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Spit to Manly walk, snorkelling at Shelly Beach
Woke up today feeling as normal as I’ve felt since getting ill, and didn’t immediately reach for pain relief or medication when I woke up. I still took my meds as normal, but feeling less dependent on them, which is good. Chest still feeling tight, but less coughing to go with it. The sun is…
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Bondi, Bronte and Coogee
With new energy, almost certainly supplied by the antibiotics and sunshine, I felt more confident about doing a bit more walking today, and before this big trip I’d had my eye on doing the Bondi to Coogee walk. It’s not a particularly difficult walk and the ocean is on your left pretty much the whole…
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Manly Beach
While yesterday was a lovely mix of exploration and chill, I still felt like I could do with more rest, so my plan for the day was to get myself to the much talked about Manly and have a slow perusal of the town. I was a bit worried that I’d been so sick on…
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Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney Opera House and fellow traveller Lissie
I woke up feeling less ropey than yesterday morning by a country mile, but still not quite myself, so I decided to have a slow morning and see how I felt about walking out and about. I eased into the day with some breakfast and mustered up the courage to head into the city. The…
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Day of rest, Lane Cove, North Curl Curl Beach
Saturday – day of rest So, having got to Michael’s place in Sydney at 9am, or 6am Perth time, having not slept much on the plane, we were both shattered. Having originally planned (before our flight was moved and I got ill) to visit the Blue Mountains National Park today, that plan was quickly shelved…
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Rottnest Island and last WA sunset
Rough start to the morning for me, but Michael kindly took pity on me and popped out to grab us some takeaway breakfast. I opted for a croissant I could ‘pick at’ and a coffee. Having been already bitten by our lack of planning once, we didn’t want to risk disappointment again, so I’d actually…
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Back to Perth – Pinnacles Desert, Lancelot Sand Dunes, Trigg Beach
And so another day in Kalbarri dawned, but sadly this would be our last, and we had a long drive back down to Perth ahead of us. At this point, I’d had a very sweaty night, and when we’d got back the night before I’d barely been able to lift my wine glass to my…
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Kalbarri National Park and Wilderness River Cruise
To say we needed that sleep was an understatement, but we did get it, and had a busy day ahead. First, we started with a bit of breakfast: dippy eggs, or eggs and soldiers… The kitchen here was reasonably well equipped – it even had a Nespresso machine and toasty maker – but no eggcups…
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The road to Kalbarri
As much as we’d have liked to stay in a prison that looked strangely like university halls, we had a VERY long road ahead of us up past Perth and on to Kalbarri National Park. But before we departed, I managed to grab a few pictures from ‘inside’. We didn’t stick around for long, not…
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Back to Busselton
We all know the saying ‘the best laid plans go astray’, and today was one of those days where we had to quickly think on our feet and come up with a plan B. In fact, maybe it was lack of a substantiated plan that landed us in the quandary. Our initial rough plan was…
Blonde on a Road Trip 