Sunday, March 25, 2012

Thanks to the good person

Well, I dont know how it happened, but the bike ran out of petrol only after 330kms! Usually the tank lasts for approx. 450km or a bit more, being the larger 22 liter one.

Thank you, to the good person who came there just minutes after I stopped and gave me lift to the nearest fuel station and back! (sorry that I forgot your name)

On the road side were these piles or whatevers, maybe termites? I didn't start kicking them, could have been a bad mistake...

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Swimming with the fishes

Today went with an organized snorkling/swimming trip near the reef, so theres only few pics from the day. Otherwise, it was quite a memorable
one ;-)

Friday, March 23, 2012

Dolphins

Look! The people have gathered here, lets go and see what they're doing there, standing by the beach.. Turtle too joined the party!

Just after crossing over to North West, there was a curious collection of garden gnomes, in the memory of deceased friends and family. The Garden Gnomes of the Dead?? No idea.

For the record, the ride from Monkey Mia to the Coral Bay was pretty rainy, but it was warm rain, so I didnt bother with waterproof gloves. Unnecessary.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Up the coast

Nothing really special today, just some river gorges and Shark Bay, camping at Monkey Mia. This stretch of land is a tourist trap...

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Aussie architecture

Honestly, after the Lonely Planet was advertising this Cathedral for its' archtectual values, I sort of expected more than this. It's not ugly, just not as special as advertised. Even the doors were plain functional, not carved with symbols etc.

Luckily I'm here more to look the nature :)

There was a place called Pink Lake that I rode by earlier, but the algae that gave the place its' color had disappeared. My guess is that this is where it relocatated itself. Or it's the chemical factory nearby (BASF).

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Coral coast

Just when I thought that there wont be anything really suprising coming up, then they appear out of nowhere!

If anyone guesses right what the machine in the picture is, congratulations!

I doubt that the message is for me, but...

Monday, March 19, 2012

What a night

About two months worth of rain in one day, and the ground didnt soak it quick enough - fortunately the floor of the tent was still waterproof, so it kept the one-two centimeters of water on the ground outside... Still it was a quite damp night and I was happy to leave Kalgoorlie asap in the morning. 350km westwards the rain stopped and sun finally is shining again.

Camping inside kitchen shelter was an attractive option until I was pointed out that there's a crusader spider on the ceiling... Or what ever the big guy was, it was told to be one of the poisonous ones. So into the tent for the night. I wonder why I was the only one camping out there?

Didnt have much motivation left for tourism, I need sunshine for that.