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FaceTiming in German on the edge of the world
Albany is a beautiful town. I had such a surreal experience recently there, that ended up with me joining a stranger’s FaceTime (in a way). It was dusk and I had left it too late to go photograph any of golden hour. But I went out anyway to Sharp Point Lookout. It looks out across…
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Pinnacles, Nambung National Park
Nambung is about 200km north of Perth and an interesting place to stop and wander through. I recommend walking and not driving through, you see so much more and it’s a lot more peaceful. Take an umbrella if you visit in the wet season though, there can be sudden weather changes and the only shelter…
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Sand Dunes near Cervantes
If you go up the Brand Hwy, then you would have seen these pure white sand dunes off to the right. They run almost right up to the highway and are hard to miss. The shire has been kind enough to create an official parking area in front of them as many people stop each…
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Wildflowers in Mingenew, Coalseam Conservation Park
In this rainy September, I visited Mingenew and the Coalseam Conservation Park to see the wildflowers again. This is the second time I’ve been and it’s a mission to get there from Perth. About 4.5 hrs north of Perth, the conservation park is a concentrated area of wildflowers that carpet the hills. We’ve been staying…
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Yongka in Eneabba
We went up to Eneabba and stayed in the Western Flora Caravan park for the night. The is the third or fourth time we’ve stayed there and it does the job. It’s a cheap, no fuss park where prices are reasonable, the hot water isn’t on all night and the donga rooms are just big…