Category Archives: Going walkabout

Last year Lisa and I camped out at the Stirling Ranges for our anniversary at the end of October.  It was a hot few days and while we did get a bit of rain to cool things off briefly, in truth it was pretty uncomfortable.  But, as is always the case when we crash atContinue reading “Sitting pretty”

Despite being the last day of a long weekend, we risked a walk at Cape Naturaliste.  Located at the northerly end of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park this is where the Cape to Cape track, mentioned in my last post, starts or ends depending on whether you hike south to north or north to south.  WhyContinue reading “The beetles”

Lisa and I headed out for a local wander today.  The forecast was a tad iffy so we didn’t fancy going too far afield only to be rained on, as happened last weekend.  But we needn’t have worried and the precipitation never came and it even started to feel a bit too warm when theContinue reading “The South African pest”

Today we had an early start with every intention of enjoying an eighteen kilometre track in the forests near Dwellingup, the aim was for us to start the walk at 8am.  The forecast wasn’t great, but Lisa was prepared to risk it on the proviso that I didn’t stop too many times to take imagesContinue reading “Nil point”

Last weekend Howsie and his family had enjoyed a great few days out at Narrogin, exploring the local reserves and he sent me an image of a cluster of amazing looking orchids.  Upon asking him if he left it was worth the drive out there for a day trip, he hesitated.  Quite rightly to, asContinue reading “Itsy bitsy spider”

Lisa and I, encouraged by a lovely but short walk last weekend, headed out today for a longer hike inland.  Neither of us had been to Greenbushes before, and I have only ever know it as a lithium mine with a town site tacked on.  That’s a bit harsh as Greenbushes has been round sinceContinue reading “Fairy lights”

Lisa and I haven’t been out for a walks of late, and with each passing weekend there has been one reason or another as to why we didn’t get out.  But with each passing week it seems to be harder and harder to get motivated, and get back into the swing of heading out forContinue reading “Quietly hopeful”

It was obvious what trees we might see today on our walk, when Lisa and I set off to check out the Bridgetown Jarrah Park, and they get a bit more of a mention in this post that previous ones. This place has a series of loop walks that it is possible to link together,Continue reading “Bleedin’ trees”

It is the last weekend of the winter school holidays, which is both good and bad.  It meant another three day weekend for me but also signals that next week Lisa heads back to the classroom.  At least it won’t be another gruelling eleven week term for her like the last one.  Today we headedContinue reading “The safety net”

Friday the rain came down in torrents and it was all very uninviting, and they reckon Monday there will be a bigger front coming.  But the weekend promised two reasonable days between the big storms that have been bashing the south west of Western Australia.  So Lisa and I decided we would head out whileContinue reading “Passing the test”