Tuesday 3^rd April, 2012

In the morning we visited the dolphin research center in Bunbury. Here we could watch to films about dolphins, but unfortunately no dolphin could be observed in the bay. So we decided to continue driving southwards. In Brusseltown is an old quay going 2 km out into the sea. At the end you can go below the water, but it was closed due to the heavy waves. So we drove to Cape Naturaliste and made a short hike around the light house. I was still taking pictures as Dominik went back to the camper and met a big kangaroo. Unfortunately it disappeared until I arrived. Our trip led us throut the Leewin-Naturaliste National Park. Here there are many flowstone caves. Some of them were only discovered after a bushfire. The biggest one open for visitors is Ngilgi Cave. First there was a short introduction about the cave and after we could wander around by ourselves. There are many flowstones in different sizes. After we decided to to visit any other caves as this one must have been the most beautiful. Back on the main road we stopped at a labyrith. It was was funny, but unfortunately we did not know that there were also doors. But until the end we found all paths. After we drove until Augusta, the most south-western town of Australia. The town seamed to be very small and thus we drove back to Margaret River. In the last few years the region around Margaret River made a name for good Australian wine. We saw many wines during the drive.

Monday 2^nd April, 2012

After the final common breakfast Sandra accompanied us to Auto Barn. Here Dominik rented the a camper. The instructions were much extensive and kinder than with Apollo. After we drove to the hostel to get our luggage. So we could start towards the south. First we drove to Rockingham. Here it rained so we just went shopping and continued. In Mandurah we went to the tourist information to learn what we could visit. There was nothing we found interest in so we continued driving. At Lake Clifton we stopped to see the thrombolites. This are algae and bacterias which grow together a kind of rock (living rocks). Unfortunately it started also to rain and so we fast returned to the camper. Then we followed a scenic road to Bunbury and looked there for a camping. As it was only before 5pm we walked a bit along the beach and did some sightseeing in the town. We hope that we weather will improve and that it will not rain all the time.