Western Australia

Best travel reports from Western Australia

Karijini National Park

The first destination was Karijini National Park. After nine hours of driving, we were almost there. I was really excited about the park because many people consider it one of...

The German is back in town

After spending another 2 days at OneWorldBackpackers, I quickly moved back to the Studies in Wilson, who welcomed me warmly again.Back at the old location, we went straight to...

Cape Le Grand National Park

Enough of gold mines in the Outback, now it was time to head back to Kalgoorlie and continue south towards the coast. That was a day's journey without much to see (except for...

Kalgorlie-Boulder

This twin town in the Western Australian Outback is quite large with 32,000 inhabitants. It's all about gold here, since the first nuggets were found directly on the surface in...

25.05.2026

A final sunrise at 'Karijini National Park' - the view from the tent over the vast landscape. This night was also very fresh and the wind rattled the tent walls. One looks...

23.05.2026

Whit Saturday, we usually spend it in Leipzig for 'people watching'; it's Wave-Gothic time! Perhaps some Aussies are there too. But today, we headed further inland, aiming for the...

22.05.2026

Another sunset already, this time inland, at Cheela Plains Station Stay, 470 km from Exmouth. It was an endless stretch; we drove inland and there was only one reason to deviate...

Snorkeling

The pictures from the diving tour the day before yesterday arrived today via link ...

17.05.2026

Although it was Sunday, we got up early again. Today, we only had 240 km to drive, but we find it better to have some time to do things at the new location or have more continuous...

05/13/2026

The day began again today with an animal experience - pelican feeding here in the town, always at this time, ....

12.05.2026

Surprise - in front of our window in Cervantes, two kangaroos were grazing this morning, probably a mother and her joey! And across the way was a large gathering of pink...

08.05.2026

For the 1st photo: The swan, particularly the black swan, plays a central, identity-forming role ...

Perth

Happily united, we took a super cheap flight from Denpasar to Perth. There was first a happy reunion, or rather a first meeting, with Marike's cousin Nils, who set off to travel...

Jul i Perth

We have arrived! After many long hours on the plane. Jet lag takes a while to shake off. It is warm and lovely here down under in Australia 🇦🇺 So far we have only seen one dead...

Rottnest Island

Tapestry to Rottnest Island, a small island off the coast of Perth. The island is mainly known for its large quokka population, but it also offers stunning landscapes. The...

Down Under ... let's go again!

The vacation from vacation is over, we squeezed ourselves into 2 planes for a total of only 16 hours (the wind was favorable) and arrived safely in Perth. Perth is one of the...

Day 138 New Norcia

Time to leave Jurien Bay area and drive south to Perth, but not along the coastline but with a small detour to New Norcia. After a short stop in Moora at an reasonable old...

Day 133 Pink Lake

Just an hour south of Kalbarri is the Pink Lake, which is actually Hutt Lagoon. We have been in the years before to other 'pink lakes' in Australia, which then turned out to be...

Day 103-104 Karratha

We started our days in Karratha with a visit to the well stocked Karratha Visitor Information Center: they had many booklets about all the places from Karratha &...

Eighty Mile Beach and the road to Karijini

Hello dear ones, After being home for half a year now, thanks to #Corona restrictions, I finally find the time to include our West Coast Trip here as well. Data-wise, it...

The turquoise beach in Cape Range National Park.

07/10/2019 Today we went to Exmouth. There was a café on the beach where we had coffee. Then we went to a second-hand shop and by the time we entered Cape Range National Park,...

Did everything still go well until the next city?

07/07/2019 https://youtu.be/qC_C_yEy7v0 https://youtu.be/0vFhCvkhRf8 The alarm clock rang at 6 o'clock. Serena's phone said it would take 14 hours to get to...

South of Perth

Have you ever been high up in the mountains and looked up at the sky, marveling at the stars and struggling to find words to describe what you see? Sometimes, when traveling,...

15.06.2015 Farmwork Week 1

Farmwork Week 1 Unfortunately, we can only get in touch now, as we have barely any reception in Northcliffe - our current place of residence. After a 4.5-hour drive, we finally...

Perth

Perth was actually a very short trip for me. On Friday, I mistakenly went to Hillary to get to Rottnest Island, but well, that didn't happen that day. Still, I was able to enjoy...

PERTH HILLS

Lesmurdie Waterfalls Today we went from Perth, Claremont, to Forrestfield in the Lesmurdie National Park. The area was full of ups and downs, so there were some "difficulties"...

Wave Rock

The 14-hour day trip took me eastward to Wave Rock, which is 350 kilometers away. The drive first went northeast through the hills around Perth to York. York is the oldest...

Fremantle / Rottnest Island

Coming to Freo (Fremantle) just felt good. The closest caravan park in the city was our home for the next 2 planned nights. If you're in Freo, then go to the best beer in the...