ARE WE THERE YET??

After a month hosting the Wallers in Western Australia, we said farewell to our generous hosts Nicole and Jed Teague.

The Landcruiser was loaded up and feeling somewhat like the Clampetts on the "Beverley Hillbillies" we headed for the open road.







Driving long distances was not what I remembered. When I was a child, we drove across Canada on a couple of occasions and the trip was mind numbing to say the least. Now with portable DVDs and books on Cd's the road trips are made so much more bearable especially when the scenery doesn't change for days!





The absence of any historic or significant landmarks is no impediment to the resourceful Australians.

We made stops at borders between states marked by giant kangaroos and "1/2 way across Australia" giant birds. Even the odd road sign warranted a pit stop for a photo!

Western Australia is enjoying a mineral and mining boom which is transforming the states economy. Along the road we stopped briefly at Superpit, the largest open cast gold mine in the world, which gave us an insight into the huge scale of the mines and the machinery being used to exploit them.