Hey everyvody. I've made it safe to Perth now. Since Darwin I've travelled about 6.500 km by now and I've seen sooooo many things on the journey. Since I'm in Perth now the Internet fares are cheaper here so I can keep you informed a bit more.

So I will give you all the details of my travel so farbit by bit in the next few days. Here is part one.

We had a little bit of trouble leaving Broome because on a Friday afternoon we heard that our car made strange rattling noises. That wouldn't have bothered us much if it wasn't a fact that there is nothing but Outback for the next 600 km in the south. So if our car would break down there we would have a really hard time getting a pickup, not to speak of a garage where we could fix the problem. So we stayed in Broome til Monday and went to the garage there. The guy told us we should come back next morning, he would have some time to check the car then. We were in a really bad mood because we thought the gearbox would be broken (Deutsch: Getriebe kaputt). That would have been the end of our trip with that car.

So we brought the car to the garage next morning, and the guy told us he would call us when the car is ready. We went to the city (which wasn't big at all) and tried to kill the time there. In the afternoon I received a message that the alternator (Lichtmaschine) is broken and they have difficulties in finding a new one because Mitsubishi doesn't produce them any more. He told us we had to wait maybe for a few days until they've found one.

The next day was really boring because we couldn't do anything without a car in Broome. So we stayed at McDonalds and the Internet Cafe the whole day. But at the end of the day we got a new message: They've found a brand new alternator. It would be there next morning and we could pick the car up at noon.

Meanwhile we've found a new travel companion, Melanie. So we gathered her up the next day and continued our travel to our next destination, the 80 Mile Beach. This Beach is from north to south 80 Miles long and has very pure white sand. We spent the night at a caravan park directly at the beach, where we could see traces of turtles coming to the beach layibg their eggs.

Besides, this guy on the right is one of the deadliest creatures in Australia, the box jellyfish. Fortunately it was already dead when we found it. When you get in contact with its tentacles, you can say goodbye to this world.

Next one's coming soon...

Ingo