At first, nobody understood completely what the caretakers at Francois Peron National Park were thinking when they installed big, confusing tent platforms. However, after some collective brainstorming/engineering, we figured out how to attach our tent to the grated floor! Tools needed: A bit of rope Scissors or a knife A smaller person (such as Lindsey) to…
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Little Lagoon in Shark Bay has a marvelous river coming from the ocean, which – according to our book – is a great snorkeling spot. Of course, that is if you watch out for the stonefish in there… We didn’t know what that was yet, until we went to the Ocean Park Aquarium a few kms…
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… because we can! This is the other side of Kalbarri National Park: next to spectacular gorges, they also have a quite spectacular coastline! However, after you’ve seen the Great Ocean Road – or Étretat in France for that matter – you lose the sense of awe for these, and you catch yourself thinking “is…
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During 3 months of working in Perth, Claudia was on her feet most of the time. I, however, was sitting down most of the time, programming a cool new site for an Australian startup. Unfortunately, that means all the hiking skills I had picked up during our first month of travel slowly disappeared… Luckily, we…
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When I read that one of my former clients posted a facebook message of a lost bird, Tom and I started looking for it. We think we might have found it in the Pinnacles Desert. It was very hard to make sure it was him, because here in Australia he has a lot of brothers,…
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Het is absoluut niet moeilijk om je wekelijkse Quokka Quota te halen op Rottnest Island. Gewoon van de boot stappen en naar je chalet wandelen is al voldoende om een handvol quokka’s te zien. De straat is net niet geplaveid met ze en soms stap je per ongeluk op hun staart. Maar één ding doen…
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Since we arrived in Perth, every Tuesday we have been going to the Hale Road Tavern to participate in the Trivia night. A lot of the questions are very Australia-minded, and most of the music questions date from a time we weren’t even born yet. Participating is great, because every week we learn more about the…
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Dear diary, Today was my last day at work. Luckily I didn’t drop any more glasses on the floor. It was a beautiful last day. Once again I got this beautiful sunset, sadly for the last time. Everybody was so nice to me, as usual. And I even made some facebook fiends, which is AWESOME!…
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After our last trip we woke up so early that our tent was still a little bit wet from the fog. To dry it, we put it in the sun at our last housesit. It’s not only wildlife that likes our tent. Kai, our housesitting buddy, absolutely loved it!
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At first sight you think somebody lost his eighties wig or that there is a walking piece of grass next to the road, but when you turn back, stop the car, and take a closer look, you learn that it’s an echidna! You don’t see them very often. Sadly the first one got so scared of…
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