We saw a lot of the south west of Western Australia in the early 1990's when we lived in Perth for three years. Apart for a couple of sojourns to Margaret River, Shirley and I have not been to that part of Australia since then.
Our retirement 'Travels of Oz' had a glaring missing component that needed to be rectified. 2025 was to be the time to fix that deficiency. This meant visits to places such as Esperance, Bremer Bay, Albany, tall timber country such as Pemberton and also Margaret River.
Favourite spots like Kalbarri, Coral Bay and Broome were also given top priority. These favourite spots were the only locations to be booked early. Sadly the Bungle Bungles (Purnululu) will not feature this year - our first time along that road without stopping. Maybe a sunset cruise on the Ord River at Kununurra will make up for that omission.
The Eyre Peninsula was another area that has not been explored in retirement. That is also on the planned route. Seafood beckons.
The clockwise route meant that the Nullarbor was to be in the early phase of the trip - our fourth crossing - twice each way.
The recent floods in Queensland meant that water was heading to Lake Eyre, so a flight over Lake Eyre was added to bucket list.
We plan to enjoy the journey. I hope you enjoy the ride.
As at 4 pm on Wednesday 28th May the caravan was 95% packed, the car was 105% packed and we were ready to go. Just a hunk of corned beef for dinner and a big football match to watch in the wet and cold - for our younger grandson.
Click here to see our draft route.
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