Family travelling around Western Australia in a caravan with a baby born on route in March.

FAMILY TRAVELLING AROUND WESTERN AUSTRALIA WITH A BABY BORN EN ROUTE IN MARCH

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

Saturday 10 January 2015

DAYS 59 AND 60 - FREE CAMPING, FLIES ,HEAT, AND CLIMBING A MONOLITH

After York we carried on east about another 100 kms to the Kwolyin free camping area. Great set up with new flushing toilets and camp kitchen plus gas BBQ with new bench tables. We set up camp with our solar panels to keep the van battery charged. The temperature rising today and above 40.c which wasn't too pleasant especially as we had no electricity to run our AC unit. Poor Stef with her large tum as well! Lots of flies around too. You can even see one on the camera lens in this photo!



The girls going for a walk around the campground with fly swatters at the ready!


The next day we drove to the nearby monolith of Kokerbin which is 122 meters high.. This is the third largest in OZ, the biggest being Ayers Rock.


The girls had a pack each for the 5 km walk up to the top. Even at 9am the heat was quite intense until we got to the top where a breeze took the edge off it.






The girls taking a break under this rock from the burning sun.

Back at the campground we took cold showers all afternoon to cool down and the girls did some home schooling in between. They learnt about how to use a compass and we even made one using a needle hanging from a thread.





In the evening we climbed up to the top of a small monolith by the campground to watch the sun set and a full moon rise.









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  1. Anonymous11 January 2015 at 00:36

    Wonderful pictures of you all in the great back-out. :) Terry


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  2. thefamilycaravanningbabyadventure11 January 2015 at 21:09

    Thanks Terry. I hope you were impressed with my home schooling project!

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