As beautiful as the last few days have been… Exmouth was unfortunately our last stop on our journey through Western Australia. Now it was time for us again: back to Perth! And here we wanted to visit the Yanchep National Park, where you can find a lot of koalas.
» Read the full blog postTravel Reports » Australia
Australia has approximately 24 million inhabitants and comprises, beside the continental main land mass, the offshore island Tasmania and some smaller oceanic islands. Australia is the sixth largest country on earth after Russia, Canada, the USA, China and Brazil. The north-south extension is about 3,700 km and the east-west extension even 4,000 km. The term “Australia” is derived from the Latin “terra australis”, which means “southern country”. The capital is Canberra (350.000 inhabitants). The most populous cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.
Exmouth – Diving at the Muiron Islands on Ningaloo Reef (Australia)
We had already done 2 dives on the southern part of Ningaloo Reef in Coral Bay. Since we wanted to dive the Ningaloo Reef again in another place, we booked another 2 dives at the Exmouth Diving Center for today.
» Read the full blog postExmouth – Swimming with whale sharks & mantas (Australia)
We were already looking forward to today, because we have booked a tour where you can swim with whale sharks on Ningaloo Reef.
» Read the full blog postExmouth – The Cape Range National Park (Australia)
In order to take full advantage of the day, we started again quite early today in Coral Bay and drove to Exmouth, about 150 kilometres away.
» Read the full blog postCoral Bay – Diving & Snorkeling at the Ningaloo Reef (Australia)
After our trip to Denham and Monkey Mia in Shark Bay, our journey continued up the west coast to the small village of Coral Bay.
» Read the full blog postMonkey Mia – The wild Dolphins in the Shark Bay (Australia)
Today we went to Monkey Mia, about 25 km from Denham, about 25 km away, because every day dolphins come to the beach to watch.
» Read the full blog postDanham – World Heritage Drive & the Shark Bay (Australia)
Our goal today was Shark Bay, a protected area of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on the west coast of Australia about 800 kilometres north of Perth.
» Read the full blog postHutt Lagoon & the Kalbarri National Park (Australia)
After breakfast we left today at half past nine. The first stop on our way was the Hutt Lagoon after about 300 kilometers – a pink lake that gets its color from beta-carotene-producing algae.
» Read the full blog postThe sand dunes in Lancelin & the Pinnacles Desert (Australia)
Today, unfortunately, Perth didn’t show its best side – when we got up, the streets were wet and it was a bit sultry. So we quickly packed up our belongings, checked out at the hotel, quickly got into our car and drove north to Lancelin 🙂
» Read the full blog postPerth – The cute Quokkas on Rottnest Island (Australia)
We were really looking forward to today! It goes to Rottnest Island, an island about 20 km from the mainland from Perth. Here you can find the Quokkas – the happiest animals on earth 🙂
» Read the full blog postPerth – Tourist Attractions & Kangaroos on Heirisson Island (Australia)
After a good 10 hours of flying from Dubai with an Airbus A380 from Emirates, we arrived in Perth in Western Australia in the early evening. Greater Perth is home to about 2 million people and the nearest major city, Adelaide, is more than 2000 kilometres away.
» Read the full blog postCairns – Snorkel, Dive & Cruise the Great Barrier (Australia)
Today was the start of our three-day diving cruise to the Great Barrier Reef with Pro Dive Cairns.
» Read the full blog postCairns – Scenic flight over the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
Our last destination on the east coast of Australia was the city of Cairns in the north of the state of Queensland, from where we had booked a sightseeing flight over the Great Barrier Reef and a three-day diving cruise.
» Read the full blog postAirlie Beach – Whitsunday Islands & Whitehaven Beach (Australia)
After looking at Whitsunday Island and the Great Barrier Reef from above this morning, we wanted to take a trip to the Whitsunday Islands and Whitehaven Beach.
» Read the full blog postAirlie Beach – A sightseeing flight over the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
The small arts town of Airlie Beach is the perfect base from which to explore the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef, either by flight or by boat. We wanted to try both 🙂
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