Down to Perth......

Perth!

From Hamelin (near Monkey Mia) we headed south to Perth via Kalbarri and the coast roads and locations to Geraldton and beyond.  A camp here and there and photo's follow with the appropriate comments!   No hand feeding great white sharks but hopefully nothing to boring.....?

This is moon rise inlad at an elevated coastal caravan park on the coast somewhere between Indonesia and Antarctica....(presently can't remember the place.....?)....what was cool was the moon rose due east as the sun set west and I won't bore you with another sunset but the following morning exactly where the sunset the moon followed course.....sort of had to be there kind of thing but cool in the least..!!!!

Moon setting over the ocean in the West....through the binoculars it was really nice!

The best I could do without a super zoom! Moon setting at about 7am.

On our way south we stopped and unhooked the van and did the drive through the Pinnacles.  Scientists still can't figure out exactly what caused these formations but it was very different and nice to know that when we got back to the information centre the explanations provided were only hypotheses....we don't actually know everything us humans!

The Pinnacles (near Cervantes WA).

Another top little spot just north of Jurien Bay WA (council camp only cost between 7 and 10 dollars a night BYO water and use provided toilets with gas mask, gloves, gum boots and heaps of chemicals).  Photo taken with ocean behind me.  It was basically empty with the school holiday a few days away and unsure why it wasn't packed?  The weather was perfect as it has been everywhere we've been but it seems everyone heads North for the coming winter.  We have yet to feel a very cold wind or temperature and still could snorkel at this spot.  Tried to find a few lobsters which Jurien Bay and environs are renowned for but alas not one could I see? Heaps of Abalone shells and kelp like sea weed and grass, stayed in the shallows to avoid an encounter with something big and snappy!

This is what the place is famous for.....fortunately we caught one and it tasted pretty much the same as painted or greens (which is surprising as painted and green eat grass and WA lobbies are omnivourous....)? Hoped that they would be like the oysters in Ceduna and due to plentiful supply a bit cheaper than East side but computer say noooooh!

Yay!!! The double decker bus tour of Perth.....! Really easy way to see the city and learn a bit of history. We scored the top deck front seat which was fantastic and fun to dodge branches and see the sights from an elevated and relaxed atmosphere.

Freemantle - Lost fishermen memorial...wonderful!

Thought we were back on Karumba wharf.....very similar to Raptis colours!

JB with a statue of a Lobster fisherman at the memorial wharf.  Really nice but would love to have gutted and filleted the morons that use the cray basket as a rubbish bin.  We cleaned it up and said a prayer for the lost at sea!  God bless all our fishermen and women, sun on your faces and breeze easy!

Driving past this we were chatting in the car that it must be a convent or boarding school.....yeah right...Swan River Brewery.... GOLD!

Kings Park at Perth, simply stunning!

HMAS Submarine 'Ovens' amazing experience to see how our sub-mariners live and work!  This is the girls playing in the main torpedo bulkhead.  Kacie pushed the red button but it was fortunately disconnected!

MORE TO COME...Love to all! xxxx