From: Robin Jensen in the DK
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009
To: Robin Lamar
There are HUGE stretches of road between small, small inhabited areas (often
just a gas station). You get out of your car in the heat, needing to stretch
your legs and see no signs of life for miles, just a little brush and red, red
sand.
Suddenly, you are surrounded by a swarm of bush flies who apparently have a
very developed telegraph system letting you know that there is meat (DEAD OR
ALIVE) nearby. You dive back into you car.
We very quickly bought mesh vails to wear over out hats. Also - have a cooler
and lots of water with you.
Stark, beautiful country. We had lots of good music to hear on the cd-player.
A lot of these songs now conjure up pictures of huge blue skies, red sand and
turquoise green sea for me.
We just rented, so I don't know much about buying and selling advisability
(try Lonely Planet or there are probably some sites on the web where you could
ask recent Australia-travellers. We found places to stay through Lonely
Planet). We had a 4x4, which was useful in driving in some of the off-road
tracks in for example a national park that we visited.
Perth is a lovely city - my husband Niels Ole
and I spent a vacation about 6-7 years ago driving from Perth up the west coast
to Coral Bay and then back again, passing through Sharks bay and down to
Augusta.
We also enjoyed the stretch south of perth down to Augusta as well - it was
quite different, more settled, eucaplyptus forests and the light house in
Augusta.
robin
We are going up the West coast also. Any tips you have will be welcome!
We are landing in Melbourne and trying to get the train.. But it does not
run on the days we want it to. We had thought about buying a car and then
selling it at the end of the trip. Do they do that there? I know it was a
favorite of folks to do in Europe when I was a kid.
Robin Lamar
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