tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62534708806330947512024-03-13T12:15:42.930+08:00Tour Downunder Western Australia .................... Life Images by JillWelcome to my 52 week tour where I take you across my beautiful. spectacular, wild and amazing diverse state of Western Australia - from oceans, mountains and forests to deserts, rocky outcrops and gorge country. Over the last few years we have travelled over much of Western Australia, which I have put together in this 52 week tour blog to share with you. Thanks for coming along and I hope you enjoy the trip and find places you would like to visit.
Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-75332402715098463022023-02-04T09:50:00.002+08:002023-02-04T09:50:36.049+08:00Travel 2022 I need to come back and add here! Until then you can check out these links.....400 year anniversary of the mapping of Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia - January 2023Wellington Dam mural and the Collie Mural art trail - November 2022Camping and Bushwalking at Potters Gorge, Wellington Dam - November 2022Relics of the Past - Gwalia- Goldfields Western Australia - Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-90317699320272604182022-07-28T10:55:00.005+08:002022-11-23T10:34:07.504+08:00Travel 2021 Hi everyone! Yes we did travel in 2021! I must come back here and show you some! In fact we went to the far north of Western Australia in July-August. You can see some of it here: Cape Leveque - Part 1Cape Leveque - Part 2In March a little trip to Denmark on our south coast where you go from the coast to the huge karri tree forests. In April to see the Collie Art Trail and Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-41549795274082924042021-01-19T13:16:00.002+08:002021-01-21T17:37:54.248+08:00Western Australian travel update 2020 Welcome everyone to the update of our Western Australian travel in 2020. It has been a strange year for everyone around the world with the Covid 19 Corona virus spreading rapidly across the world and curtailing domestic and international travel. And the many people who have fallen ill or died from the virus, and those who have suffered the loss of loved ones. When it Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-83323250418028288562019-12-27T11:57:00.003+08:002021-09-20T22:08:48.535+08:002019 Travel updateHi everyone, it is the time of year again that I update this page with our Western Australian travel for the past year. We had a few short breaks in Western Australia, but out main travel this year was a half lap of Australia which took in Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia.
To join me on our travels, please click on the links which will take you to my Life Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-35313671209999254652019-01-09T22:15:00.002+08:002019-01-16T11:01:23.691+08:002018 travel updateHi everyone, this is the time of year when I update my travel page with last year's travel around Western Australia, and Australia. Looking back we didn't do as much local travel in 2018 as we took a trip to Europe in May. As much as we enjoyed it and we saw a lot and had lots of new experiences and met some wonderful people, as well as catching up with friends in Malta, I think I prefer Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-46182700449981486822018-01-02T16:50:00.000+08:002018-01-02T22:47:51.662+08:00Travel Western Australia - 2017 updateHi everyone, it's the time of year again when I update my blog with my travel from the past year, 2017, with the travel posts you will find on my main blog - Life Images by Jill.
I hope you will visit me over there for lots of travel, inspiration and other stuff as well!
4 Wheel driving on Bob's Track to Hamelin Bay, Western Australia
The Old Timberline Trail, St Johns Brook, Nannup, Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-14571291340066941002016-12-25T17:11:00.001+08:002017-06-02T20:33:40.077+08:00Travel Western Australia 2016 updateHi everyone, I'm back to update you with more travel stories from 2016. My apologies for not updating this blog regularly, but these days I write my travels blogs over on my main blog - Life Images by Jill
Rest assured I am still travelling and blogging, so I hope you will visit me over there. If you are looking for a particular destination check into the index.
click here link to - Life Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-19653881392827864172015-07-29T17:05:00.000+08:002016-12-26T11:59:55.249+08:00Travel Western Australia update 2015Hi everyone, I hope you are doing some travel either around your home country, state, overseas or right here in Western Australia.
A reminder to everyone, if you are looking for a Western Australian destination on my blog, please go to my Index as the first port of call where you will find links to my blog posts both here on Tour Downunder Western Australia and my main blog - Life Images Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-47125249930769643792014-09-30T16:44:00.001+08:002015-04-17T17:00:41.069+08:00Never stop travelling, exploring and taking photosHi everyone, just a quick update to let you know I am still out there travelling, exploring and taking photos of our beautiful Western Australia.
