DAY 95-97, AUGUST 19-21

DAY 95 - AUGUST 19th Today we left Green Head and went to Sandy Cape Reserve where we decided to camp for the night. It is a very good camp ground because we are very close to the beach and there are also big sand dunes.Later that day we went to the pinnacles and went for a walk through them. Some were nearly 4 metres tall. After we had visited the pinnacles we went for a walk up the sand dunes and we decided the next day would be a good day to slide down the sand dunes.
DAY 96 - AUGUST 20th Today we drove to Leseur National Park which has 1000's of different types of wildflowers. Then we went to Stockyard homestead where we went for a walk on a trail and went through a massive cave which was over 100 metres long. At the exit of the cave there was a big beehive hanging overhead. After we had got through the cave we went back to the carpark and drove back to camp. When we got back me and Adam had heaps of fun going down the sand dunes on our boogy boards. On my last go I had a really big crash.
DAY 97 - AUGUST 21st Today we drove into Jurien Bay and did some shopping then we went for a drive right around the town to check all the houses and land. Then in the afternoon we went back to camp and played on the dunes with our boogy boards again. We also met some other families and their kids went down the sand dunes with us. Later on we went for a swim because we got so hot.

Sandy Cape Reserve / Jurien Bay

Sandy Cape Reserve / The Pinnacles

Day 95. (August 19) On Thursday we went to Sandy Cape Reserve to camp. We liked it there because it has a good beach and sand dunes and big campsites. That day we went
to ride our bikes around and then we went to the Pinnacles. At the pinnacles some were 4 metres tall and some were 2 metres tall. We saw a kangaroo in the
bushes at the pinnacles, and after the walk Brock and I bought some books. After we had seen the pinnacles we went to the sand dunes near our campsite and
brock and i decided to use our boards on the sand dunes the next day. We explored the rest of the sand dunes and went on the boardwalk to the lookout.

Sandy Cape Reserve Day 96. We drove to Leseur national park where we went on a big walk around some wildflowers. On around about halfway mum and me saw a very light green
type of beetle. At the end of the walk was a lookout that showed you a big lookout of the whole wildflowers of the national park. After that we to the
Stockyard homestead and we went for a walk through a massive cave which was around about 100 metres long. The cave was tall and at the end of the cave we
saw a huge beehive with heaps of bees. Walking back to the car we were swarmed by bees but they just kept going they didn't sting us.Later on in the afternoon Brock and me had heaps of funs using our boogy boards to slide down the huge sand dunes.There was a jump at the bottom of the sand dunes and brock and me kept on going up the jump.

Day 97. On Saturday we drove to Jurien Bay and went for a drive around the town. At Jurien bay we also did some shopping. After that we went back and
played on the sand dunes. That time it was more fun because there was some other kids around.

Kalbarri / Geraldton / Green Head

Kalbarri Day 92.
On Monday (August 16) we travelled 146km to Kalbarri. After we had travelled to Kalbarri our total km was 9998. After lunch at Kalbarri we went for a ride and found a campspot we found one and it was a beautiful campspot on the beach. We went for a bike ride on the bike trail and on the way to the Red Bluff Brock ran over by accident a snake (a little one). After that we went to the bird place where they breed birds, mainly parrots. In the open enclosure me and Brock got some almond nuts and fed the birds. When I was feeding a bird that was on my arm I noticed there was a bird always going on Brocks head. One of the times a bird flew up on my head and then another one pushed the bird on my head off! They were very colorful birds. After we left we rode back - on the way back to our campsite it was a very windy day.

Geraldton Day 93. On Tuesday we travelled 173km to Geraldton. We then went to the tourist centre and checked out the town. After that we rode our bikes around the caravan park and then it was wet. Then we went back into town and went for a long walk along the town beach and then we ran into Marg & Lou Armstrong in the street. After we had a talk to them we went to the newsagency and Brock and me brought some tiny miniature lego sets. After that we went to a jewellers shop and Brock and me got to hold a 384gram gold nugget. It was worth half a million dollars! We also got to hold some other precious stuff.

