Day 7: On the Road Again

After our first night at a camping site --which was surprisingly inexpensive after the last two nights-- we decided to do what we were doing in the last couple days. We went to Redgate Beach to do some surfing. Though, as we arrived there were hardly any big waves. We still gave it a try but gave up after an hour or so and left our lovely beach to check out more of the south and possibly find even nicer spots.

On our way to the south coast we passed by Cape Leeuwin, the cape where the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet. Usually you can see the waves of both oceans clashing (as seen on Bruno's and Elodie's pictures :) ) but when we arrived there were no waves at all - bummer!

We soon left and kept driving (me doing the driving, Bastien taking thousands if not millions of photos) along the south coast which is just as pretty as the west coast. Soon we left the coast and and followed the highway inland and spent most of the day driving in the outback. The scenery was amazing, very different from any Euro landscape. Red soil everywhere, heaps of gum-, and eucalyptus trees and plenty of wineries. The only problem was our old Bart-van. It kept guzzling the gas in huge amounts (and also loads of motor oil, as we later found out) and I got worried about getting stuck in the outback as there was no gas station to be seen anywhere.

As the sun was setting we arrived in Walpole, another little sh**hole in W.A. :) We drove straight to the next gas station. We just made it as i gased the car up with 38 Liters in a 40 Liter tank! While at it we also checked the oil. To our surprise there was nothing left at all. Seems like we got lucky that we actually arrived at that town. Still too afraid of those rangers we checked in at another campsite for a mere $20 - bargain!

Tomorrow's to-do-list: Driving to Denmark - not the cold one in Europe but a town along the south coast with supposedly real nice beaches.