Not the usual photo of Augusta lighthouse A cow dressed in pirate's gear guarding the lighthouse The real signifance of the location is it's position as the place where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet albeit an artefact of us having to name everything.

I don't know about you but I've never seen 'tame' stingrays before. They are like the dolphins at Monkey Mia coming in for a feed and a pat!

First of all apologies for the rather long break in travel info. From Busselton we travelled to Big Valley near Margaret River where we met up with Ian Stuart and Penny Rodham, friends of old from the Citywest 4wd club. They have been on the road for 5 years and intend to stay as long as they can as they are addicted to the nomadic and remarkably hassle free life. In the pic from left to right Derek,Penny,Annie,Ian

Summary of time at Busselton Historically both the French and Australian Governments have recognised the enormous contribution Baudin made to scientific world of the day. The Western Australian coastline is littered with French names as per Baudin in the early 1800s. Photo is of head of Baudin. Geologically the Geographe Bay is extremely shallow which meant the jetty had to be built 1.8 km to find water deep enough for the vessels of the day. Historically t...

To all of you on our blog we wish you a very happy Christmas. We will be having Christmas with Paul, his immediate and extended family - only the second time in 20 years so a very very special time.