A long ride

South of Broome is more or less devoid of anything interesting. But it will likely change in the next twenty years or so, as now there are lots of new mines and construction sites. As soon as the families of the workers start to live here, there will be more than just mines, gas refineries and road trains around here. I dont think the families want to live in caravan parks as the workers now do...

The road trains seem to grow, or maybe its just my perceptions. In whichever case, this place inspired me to just ride forward, on and on for 850km. Argh.

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...

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 ;-)

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.

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...

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).

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...