Geraldton / Greenhead Day 94. On Wednesday we went the Geraldton Weather Station. It was at the Geralton airport. Gary showed us the controls and instruments that he had and he also showed us a weather ballon and we got to see him launch the weather balloon. In the afternoon we went to the Green head Caravan Park in Green head. We rode our bikes around the Green Head town. We think that it has 300 people in it but in summer it would have lots more. We were expecting to see Sea lions but we didn't. It was too cold to swim at Green Head. When we went for our bike ride around town we didnt see much. At night time we went out and I had a big chicken schnitzel all to myself and I ate it all up.

DAY 92 -94, AUGUST 16-18

DAY 92 - AUGUST 16th
Today we travelled to Kalbarri which is 146km South from Galena Bridge where we stayed last night. We had lunch by the beach and then went for a ride and found a camping spot right next to the beach. After we had set up camp we went for another ride and we saw a little snake on the path that I accidentally ran over. Then we went to the parrot breeding centre where in the open enclosure we got to feed the parrots and some of them landed on our heads and arms. I named one of the parrots red head because he had red hair (feathers) like me!
After we had seen all the birds at the parrot breeding centre we went back to the camper - it was horrid weather that night.

DAY 93 - AUGUST 17th
Today we arrived in Geraldton which is a very big town. First we went to the tourist info visitor centre and we decided to stay one night at the Belair Caravan Park . Later in the day we went to a jewellers shop where I got to hold a 384 gram gold nugget which was worth 1/2 million dollars. when we got back to the camper me and Adam played lego and rode our bikes.

DAY 94 - AUGUST 18th
Today on the way to Green Head we visitored the Geraldton Bureau of Meteorology where Gary showed us how to operated the controls and how they found out the weather. We saw him launch the weather balloon and told us how the laser tracks the balloon to find out wind speed direction in the higher atmosphere. After we had finished travelling we arrived at Green Head caravan park and then went for a bike ride. There wasnt much to see in Green Head. That night we drove to Jurien Bay 30km from Green Head, where we went out for dinner. The weather was pretty cold that day.

DAY 91 - AUGUST 15th

Today we left Denham and went to Shell Beach and then we travelled to Galena Bridge on the Murchinson River where we free camped there were a lot of police around. We found out they were keeping an eye on a bikie gang which was camped down the road. At the camp we rode our bikes around a lot then before dark we collected some firewood then had a campfire.

Galena Bridge Camp (Murchinson River)

Day 91. Today we left Denham and visited shell beach on the way out. It was a huge beach of small white shell and I got to write my name in the shells.Then we drove to a free camp. At the free camp Brock and me got straight on our bikes and started to ride around the free camp and up jumps. The jumps were basically just a dip but the dip made a good jump. After that we had some lunch and carried on riding around the place. We decided that we could have a fire so we went to collect some firewood.That night we had visitors and we cooked some marshmallows on the campfire.

Denham / Monkey Mia

Day 88. Denham It rained overnight and in the morning as we were leaving Carnavan. That was good for the farmers. We drove to Denham which is on Shark Bay. We rode our bikes around town. Our caravan is right on the beach. The caravan park is the most west caravan park in Australia. It was really windy today but not much rain in the afternoon.

Day 89. Monkey Mia Today we got up early because we had to leave for Monkey Mia to feed the dolphins. It was about 20 minutes drive and we got there at 7.30. The first feeding of the dolphins was at 8.00 and my brother Brock got to feed a dolphin but I didn't. There were 200 people looking at the first feeding. After that we had hot chocolate at the Monkey Mia Resort then watched a film on dolphins in the wild. We saw heaps of dolphins in the bay at Monkey Mia and when I was by myself not at feeding time, unexpected dolphin came and there was around about 20 people there and I got so close to 4 dolpins in the water. but you werent allowed to touch them. In the afternoon we went for a boat ride on a catamaran called Shotover and we saw 2 dugongs in the wild and 2 dolphins in the wild. It was a bit of a windy day when we were sailing.

