margaret river region and pemperton

at least we went a few days to the beautiful magaret river region! its a gorgious place in western australia. a bit simlilar like the barossa valley! a touch of the european harmony. little villages, breweries, vinerries, manufacturies ( like chocolate, ice cream and dried fruit), nice beaches and a lot of huge caves!
first we arrived in yallingup, one of the famoust parts for surfing! after we stopped at two rocks.

we vistited a delicous places were we could try a lot of food! chocolate,  chocolate liquoir, olives, marinades, ice cream, nuts, dries fruits....

in the afternoon we made our way to lake cave! a huge cave with water in it! at the evening we slept in albany!

the second day we went to pemperton and there i climbed a 74 m high tree! i had a gorgious view over the forest with those huge trees!

its getting colder and colder! especially at the southern part. a hinch of autumn is in the air! now they harve apples and marons, everyone starts wearing winter clothes here! its a bit strange because i am really not used to it after 12 month of heat and summer!

the life on rest areas!!

The cheapest way to sleep somewhere is sleeping on rest areas.there you can camp for 24 hours and you do not have to pay! but you do not have any facilities like toilettes and showers! but its a good way we often did!

                           my easter present i got from the supermarket because of my smile :D

Monkey Mia

Our last stop before arriving Perth was Monkey Mia. On the way we saw some beautiful things like shell beach, eagles bluff and stromatolites.

Monkey Mia itself is a huge holiday resort with a lot of accomondation and camping. a Highlight there are the dolphins which get feed every morning next to the beach! They are very cute and smart animals!

Broome to Karijini, passing Coral Bay and Exmouth

From Broome we made all our way to Port Headland to get some food and stuff for Karijini National park. This trip was a highlight since travelling in Australia! Karijini is a mountain range with spectacular gorges, waterfalls and creeks. We spent there three full days to climb all the gorges to the bottom to go for a swim and a cool walk between the huge stone walls of the gorges.

 

The most spectacular was hangcock gorge! The trail was class five from six and a high level of fitness is important to do this trail. First we had to climb down to the bottom and after that we followed the waterstream. We had to climb about stones and rocks and as the gorge got smaller and smaller we had to swim some hundred metres to get to the next rocks and sections! It was an amazing walk and really adventures.

                                                     white-foot -apaches :D

The last day we went to Mt Bruce. The second highest mountain in western Australia! 1235m high. Also this walk was class five! It was not to easy to climb the mountain. There have been very steep sections and we had to climb about rocks and cliffs next to hundreds of metres abys.as we got to the summitwe realised it was worth it!

Next stop was Exmouth. There we spent one night next to a lighthouse and one night at cape range national park which was supposed to be one of the best snorkelling places in western Australia. We were a bit disappointed because we could not see much.

 

At least we spent one night in Coral bay, but there is nothing except a lagoon.so we went to carnavon to relax a bit!

Darwin to Broome

 

In Darwin we met Falk and started to drive down the westcoast. Our first stop was the Litchfield nationalpark. Huge waterfalls, gorgeous creeks and waterholes. We also met some scaring spiders in the rainforests around.

 

Next stop for overnight was Katherine, where we asked the police where we could stay for the night. They send us to a parking spot at hot springs. The next day we drove to Kununurra where we reached Western Australia.You feel like in the middle of nowhere because the distance between the towns are about hundreds of kilometres.

From Kununurra we made our way to Derby which is on the Westcoast. There you can find one of the highest tides in the world. We spend there a night

 

Next morning we arrived in Broome. There is a beautiful and famous beach called Cable Beach. Watching the sunset there is very popular. We stay here in Broome for 4-5 days and just enjoy the non-tropic climate. It’s a bit like a paradise.

 

Alice to Darwin

Finally we arrived in Darwin! The weather is really tropical and humid! on the way from the outback to the north our next stop were the Macdonnellranges.

In the morning we did the East, in the evening we did the western part. They have been really nice.it was not that crowded like Uluru and gave you a bit more feeling of nature! actually it was really hot.about 45°C!

Next stop was Devils Marbles, some stones along the way! after that we stopped at Watarranka. its a thermal natural pool and was really relaxing after such a long time driving!

At least we came through Katherine and did an overnightstop at Edith Falls. A lovely walk to the upper pool leads us to isolated plunge pool! At midday we went to the famous Kakadu National Park!
a lot of things were closed because of the wet season, so we could not do to much, but all in all it was a nice visit and we saw a lot of rainforest, cliffs and aboriginal art.also we saw one croc :D