At beach

It's a good way for starting your day: relax at beach for a while and wade in if feeling hot.

For two more caves

I'm getting overdose of caves, as the two I visited today didn't impress me much. Or I've been spoiled :) Mammoth cave was huge, but lighting should have been better. Cant remember the name of other, smaller one,but it wasnt that great anyways.

Rest of the day went on a small roadtrip to see a bit of the countryside, around the Bridgetown. Nice roads, but not much random attractions. Maybe tomorrow I stay by the beach and pina coladas...

Jewel, Giant and Lake Caves

The best way to survive a hot day is to go underground! These caves werent as huge as the ones at Jenolan, but well worth the visit, as usual.

The giant cave was one of the self-guided ones. You get your helmet and flashlight, and into the abyss you go. Merrily. Lake Cave is a bit special as it got a small lake on the bottom, thriving with pretty unique life, only found in this cave.

Giant cave did become really an experience, as the path through the chambers become harsher and tighter. I say that caves are the perfect place to combine fear of height and claustrophobia. And when the flashlight went off... and didnt turn on, it was nerving. Luckily the helmet had a dim backup lamp, onwards. This happened after climbing up a few ladders in confined space, and crawling through some cracks...

A bit further the only things found were a warning sign and a rope descending into the darkness. Only twenty meters or so down... say ten to be sure;)

Jewel cave was quite nice, but pales in comparison to Giant and Lake.

Just riding

Some places seem not to be the place to camp, or some railroads are not so often used...

A month on the road

The first month went by real quick - it just whizzled by! Some random notions of the trop so far:

-Accomodation is expensive! My original thought was to camp two nights out of three, but now it seems I try to avoid motels etc as much as reasonable. Hostels may be a solution, when weather gets bad.

-People are friendly, as usual.

-Time zones just mix things up, in combination of daylight savings... Its easier to just rise up with the sun. And go to sleep soon after dusk!

-South west of Australia looks so far to be my favorite part.

-Four weeks on the bike and approx. 8000km so far.

Big trees

Somethings are just different around here, trees as prime example. Some of them can reach 70m, if given time and not too many bushfires. The tree top walk was an experience, this must be the angle of Tarzan where he sees the world. Slept in a bush camp near Three Tops at Stirling Range, some 'roos came just after dusk to the field for their dinner. Other group hopped further on, against the sunset. I'm impressed of the South-West area, nice hilly area, with excellent wines! And trees growing on top of rocks.

Birdie birdy bird

While wandering around Albany in search of coffee, I was suddenly surrounded by birds!