Day 90. Denham, Francois Peron National Park.Today we went for a bike ride in Denham, then in the afternoon we went for a drive to Ocean Park were we saw lots of fish and turtles and sharks. We them feed the fish and the sharks. Then we went for a drive to the Peron Homestead and Brock and I sat in the hot tub which was naturally hot spring water.Then we went to Little Lagoon for a walk before we went back to camp.The weather was nice today around 25 degrees and no wind.

DAY 88 - 90, AUGUST 12 - 14

DAY 88 - AUGUST 12th Today we left Carnarvon and travlled to Denham which is in shark Bay. We camped at the Denham Seaside Tourist Village where it is very nice and close to the beach. it is the most westerly caravan park in Australia!After we set up we rode our bikes into towns and got a couple of magazines and a newspaper the newspaper blew away cos it was so windy and we only had 4 pages left.
DAY 89 - AUGUST 13th Today we left at 7am in order to be at the dolphin feeding at Monkey Mia. When we got there, there was already lots of people there. But when we started there was only 3 dolphins but at the end of the feeding session there was 8 dolphins. I got to feed a dolphin myself and I was the last person to feed a dolpin. You had to hold the fish in the middle and the dolphin would come up to you and open its mouth and then you had to place the fish flat in the water and I had to put it in her mouth. We werent allowed to touch the dolphins.After the feeding we had some hot chocolates and muffins. And then we saw a documentary about dolphins in the wild. After the documentary we went back to the camper and had some lunch. Then we had to come back to Monkey Mia for a catamaran sail cruise. Where we saw a few dugongs and a couple of dolphins.
DAY 90 - AUGUST 14th Today we went for a bike ride in the morning around Denham then in the afternoon we went to the Ocean park 8km out of Denham where they had lots of fish, a sting ray, turtles, sharks and other marine creatures. We saw them feed the fish and the sharks. We went for a drive to Peron Homestead and had a sit in the hot tub then went to Little lagoon for a walk before returning home to watch the sunset and after that we watched tv.

Carnarvon

Day 86. We arrived in Carnarvon on Tuesday morning then checked out the shops and did some shopping. I got a mini figure lego. We drove around the town and the coast. Our caravan park was on the edge of town near the big OTC satellite dish. We bought some fresh fish for dinner it was good. Peter Bell who used come from Meeniyan called in for a chat and a drink after dinner. It was very windy today.
Day 87. On Wednesday we visited Peter & Vicki Bell and their boy Jacob and we played at their house.In the afternoon we went for a drive down the Food Trail and we bought lots of good fruit and vegies. I liked the strawberries the best. We ate chocolate coated bananas and strawberries. We visited a place owned by G C Parry and Sons they had the best organic fruit and vegies there. At night time we went out for dinner. I ate my whole dinner it was a big chicken schnitzel at the Old Post Office Pizza Place. The owner used to live in Korumburra.

Coral Bay / Lyndon River West campsite

Day 85. On Monday we stopped at Coral Bay and had an ice-cream. We also went for a walk on the beach, I went for a bit of a paddle in the water. We stayed at a free camp called Lyndon River West. At the free camp we went for a bushwalk around the river looking for lizards. We didn't see one but we had to walk across yucky mud. The funny thing about that was Brock sank in the mud up to his ankles and I went past with my walking stick and it was so funny! We had a quiet night and Mum said it was the best sleep we had ever had.

