Albany to Busselton.

A summary of Western Australia so far.

A= Esperance.

B= Cape Le Grande National Park.

C= Stokes Inlet National Park.

D = Albany.

E= Peaceful Bay.

F = Shannon National Park.

G = Pemberton.

H = Busselton.

 Harry decides to plank, here he is being Plank-ton.

 On board the Cheynes IV, one of the last whale chasers from Albany.

The ship mates ready the ship. 

 Breaker, Breaker , this is rubber ducky.

 Sperm Whale skeleton.

Hump back. 

 Land Ahoy.

 Bushfire devastation is seen throughout many National parks.

 The views from Castle Rock. 45 kilometres from Albany - A terrific climb

 The perspex platform is a ;little daunting to walk on as you can see right through it.

 The structure is bolted into the granite rock face.

 Climbing down the ladder.

 Little beach on Two Peoples Bay.

 No luck fishing but the rock was conquered.

More details of the Whale Museum, it was quite a confronting tour as we got the "boots and all " information & photographs of this industry.

 The Derrick was used to help hold pieces of whale for cutting.

 Pulleys to drag the whale's body onto the deck.

The cutting deck. 

 The boiler holes. The chopped up pieces of whale are fed into the holes and end up in the boiler. Whale oil was the prized product.

 The cutting saw.

 Flencing knives for cutting the blubber.

 The Flencing deck. The whale was stripped of it's blubber here.

 Whales were held to a dolphin dock ( not alive at this stage, thank goodness) in readiness for processing.

Planking in the shark cage. 

 Up close to Kenny Koala.

 The Salmon holes, quite a dangerous fishing spot, two people were swept off the rocks a week ago. Big salmon found here.Not worth the risk though.

Jackson Gazebo planks. 

 Dad does a bullbar plank.

 Very cool rock formations at the Gap and Natural Bridge.

 See the guy planking on the edge of the far cliff, what a banana. Gives you some perspective of the size of the formations.

 Looking down onto the Southern Ocean.

 Jackson & Harry finally make it to the bottom.

 Yes, made it back up.

Feel that Antarctic breeze. 

How cool is this rock in the middle of Albany? It's called DOG Rock. The rock juts out of the ground, a local painted the collar on.

 Balancing granite. 

 Keep it steady lads!!!

Fishing at Emu point, not today Jackson. 

 The world's most expensive hot chocolate. $8.50 a pop

 Green pools at Denmark.

 Elephant Rocks, they look pretty cool.

 Elephant rocks.

Checking a few of the local pythons. 

 Sid was a pretty good cockatto, he loved being picked up.

Nan & pop Moustache, we found a new pet for you. 

 Dad and Harry feel pretty comfortable with the Stimpson's python.

 Karen has go at holding the critter.

Tingle trees have a unique hollow caused by fungal growth and fire. The tree still lives on even though the middle is cored.

 Shannon National Park was an awesome campsite. Camp fires and damper.

 Lavender and Berry farm for some Berry pancakes.

Berry pancake with hot berry sauce and ice cream. 

We have arrived in Busselton and have set up camp for a 7 day stop over, just to get our van sorted and to have a little relax before we hit the Coral coast and the 2400 kilometres from Busselton to Broome. We have given ourselves 24 days to cover this distance. However, the whole coastline on the way up is quite spectacular. Dilemma, which places do we stop at???????

Any suggestions?