Road trip: Western Australia (Part 1)

As I sit next to the pool in Perth, I think it's probably time to update you all on my adventures in Western Australia.

Having not seen the lad since July 2011, it seemed like it was time to take a holiday and explore more of Western Australia.  So what better way to do that than a 2500km road trip down the south coast and home via Kalgoorlie.

From Perth, we headed south down the coast and caught up with the boys for a spot of climbing at Prevelly.

It was the perfect spot for non-climbers like myself to laze around in the sunshine and enjoy the view.

We checked out a couple of other climbing crags along the way but the sea conditions weren't really ideal for climbing that day.

It's a pretty wild piece of coast,

which means that lighthouses are a pretty good idea.

This one used to have a waterwheel to pump water to the lighthouse keeper,

but the high calcite concentration in the water means that it doesn't work that well anymore.

We found some pretty big trees

including one you could climb 75m up to the top.  

I wimpeded out and only made it to the 25m platform but apparently the view from the top was pretty spectacular,

as was the view looking down (even the photograph gives me vertigo!)

We also found some wildlife, including pelicans,

kookaburra,

and the odd stray geologist.

There were also dragons,

tiger snakes,

skinks,

the obligatory kangaroos,

 parrots,

cockatoos,

more parrots,

some terns,

a pademelon,

and some creepy birds that were so scary they scared their name right out of my brain!

Next stop on the great western Australia road trip is the Stirling Range National Park.  Til then, think of me sitting by the pool.