DAYS 76 TO 85 - FITZGERALD NATIONAL PARK

So we left the farm with Milo the Emu and headed down to Hopetoun on the south coast or as it's known here, the Australian Bight. Great to finally see the sea after so long driving though the dry hot dusty wheatbelt. Our first night we dressed up to go out for a drink. Steffi finally found a place that did soy decaf late so she was pleased.

The next day we went into Fitzgerald National park which has just had a 40 million upgrade so the fanciest long drops I've ever seen! The sea was a turquoise blue and refreshingly cool i.e bloody freezing!!

Day 78 and we decided to climb East Mount Barren, all 311 metres of it. Armed with day packs we set off on this hot day up quite a difficult route, Kyra leading the way to the top.

Kyra leads the way.

Incredible views of the clear ocean below.

Later we strolled along the beach looking for cuttlefish to study for a school project.

From Hopetoun we drove 250 kms around to the south end of the national park where we camped in the bush at Tozer's Bush camp run by Tozer himself. He had 2 dogs the girls pulled all over the place. Luckily they were extremely patient and placid dogs.

There was no power so we had the solar panels out again. The stars here were amazing at night.

From Tozer's we went fishing, climbed another small mountain and relaxed on the endless white beaches.