Greg and Deb's Travel Blog

Tuesday 27October 2026 Day 5. Augusta and Leeuwin Estate.

We left the boat at 9:25 on our way to Leeuwin Estate. We hit land at a marina adjacent to Subsea’s Abalone facility, at 9:35, and boarded a bus, after a few issues with the bus we were on our way at 10am. Our bus had A/C issues, it was not working! The driver pullover and eventually got it working, the time old turn it all off and turn itback on method worked! Who would have guessed?

We arrived at Leeuwin Estate around 11am. We had a look through their art gallery which displayed works they had commissioned for their labels and we alsohad a look around the estate. Lunch was delicious, 4 courses with matching wines. We both enjoyed the people with whom we shared a table. I sat next to a couple we had met on our Kimberley Cruise 2 years ago. Continue reading →

Friday 23 October 2026 Fremantle and our Cruise Day 1
We started our day with a walking tour of the port area of Fremantle.
Fremantle gets its name from Captain Charles Howe Fremantle, the British naval officer who formally claimed the west coast of Australia for the Crown in May 1829. Long before the British arrival, the Whadjuk Noongar people called the area Walyalup (“place of the woylie, a woylie is also known as a brush-tailed bettong).
We were told that the Notre Dame University that seems to occupy a vast area of Fremantle was responsible for a large part of the restoration of the old buildings in Fremantle. Continue reading →

Friday 16 Oct 2026. Adelaide to Perth / Kingsley

We were at the airport and in the Qantas Lounge by around 10:45am, relaxing for our 11:50am flight.

We boarded around 11:25am and were in the air on time!  We were seated in the same row, but by choice Deb had a window seat (seat A) and I had an aisle seat (D).  The flight was full.

We landed in Perth after an uneventful flight, around 12:45pm Perth time. As usual for Perth, our luggage took along time to come out, but at least it came out. We picked up our hire car, and were on the road by 1:35pm. Continue reading →

I know we said think twice about boarding another floating petri dish and don’t visit little people at the start of a holiday, oh how short/selective your memory becomes. 🙂

Deb noticed a new Coral Expedition’s cruise, exploring the south west of Western Australia. Its the inaugural voyage for this route, and it was priced very well. Sooooooo we have the same cabin on the same boat/ship, the Coral Geographer, we had on our Kimberley cruise of 2024. And what a great opportunity to see Pat and his family. Both are very exciting.

It all begins in late October 2026.

In the meantime I will unlock comments and see how it goes.

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