It's all east from here.

Hi everyone!
We have made it to Broome and just about to embark on our Kimberley adventure and cross the top of Australia via the Gibb River road. The car is still going and fingers crossed we make it to Darwin.
North West WA is just amazing and we have loved coming up here. From Kalbarri National park, to Cape Range National Park bordered by the Ningaloo Reef, to the Iron Ore rich hills of the Pilbara and Karijini National Park, these are certainly three of the best National Parks we have ever been to.

Nature's window at Kalbarri NP. James decided to impersonate Jerry Seinfeld for the day. I mean, how good are sneakers and jeans?

'Z bend' Kalbarri NP

Nicki the Dolphin at Monkey Mia. Each day, dolphins come into the bay and are fed no more than 1/3 of their daily requirements. We saw 16 of them.

Min got to feed one after pushing a small child out of the way.

A freaking Emu in our boot. Now James says he is only scared of birds that can fly, however his womanish scream was not consistent with this.

View from our campsite at Steep Point. You'd think the most westerly point in Australia would be easy to get to, but it is 30km along a 4wd track. Has the tag of best land base fishing in Australia. Needless to say, Min and I fit right in with all the fisherman camping nearby who book their campsites 1 year in advance. We talked about bait and stuff.

The fisherman out on the point fish off the rocks and haul in huge Marlin and the ocassional shark, like this 2.5m shark they caught the previous day. They use helium balloons to send the lines out and when they catch something, they lower gaffs down the lines to cope with the weight of what they are bringing up. We don't understand what any of that actually means but we nodded politely when the fisherman explained it to us.

Outside Carnarvon Woolies putting the groceries away. James insists on putting things away as things have their spot. "No Min, the cumin seeds don't go next to the cardamom, they go beside the star anise."

Each campground in Cape Range NP has a campground host. Usually it is a grey nomad couple who volunteer for months at a time. We stayed at boat harbour right on the edge of the Ningaloo reef. Michael, the campground host, took us out on his tinny so we could snorkel on the reef just off shore.

We moved to Ned's camp up the road after 2 nights at Boat Harbour. What's happy hour I hear you ask?

Everyone meets and brings a beverage. Mostly nomads, we covered a broad range of topics including superannuation, grandchildren, gammy knees and what's the best way to address a letter of complaint.

James went out to snorkel with the whale sharks. Saw 5 whale sharks and was in the water when three Humback whales swum past.

Biggest fish in the world. The tour had a diver who took photos of the dive. This was one of the whale sharks James saw. The Sharks are filter feeders and very placid but some of them measure up to 9m and being only 3m away from them is extraordinary.

Turquoise bay. Cape Range National Park.

Yardie Creek. Cape Range National Park.

Exploring Hancock Gorge in Karijini National Park.

Eventually, you reach Kermit's Pool.

Wading through Weano Gorge.

That opens up to Handrail pool.

Karijini is right in the middle of where all the Iron Ore mining is occuring. Lots of mining vehicles go through the area, like this huge road train. We tuned into UHF channel 40.

A conservation would go somewhat like this. "The 2 in the Champagne Prado, are you on channel? We need you to go slow and over to the far left, there is an 8.5m coming through" Min would usually reply " That's a 10/4 good buddy. This is Mini Driver and Collie Dog reading you loud and clear. Roger that, will make way. Over and out."

Hammersley Gorge. Karijini NP.

Tea and a Venetian at Hammersley. Tea has replaced beer... the first worrying sign of becoming a nomad.

James, enjoying sweeping the tent out. Also, how good is matching grey tracksuit top and bottom?

Up at Cygnet bay Pearl farm, 200km north of Broome. $14000 Pearl strand. "I'm a Lady".

Cape Leveque, the Northern tip above Broome. A rough trip up there but worth every bumpy minute of it.

James showing the rest of the campground at Broome just how to expertly assemble a tent.