Monthly Archives: August 2008

Jurien is a very small town approx. 200kms north of Perth, with their footy grand final on this weekend – red and white streamers and balloons in the shops and a couple of blackboards wishing their lads the best. We … Continue reading →

After a great week here it is time to leave for Jurien Bay, where we will do several day trips to National Parks, reported to have a diversity of flora unequalled in the world! Yesterday we went to Depot Hill … Continue reading →

Sorry guys, but more about wildflowers and orchids. The night before last, Russ went on a guided walk with other campers, with Allan giving everyone remarkable information about native plants, pollination, germination etc. etc. Russ came home, after three hours, … Continue reading →

A post from Russ The Magno Men were really interested in, and enjoyed watching the bits of the Olympics we were able to watch, so they decided to stage their own games today. We didn’t have much time as we … Continue reading →

What an incredible journey this morning – we were so lucky to hear where the orchids were on the radio, whilst in Geraldton. Allan & Lorraine Tinker own this amazing 160 acre park, abutting another nature reserve. The owners of … Continue reading →

We’ve travelled in a full [zig zaggy] circle, staying at Coalseam Nature Reserve again, where we had our first river crossing, more than seven weeks ago. The Irwin River was way down and the deep river crossing was now a … Continue reading →

After listening to a discussion on the radio, about orchids, we headed to Canna, where we went to the “general store”, (now a Landmark centre), – closed – but excellent maps and information left out by the door [out of … Continue reading →

We’d thought we’d seen it all to date, but now that are in “wildflower country”, we know what that means. Advice from Geraldton was to visit the Mullewa Visitor Centre, where we received fantastic advice on where to find the … Continue reading →

Before we left Gladstone, Russ realized that the plug connecting the electrics from the car to the van had broken and he painstakingly had to connect the seven connectors to the car, first of all, working out where each one … Continue reading →