Thursday, 19 December 2013

Western Australia across the Nularbor to South Australia









Tingle trees grow to more than 70 meters ! A walk on the suspension bridge along the crowns of these trees is highly recommendable and easily worth the $15 invested ! The pink lakes of South Australia appears bubble gum pink when seen from above, not that visible from the shore but still gives an idea ! No one fully knows why the lakes are pink, but scientists believe the colour to come from a dye created by a bacteria that lives in the salt crusts.


Sunday, 8 December 2013

Western Australia




A few more pictures from the westcoast. The second picture is of the boat that made Australia internationally known amongst sailsport fans, now on display in Fremantle maritime museeum...
Here´s little info from wikipedia :
Australia II is the Australian 12-metre-class America's Cup challenge racing yacht that was launched in 1982,  and won the 1983 America's Cup for the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Skippered by John Bertrand,
she was the first successful Cup challenger, ending a 132-year tenure (with 26 successful defenses) by the New York Yacht Club.

Third pic : Joe´s fish shack serves the best fish & chips in Freo, and at affordable prices too !

Last one is the end of Busselton jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere ( almost 2 km )