Nullabor Links

We have played 18 holes of golf across the Nullabor. Its a fantastic idea. The golf course starts in Kalgoolie at the new Graham Marsh designed course there and ends 1365 kms away in Ceduna! ( You can play it the other way too). Some of the holes are very challenging and I am not going to tell you the scores we had! Its been quite a successful concept and when we collected our certificate today the lady told us that since its been operating, accidents on the Nullabor have decreased significantly as people are not driving as far each day. We actually spent 4 nights between Kalgoolie and Ceduna, which I am sure we would not have done otherwise. We had so much fun playing the holes and just getting out of the car and walking around. One of the par 5 holes took the 4 of us more than an hour to play. We only had one set of clubs and we had to really search for the balls.

The weather has been disappointingly cold and very windy. We are in Streaky Bay at the moment and it is definitely not swimming weather.

The W A Southern Coast

Its been a week since we left the house at Eagle Bay, and we have been driving along the South West coast of WA and through the giant karri, marri and tingle trees. The first stop was Quinninup, then through to Walpole on the South coast, across to Albany and now in Esperance via the Fitzgerald River National Park. The weather has been alternating cold and windy. We had a swim here today, but have been out of the water since we swam in Green's Pool - the prettiest beach in Western Australia, according to the guidebook. Its near Denmark. These photos are of the Valley of the Giants and Point Anne in Fitzgerald River NP. Fitzgerald River is a 'biosphere' which means it has an incredible diversity of plants and animals. The wildflowers were absolutely magnificent and we did a lovely bush walk where we saw the names of a great number of them.

Eagle Bay

Since last Monday, Alan and I have been staying in a house at Eagle Bay on the Southern coast of WA between Cape Naturaliste and Dunsborough. This is a home exchange agreement which Ray and Trish had organised, and they are here with us now. The owners are staying in Ray and Trish's place from next week.

Eagle Bay is just the most beautiful place and we have been walking along the coastline everyday. We are actually quite close to Cape Naturaliste and have walked around the lighthouse on the myriad of trails in the National Park. There are lots of whales to be seen from the shore - some quite close in.

The wild flowers are just magnificent. The photos are of Bunker Bay, the next beach around from Eagle Bay, and Trish in the wild flowers at Yallingup.