The coastal town of Broome was our next destination on our long roadtrip. We camped on a picturesque beach called Town Beach. It was a beautiful sight to wake up to every morning. Broome is such a quaint little town that I immediately fell in love with it.

We went to see a movie in the outdoor cinema build in the early 1900’s which was such a cool experience. A bit was strange though when a jet airliner flew across the screen!

The famous Cable beach is near the town and such a beautiful beach to spend the day on. The sand is white, the sea is blue and you can rent out boogie boards to surf the massive waves. I had such craic there!

We visited Gantheaume Point at the most southern end of Broome which has a lovely lighthouse and fabulous rock formations at the water’s edge. Apparently an Irish guy lived in the lighthouse in the 1900s. He built a pool in the rocks for his sick wife Anastacia which is still there. Near the point is the wharf which is a great place to eat some fresh fish and chips!

While in Broome we saw the ‘Staircase To The Moon’. At around 7.30pm the moon appeared on the horizon. It was an amazing orange/red colour. As it rose up it lit the sandbanks on the beach creating a stairway effect. It was truly startling to watch!

I also saw the biggest lizard ever in Broome I was so scared when this fella just strolled by as I set outside my tent!

We passed through Port Headland which is a massive ship port on our way to Exmouth nothing much to see there unless you want to see ships being loaded and unloaded.

Exmouth is located near the Ningaloo reef which is a massive coral reef that stretches for hundreds of kilometres down the west coast. We took a cruise on a glass bottom boat which gave us a great view of wonderful fish and coral along the reef. We also went whale watching where we followed a group of six bull humpbacks for the afternoon, they are such amazing animals.

Our next stop on the coast was Coral Bay. The water was freezing when we went snorkelling but seeing the fish and the coral made it worth the goose bumps! By boat we visited a turtle sanctuary where the water was so clear you could see the turtles swimming along side the boat!

On our last day in Coral Bay we walked along side some baby sharks! We were at a reef-shark breeding ground. You could walk knee deep into the water with the baby and juvenile sharks swam around your legs! They were 3 to 4 foot long. It was a surreal and scary experience.

Onward bound, our next stop was the beautiful coastal town of Denham. If you go to the nearby Monkey Mia resort early in the morning you can watch wild dolphins as they come to be fed. As well as watching the dolphins being fed, which was class, we also braved the water again, knee-deep, as the dolphins swam around us. They are such beautiful creature and they are so sociable. They definitely put on a show because they know they are the centre of attention.

On route to Kalbarri, we stopped off at Eagles Bluff- a walkway with a magnificent view of Shark Bay. The water was an amazing blue colour below and you could see sharks swimming around below.

We also visited Shell Beach, a beach that consists of billions and billions of tiny shells rather than sand. The tiny shells were so cute.

Closer to Kalbarri we visited the stromotolites. These are bacterial rock formations that are almost identical to organisms that lived and oxygenated the earth 1,900 million years ago. Long distant cousins!!

While in Kalbarri we rented bikes and cycled up to the cliffs. It’s a bit of a climb to get up there but it’s definitely worth it when you get up to the top. The views of the sea and the town from the cliffs were amazing.

Next stop the big city of Perth and the end of the 4000km journey!! Time to settle down for a while, I’ll keep you posted!!

Highlights of the road trip: Canoeing up Katherine Gorge, feeding the dolphins in Monkey Mia, whale watching in Exmouth, the scenic flight over Bungle Bungle, standing in the sea at Coral Bay with sharks swimming around my legs, driving on roads for 100’s of km without seeing so much as another car!!

Low points: Getting bitten alive by mosquitos and annoyed in general by flies, getting a flat tire on the way back from the croc farm in Wyndham, falling off a waterfall, seeing dead kangaroos on the roadside! Poor roos!!

A tip if you’re thinking of travelling from Darwin to Perth via road: Get a four wheel drive. Lots of the roads especially in the national parks are not accessible by two wheel drive vehicles.