best australian drive holiday





we have covered many parts of australia. we have done a lot of self drive in australia. we drove from melbourne to the great ocean route. in fact, we have driven in melbourne many times. we drove in tasmania. we drove from sydney to melbourne. we drove from brisbane to the gold coast. we drove from brisbane to the sunshine coast. but we have yet to drive across the desert.

of all the drive holidays, the best was the one which we did in western australia. we were on our own. we rented a 3.6l ford falcon.

from perth, we set off for williams where we stayed on a farm. the children got the chance to feed the animals, watched the rounding up of sheep and rode on the ponies. there was much for them to learn and experience.

we travelled to augusta to look at the jewel caves. it is just a limstone cave like the batu caves in kl, only it is very well done up. we moved on to albany to marvel at the arches, the stacks and the blow holes. at bunbury, we were lucky enough to see dolphins in the shallows.

at pemberton, we stayed at a resort built over a lake. the two girls had an enjoyable time feeding the ducks that made their home in the reeds in the lake. we passed through 'the valley of the giants' but we did not climb the gloucester tree.

although we went to margaret river, we did not visit any of the wineries because then we were not interested in wine. we stopped at harvey to tour the orchards. bought some oranges at harvey. at mandurah, the children enjoyed the miniature houses and loved the houses by the banks of the river.

we also enjoyed freemantle's alfresco dining atmosphere. as it was so close to perth, we visited it twice.

it was one trip we felt the money was well spent. could also be due to the fact that we were upgraded to business class on sia when we flew to perth and back, courtesy of a former student who worked for sats.