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<\/a>Sunset about 200 km North of Perth<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Beautiful scenery on the Indian Ocean coast<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The first stop for the night on the ocean coast<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The full moon over the ocean<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The Pink Lake about 500 km North of Perth – yes, it is pink<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Drive North long the coast of Western Australia<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>One of the beaches at Exmouth, where I spent several days<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Sunset close to Exmouth, Western Australia<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The Turquoise Bay – one of the best beaches in Australia and pretty remote<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The car I was traveling in<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A lighthouse close to Exmouth – behind it is the closest point to Bali in Australia<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Afternoon at Coral Beach about 150 km south of Exmouth<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Coral Beach – would be hit by a Cyclone just a couple days later<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Rainbow over the road on the way back<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>3000 km drive in Australia<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>A satellite tracking station from the Apollo era and space museum in Carnarvon – a small town in Western Australia<\/p><\/div>\n
On the way back I learned that there was a Cyclone coming from the North. So I drove south a couple days sooner and always stayed ahead of the Cyclone Olwyn. When it reached me in Northern Perth it had lessened in power to only a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n
However, the Northern communities that I had visited just a few days earlier were badly hit. Some people said it was the worst Cyclone they had in decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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