May 8, 2005 - Denham and Monkey Mia

The Easy Rider bus I was getting around on decided to brake down even before we left coral bay and it had to be push started! It did not look like a promising day! The lack of Internet access and phone reception was one thing but lack of transport was taking the biscuit! We finally got into Denham 3 hours late and missed out on all the days activities, shell beach and the stomatolites but we were just pleased to get there! There really isnt much to denham, 2 pubs, a video shop and a few fish and chip restaurants! the main attraction here is Monkey Mia.The Easy Rider bus I was getting around on decided to brake down even before we left coral bay and it had to be push started! It did not look like a promising day! The lack of Internet access and phone reception was one thing but lack of transport was taking the biscuit! We finally got into Denham 3 hours late and missed out on all the days activities, shell beach and the stomatolites but we were just pleased to get there! There really isnt much to denham, 2 pubs, a video shop and a few fish and chip restaurants! the main attraction here is Monkey Mia....

Feb 20, 2005 - The West Coast 'Needham/Jackson' tour - Monkey Mia, Denham + Ningaloo Reef

CJ - Having panicked my Mum and my Step Dad (Peter) half to death (as usual!!) with my accident on the Jilleroo course, I then flew over to Perth to meet them - they had always wanted to come and visit Australia, and with me now being here it was a good enough excuse to come over for a holiday! The first part of the trip was going to be a 5 day drive up the West coast starting in Perth and finishing in Carnarven, 1200kms! It was a lovely drive up the West coast, certainly a vast contrast from the more heavily populated and commercial coast in the East, the West is defintely more picturesque in most places with stunning views, but very remote as well as we soon found out!! You could be driving along the 'very straight' freeways and be lucky if you saw another car in the space of an hour!! It was a pleasure to drive along though.CJ - Having panicked my Mum and my Step Dad (Peter) half to death (as usual!!) with my accident on the Jilleroo course, I then flew over to Perth to meet them - they had always wanted to come and visit Australia, and with me now being here it was a good enough excuse to come over for a holiday! The first part of the trip was going to be a 5 day drive up the West coast starting in Perth and finishing in Carnarven, 1200kms! It was a lovely drive up the West coast, certainly a vast contrast from the more heavily populated and commercial coast in the East, the West is defintely more picturesque in most places with stunning views, but very remote as well as we soon found out!! You could be driving along the 'very straight' freeways and be lucky if you saw another car in the space of an hour!! It was a pleasure to drive along though....

Oct 12, 2003 - Road trip

The following morning we made a fairly early start, packed up Graham, picked up some supplies and took to the open road.The following morning we made a fairly early start, packed up Graham, picked up some supplies and took to the open road....