Day 101 Kalgoorlie to Albany...Yes that is correct

It was 0500 when Lisa woke up this morning which was unacceptable considering the alarm was set for 0600.  She was nice enough to come back to bed and gently cool me with her frigid feet and hands because I was apparently overheating in the sleeping bag.

The alarm went off at 6am, and we dutifully ignored it until the snooze alarm went off.  I have never seen such a quick pack up.  Perhaps we were eager to get out of Dodge this morning.  Breakfast was a flash, and we were hooked up and ready before the grey nomads.

We left Kalgoorlie prepared for a long day's drive, with the intention of getting to anywhere we could.  Our ultimate destination was to be Albany.

We drove South down the Goldfields Highway to Kambalda, and couldn't help but take a photo of us crossing the track to the West Side.

We were lucky to make it out of Kambalda with our lives as we saw another car on the road...just one though.

Onwards we drove through Widgiemooltha, and into Norseman where we stopped to change drivers.


Lisa took over the driving through to Esperance.  We arrived in Esperance at 11:30am and decided to stop for lunch.  It was raining when we arrived, so we decided against further sight seeing whilst we were there.  I did take the time to brave the wind and take a photo out of the car window whilst we were driving.

The kids actually remembered our last trip here, and that we had fish and chips at the jetty whilst looking for Sammy the Sea Lion who lives here.

Taylor's on the Jetty is a fantastic little spot in Esperance for breakfast, morning or afternoon tea, as well as lunch and dinner...kind of obvious as it's a restaurant, but the food is good and the atmosphere is nice.

Our lunch here was filling and satisfying, and there was an elderly couple that grimaced at us and the kids the whole time they were there.  I suppose we interrupted their Chi by sitting down in the restaurant.

The kids wanted to go into the playground, but Winter in Esperance equals rain and cold, so they decided to sit in the car instead.


After we left Esperance, we turned West towards Albany.  We were still on schedule, and Lisa took the first driving shift after lunch.  This time of year is particularly beautiful on this stretch of road as there are endless fields of flowering canola.  The contrasting green and gold is quintessentially Australian, and reminds me that we are almost home.

Lisa was falling asleep by the time that we were approaching Ravensthorpe, so we pulled over for a 5 minute break and I resumed the driving duties for the last 280km.

The drive got a bit long in the tooth by the time we were pulling into Willyung drive to head up to Grandad and Nannie Annie's house, but the autopilot had kicked in by this time.  At 860km, this has been the longest day's driving of our entire trip.

This is as home as we get on this trip.  It's only 4 hours back to Perth and we live here half of our holiday time.  It's great to be back in WA, and back with family.  We are going to chill out for the next couple of days, and hopefully relax...BAHAHAHA.  I've said that before I think. 

Grandad has a half dozen games of footy to watch, so Jack Daniels is visiting tonight and we aren't going to sleep until the Eagles have beaten Collingwood again.