Gold was discovered at Kalgoorlie in 1893. Local folklore tells that three men travelling through the area stopped to replace a shoe lost from their horse and found 100 ounces of alluvial…

In September 1892, gold was discovered near to where Coolgardie now sits. 

I am currently sitting in a very warm 36 degree day in Kalgoorlie, in the goldfields of WA. I arrived here by a rather meandering route from the coast that took me…

Peak Charles surprises you; it suddenly rises up unannounced out of the surrounding flat sandy plain.

The southern coast of WA has spectacularly white beaches and stunningly clear, blue sea so it is altogether an amazing place to visit.

I wandered into Wandilla Beach, which is pretty spectacular beach to the west of Fowlers Bay on the south coast of South Australia.

Leaving busy Whyalla, it was good to get back into the open country again. Around the Eyre the fields are literally sand and in many places the paddocks actually merge with the…

I am currently at Ceduna, which is on the north-west coast of the Eyre. It is the last civilised town I will encounter on my journey west, at least until I reach…

Port Germein is a small, seaside town on the west coast of the Yorke Peninsula.