ExplorOz - David & Michelle

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Southern Coastline Day 170 - Rockingham to Esperance

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Today we planned to visit as many wineries as we could and purchase a few wines from the good ones we'd found so far. We also dropped in to a wood carver's gallery who had pieces in Glen's house ...

Created: 09 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5280

Southern Coastline Day 171 - Rockingham to Esperance

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We left Yungarra Estate this morning not knowing quite how far we'd go. We took our time to pull off the highway to visit all the beaches and bays along the coastline down to Augusta (Cape Leuwin),...

Created: 10 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5645

Southern Coastline Day 172 - Rockingham to Esperance

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The weather is still calm and ideallic so we took a leisurely walk along the beachfront and watched the fisherman fish for tiny herring and other baitfish....

Created: 11 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 5760

Southern Coastline Day 173 - Rockingham to Esperance

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With no wind in sight we felt we'd done all their was to do in Augusta and started our trek EAST for the first time this trip. My 4WD book identified a way through to Pemberton through the ...

Created: 12 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 7152

Southern Coastline Day 174 - Rockingham to Esperance

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We pulled out the next day and continued along more narrow, sandy tracks. We were starting to think that not many people would be as adventurous as we by pulling a trailer through this kind of ...

Created: 13 Jan 1999 01:00 Views: 6148

West Coast Day 146 - Kalbarri to Perth

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We arrived at Cervantes around 2.30pm and drove straight to the windsurfing beach "Thirsty Point". There were half a dozen people out on boards so I rigged up my 4....

Created: 15 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4898

West Coast Day 147 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Excellent wind - 4.5m2 weather again. David, Dave, Dee and I sailed all day.

Created: 16 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5068

West Coast Day 148 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Excellent wind - sailed all day on 4.5m2 again.

Created: 17 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4868

West Coast Day 149 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Neither Dave, Dee, David or I sailed today - we were too sore. We all had callusous, bruises and cuts to rest. David and De, mentioned today that they've never caught a fish!...

Created: 18 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5022

West Coast Day 150 - Kalbarri to Perth

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David was really hoping for a calm day today. The strong wind is really frustrating him while trying to learn to windsurf. This morning the wind was howling again and we agreed not to sail - to ...

Created: 19 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4767

West Coast Day 151 - Kalbarri to Perth

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We woke this morning to a calm day for the first time since being in Cervantes. Our windsurfing gear is always packed and ready to go before we go to sleep so all we had to do was eat breakfast ...

Created: 20 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4839

West Coast Day 152 - Kalbarri to Perth

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The wind picked up so much today that most of us were nearly blown out of the water. We've been the first to arrive each day so that David gets a chance before the wind becomes too strong....

Created: 21 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4674

West Coast Day 153 - Kalbarri to Perth

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We all have callusous on our hands but the wind is so consistent that we can't help ourselves - we have to go out. There's a good group of sailors around now and the social atmostphere is ...

Created: 22 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5015

West Coast Day 154 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Dave is a showy sailor and I took some video of him performing duck gybes and tacks. He's trying to help me with my gybes too so we watch the video at nights to see what we're doing right or wrong....

Created: 23 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4775

West Coast Day 156 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Xmas Eve - we left Cervantes this morning after saying very fond farewells to Dave and Dee and the other windsurfers we met during the week....

Created: 24 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5158

West Coast Day 157 - Kalbarri to Perth

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There were three couples who woke up in the house on Xmas morning so it was fun watching everyone open their pressies (except for us). I had a couple of little things for Sue, Nev,...

Created: 25 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5500

West Coast Day 158 - Kalbarri to Perth

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David and I went looking at second-hand boards in one of Perth's biggest windsurfing shops today. We found the perfect board,a second-hand F2 Xantos (last year's top model board) but it is a ...

Created: 26 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5314

Southern Coastline Day 159 - Perth to Rockingham

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We decided it was time to leave Neville, Katrina and Sue's house today and to set up at a caravan park, nearer to the water, with the aim of windsurfing for a few days....

Created: 29 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5466

Southern Coastline Day 160 - Perth to Rockingham

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We couldn't believe the weather had turned calm this morning. For the last few days we've been unable to sail and its been blowing a gale and now we're finally set up and there isn't even a puff ...

Created: 30 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5220

West Coast Day 133 - Shark Bay

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By 7am we were sitting by the water waiting for the dolphins to arrive. We learned that the dolphins come in whenever they want but are not always fed....

Created: 02 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4990

West Coast Day 134 - Shark Bay

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We awoke to a beautifully calm morning and so had slept in a little. We didn't make it to the dolphin area until 8am and they were already in. There was a different ranger today,...

Created: 03 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5082

West Coast Day 135 - Shark Bay

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This morning we awoke with a start! Our mobile phone rang at 5am but we let it ring through to voice mail. Most nights we don't have mobile service so it was rare that we were woken by the phone....

Created: 04 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5398

West Coast Day 136 - Kalbarri to Perth

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Fowlers Camp was a lovely change and we enjoyed the peace of being on our own. We packed up, left the campsite first thing in the morning,...

Created: 05 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5189

West Coast Day 137 - Kalbarri to Perth

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After leaving our great free bush camp last night, we took the "explorers" route into Kalbarri, that is we took every track and turn off that wasn't sign posted....

Created: 06 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 5334

West Coast Day 138 - Kalbarri to Perth

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This morning we awoke to our first overcast and drizzly day of the trip - so we slept a little longer! Around 9am when we finally did get up the sun was beginning to shine and a slight breeze was ...

Created: 07 Dec 1998 01:00 Views: 4644

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