It's About The Journey

We heard once that transitions in life can be made easier by recognising that one door needs to close before a new door can be opened…well, certainly a door shut for us out there on the Nullarbor. After leaving Perth behind, sure enough, a few days went by before another opened on Perlubie Beach, near Streaky Bay…we are now intrigued about what our future holds with a lot less anxiety about everything…

Camping for us has always been about getting away from everyone and everything but we’ve now realised if we open our minds a little, including connecting with strangers, our experience is so much richer – Perlubie Beach will always be a special place in our lives, shared with a wonderful couple from Shepparton, who became surrogate grandparents for the week – Zeke was fixed on catching them a King George Whiting for their dinner (didn’t happen) – together with an amazingly awesome and legendary local farming family…such generosity, giving us delicious meat, inviting us back to their farm for a very welcome hot shower after a stormy night, trips to collect the eggs, pick fresh tomatoes, feed the chooks, and help fix farm stuff… all a wonderful story that we won’t forget.

Oh, the places you’ll go! There is fun to be done!

• Swimming with dolphins and seals in Baird Bay, looking them in the eye in the water was simply magical, seeing them looking Zekie in the eye, even better!
• Picnic lunches under granite overhangs at Point Sir Isaac and thirsty bees in our camp at Black Springs, Coffin Bay
• A sleeping pod of about 20 dolphins south of Arno Bay on a scenic (breath-taking) 4wd drive after advice from a top local
• A willy wag tail alerting us to an eastern brown snake heading straight towards Zeke and Lani sleeping in our tent at Arno Bay Caravan Park – he was looking for water and stopped to have a poo before Kevin from Queensland picked him up by the tail and walked him 200m up the beach to let him go

From all this, into (R)Adelaide for Miss Lani’s fifth birthday treat in Glenelg, to a ferry across to the incredible Kangaroo Island.  A microcosm of Australia – sheep farmers and ‘real’ Aussie animals everywhere (echidnas, koalas, possums, wallabies, emus, leaping fur seals and a big daddy boxing kangaroo). Put all this with an incredible beach to ourselves at Antechamber Bay, holding owls and snakes at Raptor Domain and family hiking to have breakfast on a beach overlooking the wild Southern Ocean – all this only a couple hours from Adelaide (via McLaren Vale, mind you!).

Back to Adelaide for some car repairs, epic family bike rides (and stacks), new books and body art, plus some settling into school work.

The next door is ajar and our hands are pushing it open…