we have seen a beautiful sunrise on the next morning. It was a bit surprising that it can be that cold in Australia but we had ice at the outside from our tents this and the next night. Freezing!!!




16.6.07

We arrived just after sunset at the Balladonia Roadhouse where we eat dinner and decided to drive further this night down to Esperance but we didn't because some guys at the Roadhouse told us some scary stories about driving in the night time. They told us about big Kangaroos and Camels which can cross the street and that it can be deadly. We believed and stayed there for the night and went on the next morning down to Esperance

18.6.2007

Between Esperance and Albany is a beautiful national park it's called Fitzgerald River NP. We decided to cross the NP, altough it was raining most of the time, to stay for night on the Beach which is called Point Ann. It was a very wet but good time. We continued our trip on the next morning. We had to cross the NP again so that we could arrive Bremer Bay. We came to a sign after a few km where was written: "Driving on the street on your own risk. 4WD required". We thought, that's alright, because we have a 4WD, let's go. So we get stuck after about 2km. the car get stuck in this big water hollow on one of the picture. We stand til our knees in this nice, cold and brown water. That's the reason why i was wearing only shorts! We get out of it after about 90 min. One experience more but it was a good experience, it was good fun. We arrived Bremer Bay and later Albany. We stayed there for a night in a Motel payed by my Road service cos one of the back axle broke down. We couldn't continued our trip until it was fix and that was at about 5pm. We stayed for night on conspicuous Bay. It's a very nice Place but not on all maps. It's near peaceful Bay.









21.6.2007

This was a wonderful day. The first sunny day after about 3 days rain. It was perfect weather to visit "The Valley of the Giants". It's very impressive to see this trees which can be 750 years old and over 60m high.
We all very enjoyed this time there. We had a amazing coffee after we left the giants in a small but wonderful restaurant. It's a shame that i can't remember where this restaurant is. I also can't remember where we stayed at night. It was somewhere near Barlee near a river in a nice forest.




22.6.2007

It was again a rainy. So it was perfect to visit a cave. We drove along the "Cave Road". That's on the south-west coast from Western Australia. There are about 5 or 6 caves which you can visit. We had a look into the Jewel Cave. It wasn't exaclty what we expected but it was nice and dry.





23.6.2007

We get a insider tip, from a climber who was staying on the same campside as we, for a wonderful climbing place. We had a look on this place and it was also an amazing coast.
The rest of the day was a bit strange but also interesting. We did a stop for Lunch in Dunsborough where we went to a Raw Food Restaurant. It was a nice and small Reataurant where you can eat a lot of diverent veggies but everything raw. The plan was to eat lunch there and afterwards drive up to Perth but we spent the whole day there. We had a chat with the couple who was working there. She told us that she hasn't enough time today to prepaire all the stuff for the next day. We all together helped them in the kitchen to cut things and mix things together and after we cleand the whole restaurant with German and Swiss precision. It was realy funny and we learnt a lot about raw food and we had the food for free. It was a good deal for both, i guess.

We drove to Perth on the next day but we decided to stay in Fremantle after the first night in a Backpackers in the middle of te city. I'm staying now for about one week in Fremantle at the best Backpacktes ever. Pirates Backpackers at the Essex street. It's realy cool there.
I found already 3 new travel mates or 2 new travel mates and Christiane is coming a bit further.
We will leaving Fremantle on wendsday morning. Up north, approach to the good weather

That were more or less the thinghs which has happend to me. Of course there were more things to tell but you know i'm bussy cos i'm in hollydays!!!