Lake Clifton

We found Lake Clifton almost by accident, I got a bit carried away driving down the highway and before we knew it we saw big brown signs saying ' Lake Clifton viewing' and 'Thrombolites' and as we were in no rush we decided to take a little detour, over a rather large hill and down past a few wineries (which I must go back to soon...Mango Wine...yes please!). We found ourselves in a  little dirt car park, hopped out the car and followed the nearest footpath...

Dress from Jack Wills | Hat from K Mart | Bag from Animal 

Lake Clifton is park of the Yalgorup National Park which is about 100km South of Perth and just a short drive South of Mandurah. The park is home to a chain of 10 lakes, Lake Clifton being the second biggest. You'll notice the strange boulder like formations in the lake, Thrombolites, which 'are clotted accretionary structures formed in shallow water by the trapping, binding, and cementation of sedimentary grains by biofilms of microorganisms, especially cyanobacteria. Stromatolites are similar but consist of layered accretions.' Thanks Wikipedia, you really cleared that up for us... In non-geologist terms Thrombolites are living rocks, and that's pretty neat. 

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Rockpooling

There's a little beach not far from home that, when you catch the tide just at the right time, is the perfect place for rock pooling....

It's also the perfect place for surfing, body boarding, paddle boarding, sunbathing and general beach frolicking; which at the moment involves reading Chris Carter books, is anyone else a fan? 

I'm afraid that yes, this is pretty much just another 'look how sunny it is in Australia' post, what's even better is there's plenty more to come...

lots of love x

Hillarys, Perth

This week we had what's going to be a very rare day off together, so we decided to make the most of the sunshine and headed just North of Perth city centre to Hillarys boat harbour, and boy am I glad we did....

Dress from Dotti (last season)

One of the best things about Hillary's boat harbour is the food, there's something for everyone and it's the perfect spot for lunch...

We went for mexican..

followed by...

Two of my favourite men ( the Aussie diet is going well!).

After that we took a stroll along the harbour...

look how wonderfully clear the water is!

and from there to the beach...

where we took far too many silly selfies and splashed about in the waves.. b-e-a-utiful! Before we knew it, it was time to dust the sand from our feet and pile in the car to head home :(

We can't wait to go back and explore the Aquarium of Western Australia when we next have some time off!

xo

p.s sorry for the quality of the pictures at the moment, I've only just got a battery charger for my camera so I've been using Dans.

some exciting news...

If you've followed my blog or twitter for a while you'll probably know we've been in the process of applying for Australian visas for quite a long time now, but finally we have some exciting news. In exactly 6 months time we'll be heading to gatwick airport with our lives in suitcases for the most exciting flight of our lives. Our visas were granted in the middle of the month but I've needed some time to finally get my head around the fact that this is really happening, in 6 months time we leave the UK and only return for holidays. I'm going to be writing posts during the countdown to let you all know how it's going and to kind of diarise my feelings about the big move. We genuinely have so much to do over the next few months; hand in our notices at work, I need to find myself a new job down under, we need to whittle our lives down in to just a few suitcases and I've promised myself to get that beach body well before we go.

We've also vowed to spend as much time as possible with friends and family before we go, we've already started to see the changes in those around us since we told them, some refusing to accept the news that we won't be in the next county anymore instead we'll be over 20 hours away by flight. At the same time, most people have vowed to see us as much as possible, I've made so many promises to my niece and nephew of exciting things to do and now we only have 6 months to tick off countless cinema trips, climbing around go ape, splashdown, a shopping trip to build-a-bear etc. I'm so grateful for everyone who's supported us with this new adventure so far and I really hope you'll all still follow me on this amazing, wonderful adventure to the other side of the world.

xo