Wednesday the 19th of November I was picked up by the bus, which was going to be my ride all the way to Broome. The west coast is beautiful and nothing like the rest f Australia.
We hiked around Kalbarri National Park, were Mark & I went abseiling.
We hiked around Kalbarri National Park, were Mark & I went abseiling.
We visited many gorgeous beaches including Shell Beach, Shark Bay & Coral Bay. We went snorkeling from a glass bottom boat at Coral Bay, as you can see I fed the fish:
Monkey Mia is the only place in the world where wild life dolphins swim to the coast and get fed by humans on a daily basis. Of course we went there with all the other tourists.
Like the east coast of Australia, the west coast also has a reef, the much underrated Ningaloo Reef. The waters are so shallow you easily can see everything by snorkeling. Mark, David (both from the UK) and I found a turtle we went swimming with for 20 min. Fantastic!
The pearl of the west coast: Karijini National Park. This is definitely one of my very favorite places in Oz. This remote, beautiful place is a mix of the characteristic red dust/sand and amazingly green gorges full of plants and animals.
We spend 3 nights in this little paradise, living as primitively as you can imagine. People were great team working, and everyone helped out cocking, cleaning and getting drunk. This is our little camp:
We went hiking in the gorges every day; it was great and very challenging. Absolutely amazing, don’t think you can’t find anywhere more beautiful in the world! Hidden in between the massive stone walls, created by the erosion of water, we visited several pools with clear, chilly fresh water. Much needed, everyone was soaked in sweat!
At Hancock gorge our guide took a small group of the most fit on a 15 min swim to an otherwise isolated little beach and pool. Here we went jumping of a cliff into the pool (approx 10 meters). The best adrenaline rush of the trip! Even Jesper can be proud of me now c”,)
It was also proven possible to open a beer with a magazine (and no, it wasn't a twist top).
Further North we visited the mining town Port Hedland, which isn’t a place you wanna live, but somewhere you go for a couple of years to earn good money. But they do have a playground!
We went for a walk at the pretty 80 mile beach (which is actually 90 miles, but that name was already taken!). No swimming unfortunately, because of the stinger season.
We reached Broome on the 28th of November; we all spend a great night together, eating pizza, getting pissed and dancing. It’s kinda sad to say goodbye to so many cool people after spending almost every hour of the day with them for 10 days. I’m definitely gonna miss them, even our crazy guide, Sharpy.
Next day I followed Mark to the airport and visited the famous Japanese cemetery. Years ago Broome attracted quite a few Asian people (especially Japanese), because it used to have a big pearl industry. It resulted in Broome today has a unique and interesting population of Asians, Aboriginals and white people.
Saturday afternoon I said goodbye to Broome, catching a flight back to Perth. I had 5 hours in transition, and can you spend them better than with a friend? Paul picked me up in the airport; we went to a great restaurant and got food + beers. Though I kinda lost track of weekdays it WAS Saturday night after all!
After dropping me off again around midnight, I spend the night on a flight to Brisbane to continue my adventure on the east coast.
After dropping me off again around midnight, I spend the night on a flight to Brisbane to continue my adventure on the east coast.
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