Across Australia
in 80 days
November 2000 till January 2001

Australia Tour - Part 1 - the South-West
Launched, January 5, 2001 - Links update, January 21, 2005
Ronald Langereis - Amsterdam

links

mail

Fraser Island Brisbane Nederlandse versie

Ronald, I'm sending you herewith the account of my journey sofar. I was staying in Fraser Island (slightly to the north of Brisbane) where they were enjoying (?) the hottest Christmas of the past 20 years, temperatures averaging 40 degrees Celsius! My Christmas has been a very international one. I spent X-mas time with people from Brasil, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway and Canada, if not more. But we did have garlanded trees, as usual, and Santa caps. Rather weird seeing people swim in an oasis wearing Santa caps ... I wish you a very prosperous 2001 Petra

links	maps and tools
SW Australia NW Australia Flags & Facts ANZwers Discount tours Discount vans safe touring	Map Australia SW: Perth, Albany, Esperance Map Australia NW: Darwin, Kakadu, Ayers Rock Flags & Facts on Australia - and on every country in the world A very apt search engine for Australia and New-Zealand Elkes - Discount adventure tour and accommodation directory Discount Campervan, 4wd Car and Motorhome rental operator Transport - Safely touring the roads of Western Australia

links

Petra's report

Perth car rental dolphins jarrah and karri coast towns Albany Esperance Goldfields road trains saloons skimpies Perth Pinnacles sand boarding sand dunes 4WD trips plane Darwin

Since Nov. 3 I'm in a Christmas mood. In Australia they're starting preparations for the holidays three months in advance. It's an odd sensation to see X-mas decorations and to hear carols while it's 40 degrees or higher. Till now my journey has been absolutely fabulous and this is my report of it. I started in Perth. In a rented car I've been exploring the south-west. A deserted region, great distances between the communities. Difficult to keep on driving then, even for me - for a stretch of 1000km / 600m in a single day I passed but a handful of small towns. But it was just great out there! I swam with dolphins, made a tree-top walk, 40 metres high in the jarrah and karri forest, I visited fantastic coastal towns like Albany and Esperance and of course the Goldfields. The latter I found very impressive. It's a very dusty neighbourhood, dappled with road trains, saloons, and bars with skimpies. But for the horses, you might picture yourself in a western movie. After this I went north, beyond Perth, to have a look at the Pinnacles, took a crash course of sand boarding and toured the sand dunes in a 4WD. Then by airplane to Darwin and its tropical damp heat.

Across Australia - next pages
Part 2 - The North-West   |   Part 3 - The Red Centre   |   Part 4 - The South-East
Part 5 - Brisbane ~ Fraser Island   |   Part 6 - Noosa ~ Tasmania   |   Part 7 - Tasmania ~ Sydney

or join me in a little gamble PIG MANIA Racing pigs

More trip reports
Hiking on Dartmoor    Historic Dordrecht    North Sea Coast    Italian holiday    Formentera Series
Five Lords Lands    GR5 Fire and Water

and more
Street-warming party    Battle of Hastings 2000    Amsterdam Tile Murals
Freshwomen's Rag

Search this site

for any keywords

---

Email: lagedor