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Mid West WA Wildflowers

Took off for a 6 day drive from home (WAIKIKI WA) to Kalbarri stopping off at Cevanties for 1 night then on to Jurien Bay, Lesueur National Park, Eneabba, Three Springs, Mingenew, Coalseam Conservation Park, Mullewa to Geraldton. Stayed one night there. Next day we drove to Kalbarri for 3 nights, travelling up the coast road. We had intended returning to Geraldton on the Saturday but decided to drive home from Kalbarri, a 7 and1/2 hour drive. Many of the wildflower pictures were taken during our driving from place to place.

Waikiki to 670km.
Stopped at Moore for a short break and a coffee.
Stayed the first night at Cevantes and took a short walk along the shore front before continuing towards Geraldton.
From the lookout at Coalseam Conservation Park.
From the lookout.
The Memorial in Geraldton to HMAS STIRLING sunk in WW2
Stopped at Port Gregory Convict Hiring Station operating from 1853 to 1856.
The Pink Lake at Port Gregory. Unfortunately the photos don’t show how vivid the pink was.
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2025 Japan and South Korea

We left Perth 00:10am on Friday 3rd. We spent three nights in Tokyo then two nights at the port in Yokohama before boarding our 10 day cruise.

We took the Skyliner from Narita AirPort to Tokyo Train Station, after working out how to get to Ginza by underground train I tried to find where I could get a Suica Card. I could see how you could top the card up but there was nowhere to buy one. Luckily we had met two young Mexican lads who live in the States and work for Microsoft, one had a Sucia card on his phone, the other didn’t. Anyway we worked out how to buy tickets. It’s easy enough and the underground was good but very crowded.

Scramble Crossing.
A view of Shibuya Crossing from
Tokyo’s rail transport took a bit time to understand different systems
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