Around Australia with Mini Me

[Mad Aussie]

Now at Monkey Mia ... famous for ...



No ... not him. He was there ... but it's famous for these really ...

Bottlenose Dolphins ...




They attract a crowd










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They come right in among the people ...


Monkey Mia Bay itself



Shark Bay flora


Emu's on the beach at Shark Bay (Monkey Mia is in Shark Bay)


Graeme's got dinner again ...


Dean studying Stromatolites




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A shell quarry!








Bricks made from the shells




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Down to Kalbarri now ... a bit blowy!


A walk to 'Nature's Window' in the Kalbarri National Park and Dean tries to hide from a rain shower ...


Nature's Window ...





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Wildflowers in the region ...

















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Still in the Kalbarri area











Lookout near Kalbarri






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Down to Port Gregory now and the Pink Lake




Some unusual plants in Lesueur National Park












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That's it for now for the photos.


I will tell you that they travelled down the coast, stayed a week with a mate of ours in Bunbury Western Australia where it was raining most of the time so now photos from there apparently. You can see the that region of Western Australia in my thread http://www.photography.ca/Forums/f11...alia-3809.html

In this region they discovered that the Hilux had now blown a head gasket but wasn't putting oil into the water thankfully. Also the turbo was over-spooling so Graeme had to adjust the waste-gate to ease that issue as best he could.

So began the sneak back home to surprise everyone. I called them 2 days ago and they were in Broken Hill, NSW and wondering what their best route was to get their sick Hilux towing a caravan over the Great Dividing Range and down to the coast near Brisbane.
As luck would have it I'd driven the area last weekend! Our other brother had already the Cunningham Gap and I was able to confidently confirm it was the best option and suggest the flattest, quickest route to the coastal highway into Brisbane as well.

Around 3pm yesterday they rolled back into their own home back on the Sunshine Coast ... glad to be home and very sad the journey was over.

I suspect more photos are to come of the journey between Shark bay and Perth ...and then again a few snaps along the journey home as well.

Will post those when they get to putting them up.

[Iguanasan]

Way, way cool. Thanks again for sharing.