I have been updating the INDEX on this page with the new travel posts, updated information and new images,
so please go to the INDEX as your first port of call if you are searching for Western Australian travel. I have found it will Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-79769883778213077182013-05-03T13:14:00.004+08:002013-06-02T19:11:07.079+08:00Welcome! - come and take a drive with me!Hi everyone - this blog was created in 2010 but let me assure you we are still out there travelling and exploring my wonderful state Western Australia.
I hope to be updating my travel blog with new images and stories very soon - but in the meantime to see my latest travel posts or see more of my work, please visit me at my blog - Life Images by Jill Blog - or see my Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-38136005409246469602010-12-31T18:29:00.001+08:002015-04-17T14:39:57.282+08:0052 week tour Down-Under Western AustraliaThank you for stopping by my blog. As an introduction below is a photo of your hosts - your tour guide - myself, my driver and tripod and sustenance bearer - my husband Rod, and my son Mark - who travels with us with good humour even when his mother stops to photograph yet another wildflower! (well sometimes with good humour...LOL....)
Without them I would have never Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-52948469096667898772010-12-26T18:19:00.001+08:002015-04-17T14:42:56.056+08:00Week 52/52 - Great Central Road - and onwards to the border - Western Australia
Well hello everyone and welcome to Week 52 of 52 - of my Tour Downunder Western Australia. Yes it is the last week! I can hardly believe that I have taken you for 52 weeks around my magnificent state where I live - Western Australia. I have enjoyed bringing you photos from my travels around my state and I hope you have enjoyed seeing my corner of the world.
For all of those who have come Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-41845676215987241672010-12-19T18:08:00.001+08:002015-04-17T14:45:06.744+08:00Week 51/52 - Golden Quest Disovery Trail - red dirt and gold fields - Niagra DamHi everyone and welcome to Week 51 of our 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia. We are nearly to the end of our journey, and this week we head north from Kalgoorlie and into more of the gold mining areas.
From Kalgoorlie you can do the goldfields Golden Quest Discovery Trail, a 965 loop which takes you through some of the history and landscapes of the goldfields.
Here we are on the roadJill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-27121086605332435162010-12-12T17:53:00.001+08:002015-04-17T14:46:44.904+08:00Week 50/52- Kalgoorlie-history written in goldWelcome to week 50 of our 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia.
This week we continue eastward from Coolgardie seen in week 49, and arrive at Kalgoorlie. You might remember from week 49, that the Perth to Kalgoorlie pipeline ends here.
The discovery of gold by Paddy Hannan in 1893 led to one of Australia's great gold rushes. Since then Kalgoorlie-Boulder has developed into a major Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-17499278442086285012010-12-05T17:37:00.001+08:002015-04-17T14:48:44.996+08:00Week 49/52 - Coolgardie & Kalgoorlie - Gold fever! and the need for water.Hi everyone, and welcome to Week 49 of our 52 week tour Downunder Western Australia. We have finished going down the coast, and now head east and inland to the goldfields.
In week 23 I took you to York, one of the first inland towns in Western Australia, then further east through the wheatbelt in Week 19 and 20, and in Week 21 to Cave Hill and the Woodlines where we explored the area whereJill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-81378011491356466012010-11-28T17:26:00.001+08:002012-03-27T23:15:07.992+08:00Week 48/52- The Pinnacles - tramping through Kwongan & rocksHi everyone, and welcome to Week 48 of our 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia. This week we continue steadily southwards and enter the Kwongan area of the coastal sand plains.
Kwongan is an aboriginal name for low dense heath and scrublands of eye level height allowing you to view over the landscape.
Located in the richly bio-diverse Kwongan scrublands 300kms north of Perth is Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-9747642152625228362010-11-21T17:05:00.001+08:002012-03-27T23:14:02.806+08:00Week 47/52 - Geraldton & Northhampton - driving and historyHi everyone, and welcome to Week 47 of our 52 week tour DownUnder Western Australia. This week we leave Shark Bay and head on down south through Carnarvon, past Kalbarri to Geraldton. Unfortunately these are just travelling days, and time was not on our side, so the coastal town of Carnarvon with its banana plantations, and the seaside holiday town of Kalbarri with its beaches, fishing, Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-78082390630493954192010-11-14T21:33:00.001+08:002012-10-24T21:43:50.973+08:00Week 46/52 - Shark Bay & Moneky Mia - wading with dolphinsHi everyone, and welcome to Week 46 of our 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia.