DAY 86-87, AUGUST 10-11

DAY 86 - AUGUST 10th Today we went shopping for supplies at Carnavon and then stopped Capricorn Caravan Park. We are camping next to a big OTC satellite dish. Later in the day we went for a drive and got some fresh fish for dinner. It was delicious. That night one of our friends Peter Bell came over for a drink and and chat. Todays weather was very windy.
DAY 87 - AUGUST 11th Today we caught up with Peter, Vicki and Jacob Bell at their home in Carnarvon. In the afternoon we went for a drive along the Gascoyne Food Trail and got some fresh fruit and vegetables. We also went to the Egg farm (they get 4000 eggs a day). We drove up to the OTC dish and climbed up the stairs it was pretty high. At night we went out for dinner with Peter Bell and his family at the Old Post Office Pizza place where I ordered a big meal of spaghetti bolognaise.

DAY 85 - AUGUST 9th

Today we left Exmouth and travelled for about 1.5 hours and then we arrived at Coral Bay where we went for a walk along the beach, then had an ice-cream. Then we got back on the road and stopped at Lyndon River West free camp. We set up and then we went for a bush walk. There were a lot of flies and they were very annoying. There was also a lot of slippery mud near the river and I was glad I didn't wear my runners because the mud rose up to my ankles.When we got back we had some refreshments and relaxed by reading magazines and having mocktails.

Exmouth / Cape Range National Park

Exmouth / Yardie Homestead Day 80. On Wednesday we arrived in Exmouth. Dad needed to fix the slideout because of a bolt. We explored the town. In the town there was a visitors centre, a diving shop, a baker, a butcher and a shopping centre. It also had a newsagents with a toyworld in it. But there wasnt many good toys. That day we had to stay at a caravan park called Yardie Homestead but it wasnt very good, so we went for a drive into the Cape Range National Park . In the national park was some camping areas - we looked at a few camping areas and decided that Mesa camp was one of the best. On the way home it got dark so we had to travel at night and we saw hundreds of kangaroos. We made it back safely without hitting a kangaroo.

Exmouth / Cape Range National Park - Bulgarra campsite. Day 81. On Thursday we got up but Dad got up before us because he had got up at 12 o'clock midnight to get us a spot in the National Park camp ground. On the way there 8km he had spotted 100 kangaroos! When Dada got back in the morning he said he was fourth in line but we still got a campspot. We bought some flippers at the visitor centre in the National Park. Then we went snorkelling. We saw lots of fish, also after that we went and joined everyone else for happy hour at the camp. At end of the day it turned out to be a very, very, very, very, very good day.

Cape Range National Park - Lakeside campsite. Day 82. After a wild and windy night we moved camp to Lakeside camp.Lakeside is exceptionally close to the beach and we were staying there - there was only 7 sites and we had site number 4, we were lucky to get in. We went into town to get supplies and on the way back we went to the lighthouse lookout and saw some whales swimming just off the coast! We visited the turtle centre then went back to camp. After that we went straight into our snorkelling gear and went to the best snorkelling spot. We saw nearly up to a million fish! Some were colorful reef fish and I saw a huge Manta ray he was over 2 metres. After we went snorkelling we had happy hour with our new camping neighbors.

Day 83. On Saturday it was windy overnight but in the morning it was calmer. We went to Turquoise Bay and we had a look at the bay and the drift snorkel beach. We decided to do the drift snorkel, in fact we did it twice! The first time we did it Mum saw a reef shark. I saw the reef shark as well and lots of colorful reef fish. I saw a blue dotted sting ray. After our snorkel we checked out the sand dunes as Jurabi coastal reserve. Brock and me rolled down the dunes, I was the fastest to roll down the dunes. We saw kite surfers and then we went into Exmouth and got fish & chips for dinner. We had happy hour when we got back to the campsite. It was our neighbors birthday.

Day 84. On Sunday August 8th we finished our 12th week of camping. We went snorkelling twice at Lakeside. We saw a turtle the first time and Brock and me swam with it. The second time we went snorkelling we saw lots of reef fish and I saw 3 huge clams, two were alive (open) but I think one was dead (closed).In the afternoon Brock and I played in the rock pools. Mum and I saw another spotted ray when we were walking in the shallow water. After dinner we went stargazing on the beach.

