To begin, we left our home on Thursday 30th May and towed our van to our very good friend "Victor" in Cottesloe, where we stayed in his back yard for a couple of weeks. Not a bad spot - Cottesloe..... 10 out of 10 to Paul for somehow managing to reverse 15metres plus rig into this tight spot and then get her (The Rosalina - named after our 2 girls) out again.
We headed off on Monday 17th June bound for Geraldton to catch up with Paul's nephew Adam and his wife Nicole. We stayed there for 3 days whilst Cherise (our car) underwent a major service (thankyou so much Adam...) and The Rosalina had her wheel bearings overhauled (great job Paul - messy business).
Thursday 20th June was our official start date for our journey round Australia. We drove to Shark Bay - Hamelin Pool where I found something - older than my husband! Yes... Stromatolites... What are they you might ask? Only the oldest recognised living organisms in the world - our kids can tell you all about them. They date back 3.5 billion years and take 30 yrs to grow 1cm. You can see them in the water of this photo.
We free camped on the side of the road as it was getting late in the day and not worth risking a dirt track that you haven't travelled before. We lit a camp fire and the girls had toasted marshmallows. Not a bad way to end day one.
The next morning we arrived at the Useless Loop Road turn off. 42kms along the dirt road, we arrived at Tamala homestead. We were greeted by the wife Yoke (pronounced Yorka) and 3 gorgeous joeys being hand raised and bottle fed (orphaned by car accidents and a goat trap). Rosie and Angie loved cuddling the little joeys. They couldn't believe this experience so early into our holiday.
We paid our fees (not cheap considering no amenities approx. $250/wk) and received our key for the locked gates. We proceeded down some very rough tracks.We had to go so slow that it took us an hour to travel only 12 kms. Still managed to break all the shelves in the fridge and spill a bottle of anchovies.
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