This week we continue south from Coral Bay and arrive at Denham at Shark Bay on the Peron Peninsula. Home of the dolphins that come to the beach at Monkey Mia (I'll show them to you a little later), there is also lots of other things to see and do at Shark Bay. With the current push in eco-tourism, Shark Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-46572758137669208322010-11-07T21:20:00.001+08:002012-03-27T23:12:56.726+08:00Week 45/52- Coral Bay - I'd like to be beside the sea side....Hi everyone and welcome to Week 45 of our 52 week tour Downunder Western Australia. This week we travel south of Exmouth to Coral Bay.
Western Australia's Coral Coast and the Ningaloo Marine Park can be easily explored by staying at Exmouth at the top of North West Cape, or its smaller neighbour Coral Bay, 155 kilometres south. Both towns are geared towards tourism, but Coral Bay exudes a Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-81308768256363841822010-11-01T13:17:00.001+08:002012-03-27T23:12:31.211+08:00Week 44/52- Ningaloo & North West Cape -reefs, beaches & canyonsHi everyone and welcome to week 44 of our 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia. Well we have finished in the north and it is time to head back down south along the coast. We are going to be on the road for a couple of days before we reach our next destination -
- Exmouth, Cape Range National Park and Ningaloo Reef.
Ningaloo Reef, is located offshore from the Cape Range National Park at Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-17979063528308801682010-10-25T16:50:00.001+08:002010-11-03T13:16:53.846+08:00Week 43/52 - Gibb River Rd - Derby and the end of the dirtHi everyone and welcome to Week 43 of my Tour Downunder Western Australia - and this week we reach the end of the Gibb River Road - hence the end of the dirt....for now....
but before we do a couple of final pics of the Gibb River Rd.....one of the last of the big 4WD road treks in Australia....we wanted to turn around and go back the other way and do it all again! We certainly didn't see Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-79028360053582833802010-10-20T16:31:00.000+08:002010-10-25T17:04:12.180+08:00Week 42/52-Part 2 -Tunnel Creek, it's dark, bring your flashlighHi everyone and welcome to Part 2 of week 42 of our 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia. I decided week 42 needed 2 parts. We continue on from our last destination Windjana Gorge and travel 35kms to Tunnel Creek.
I hope you have brought your wading boots, and a flashlight or headlight, as the tunnel is dark, the creek flows through it so you have to wade, there are bats, and they sayJill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-7094938285619313342010-10-17T11:36:00.001+08:002012-03-27T23:11:31.727+08:00Week 42/52 - Windjana Gorge sunsetWelcome to week 42 of my 52 week Tour Downunder Western Australia.
This week we move on from Bell Gorge and visit the last gorge along The Gibb - Windjana Gorge, probably the best well known and most easily accessible Gorge along The Gibb River Road. The Windjana Gorge National Park preserves a section of a 350 million year old coral Devonian Reef where the Lennard River cuts through the Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-33447983685449461622010-10-10T11:25:00.000+08:002010-10-18T11:33:29.990+08:00Week 41/52 - Bell Gorge - relaxing in the waterfall's sunlightHi everyone, and welcome to Week 41 of our 52 week tour around magnificent Western Australia.
This week we are moving steadily westward along the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley, and reach our next camping stop - Bell Gorge.
Bell Gorge and nearby Lennard Gorge (see week 40) are located in the King Leopold Range Conservation Park covering 392,100 hectares and protecting some of the remotestJill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253470880633094751.post-13212127590837831252010-10-05T20:50:00.001+08:002012-03-27T23:10:28.656+08:00Week 40/52 - Part2 - Gibb River Road - gorging on gorgeous gorgesWelcome to Part 2 of week 40 of our 52 week tour Downunder Western Australia.
Tonight we continue along the Gibb River Road and visit some more of its stunning gorges -
A short drive from Mt Barnett and Manning Gorge (our last stop) is Galvans Gorge. The car park is right on the road side and it is a short easy walk (2.4km return) to the lovely shaded pool of the Gorge. Smaller than other Jill Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08484965955166744702noreply@blogger.com2