Wave rock

22 August 2013
Left esperance yesterday and spent the night at lake king. Thought it would be nice camped by the lake but it turns out the lake is about ten kms away and a desolate waste land with water.

Today we are camping at brookton but on the way we stopped at wave rock near hyden. The rock is amazing and really is the shape of a wave. We climbed it and walked around the top which gave a fantastic view of the surrounding farm land of wheat and canola.

Tomorrow we get to Perth where the job hunting begins.

Esperance

14 - 21 August 2013
Spent a week in esperance exploring the area but mostly relaxing as the weather was windy, cold and rainy. We checked out cape le Grande national park, home of the whitest beach in Australia at lucky bay. Tried to see cape arid but the road was closed due to water on it. The great ocean drive was good as it took you along the coast and then past pink lake.

The caravan park had great views of the bay and the kids had a blast in the playground especially when there were others to play with.

Nullarbor

12 - 14 August 2013
I was expecting desert while crossing the nullarbor plains however I was presently surprised by scrub, trees (except for the treeless plain) and green grass. There was even water laying in places. The first day driving was good but the second was really windy. The third was a breeze and we made it all of the way to esperance.

On Monday we stopped at the top of the bight to observe the southern right whales. They have their babies there and they feed them up before going south. You couldn't miss them, they were everywhere.

We also stopped at a few lookouts and the last one we camped at for the night. The next night we stopped just shy of balladonia.

In esperance we are staying in a caravan park looking out over the bay. The weather forecast doesn't sound great but we can always hope they've got it wrong. So far it is very windy and a little cold.

Penong

11 August 2013
Started our journey toward the nullarbor. Stopped at ceduna for fuel and made it to penong for the night.

Drove out to point Sinclair where I showed Carl how to catch fish off the jetty. Along the way is lake McDonald which is pink due to the high salt content. We also checked out cactus beach which is famous for surfing. We didn't stay long as it was quite windy and getting late.

Streaky bay

9 - 10 August 2013
Made it to the gorgeous streaky bay. The caravan park is located right on the beach. The kids loved playing there and splashing in the water.

On Saturday we drove to point labatt and observed the sea lions. I really enjoyed it, you looked down on them from a platform on the cliff. You could even hear them.

Elliston

8 August 2013
Left port Lincoln and drove up the road to elliston where we stayed the night. Did a little touring around just to have a look at the coast line. The kids enjoyed playing on the jumping pillow and also at the playground up the street.

Carl went fishing at locks well, the kids and I tagged along. To get down to the beach there are 200 and something steps. Going back up them was a struggle. The beach was spectacular though so it was worth it.

Port Lincoln

1-8 August 2013
We left arno bay and thought we would have a look at tumby bay. As we were driving around our car started making a horrible noise. Carl found our rear diff was the culprit so a quick repair job was done in the car park to get us to port Lincoln.

Turned out we needed the rear diff replaced which meant a week in the lovely port Lincoln. Luckily for us we had another car to get around and have a look.

One day we drove up to coffin bay it was  cold and rainy so we didn't stay there long. The scenery is beautiful everywhere we go.

Due to poor weather and no 4wd we didn't do very much but it was a great time to relax and make new friends.