DAY 80 - 84, August 4 - 8

DAY 80 - AUGUST 4th On Wednesday we arrived in Exmouth. First me and Dad went to an engineer place to repair the slide out bolt while Mum and Adam went down to the visitors centre. There were no caravan parks that could fit us in at Exmouth so we went about 45km out of town and stayed at the Yardie Homestead Caravan Park. After we set up we went into the Cape Range National Park to check out some campsites to suit our motorhome. We were told at the Mesa camp that in order to get a campsite we had to line up at the ranger station. We looked at a couple of sites and we decided that we would like to stay at the Osprey bay or Mesa camps. On the way home it got dark and we saw heaps and heaps of kangaroos it was really scary because you didn't know if they were going to jump out in front of the car. One of the kangaroos nearly hit the car on the side but dad swerved and we were OK.

DAY 81 - AUGUST 5th Today Dad got up at 12 midnight in order to get a camp site for us. On the way to the ranger station which was 8km away, he counted 100+ kangaroos. Dad ended up being 4th in line but we still got a camp site in the end. Early in the morning we packed up and left to go to Bulgarra campsite 39km in Cape Range National park near Osprey Bay. After we set up we went snorkeling at Ospry Bay 1 km from our camp. After we went snorkeling we joined other campers for happy hour on the beach at Osprey Bay camp.

DAY 82 - AUGUST 6th. After a windy night we moved camp to a fabulous site by the beach - Lakeside. We have booked for 3 nights and the beach is very beautiful. In the morning we went to the lighthouse and saw some whales just off the coast. We went for a snorkel in the afternoon, and then had happy hour watching the sunset.

DAY 83 - AUGUST 7th. Overnight it was windy again but in the morning it calmed down. We went to Turquoise Bay for a snorkel where Mum saw a reef shark and we also lots of beautiful fish. We did the snorkel drift twice and it was a lot of fun. After our snorkel we checked out the sand dunes and me and Adam rolled down the huge dunes. After the dunes we saw some people kite-surfing and then we went back for happy hour where it was our neighbor Sandy 60th birthday so we all celebrated.

DAY 84 - AUGUST 8th. Today we have been going around Australia for 12 weeks. Today we went snorkeling for the last time at Lakeside - once in the morning and then in the afternoon. Our last snorkel was probably the best because the water was really calm and clear. But the thing that made our first snorkel for that day really good was that we saw a sea turtle and we swam with him. We think he was a green turtle. He was about 1.5 m long. After our snorkel we had our last happy hour at the Lakeside. After dinner we went down to the beach in the dark and watched the stars.

Robe River Free Camp

Day 79. On Tuesday we did a tour which told us about the Karratha area and showed us iron ore loading operations and gas plant operations of the North West Shelf. After the tour we got Macca's and we went to a free camp called Robe River camp. It was a nice area and the river was good because Brock and me could throw rocks in there.

Karratha

Day 76. On Saturday (July 31) we were lucky enough to get into Bamoral Caravan Park in Karratha. We went for a drive around the town and drove up to TV lookout. You could see the whole town of Karratha from TV lookout. After that we went back to the caravan park and we went for a swim in the pool. At night we went to the carnival. At the front gate we saw Matt and Kylee Best from Leongatha. They are now living in Karratha and they hire out scooters. http://www.elephantblue.com.au/ We rided the bumper cars and brock and me saw Marg Armstong from Leongatha and we got two toy machine guns.
Day 77. On Sunday we went to the town of Dampier for a while. We saw big ships being loaded and a massive gas plant. While we were on the way there Mum and Dad told us about an old 70's show called "skippy the bush kangaroo", which was cool. That night Mum waked me up and me Dad and Brock watched the F1 Grand Prix in Belgium. I was going for Lewis Hamilton but he blew up his gearbox, and Mark Webber won.
Day 78. Today we skyped Nanny Marg for her birthday. We also went down the street to post some letters and I saved my money but Brock bought some Lego. After that we went for a swim and we rode our bikes around the caravan park. Matt and Kylee came for a visit in the evening.