Camping at Ningaloo Reef The colours of Ningaloo Reef defy description. From the moment you gaze on its myriad tones of blue you want nothing else but to immerse yourself in its warm waters. Exmouth is the only township with access to the northern parts of the reef and its prosperity depends on such a fortuitous location. For us there was a sense of anticipation as we drove towards this small seaside town, having endured ten long weeks without access to crocodile free salt wa

Expansive view of Dales Gorge at Karijini National Park The road from Broome to Karijini National Park is 1,000 kms of monotonous driving, punctuated only by the massive industrial exclamation mark of Port Hedland. The landscape after Broome changes quickly with the sharp edged, red cliffs of the Kimberley being left far behind to the northeast. The remaining journey south is flat and uninteresting until the rounded, purple red domes of the Pilbara finally erupt across the ho

Lake Argyle (Western Australia) Lake Argyle is a vast body of water created, in the early 1970s, by damming the Ord River upstream of Kununurra. Its pinkish red cliffs glow as they drop into the deep sea of blue below, but there's something sterile and eerie about this landscape - unnaturally devoid of life except for the ceaseless throbbing of the frantically busy caravan park on its shores. The latter is testimony to great foresight and marketing and is an oasis for the ho

Setting off in the Campervan feeling invincible After a lifetime of camping and exploring Australia’s coastal fringes we thought it time to use our retirement years to explore The Outback. So we purchased a brand new VW Campervan, completely fitted out with a bed, basic kitchen and poptop roof to allow indoor headroom. To that we added a retractable awning plus the optional addition of a shadecloth side wall, when the the weather dictated. What a setup it was after 30 years o