The last coupe of weeks have been exceptionally amaze balls. Here I am on the outskirts of Ceduna, South Australia for the night, and its dawned on me I have some recapping to do. I will start where I left off - Perth. When I first arrived I was shocked at just how large the city is. I don’t really know what I was expecting, however I hadn’t really put much thought into it. I explored the city of Perth and Fremantle over the next fews days, also catching up with a good old mate of mine, Tom. Tom was nice enough to let me crash at his, recoup and relax in an area a hell of a lot bigger than my van. Heaven. I arranged to meet with a photographer by the name of Rich Mathias in the city that lead to a shoot confirmation which I was extremely excited about. The days leading up to the shoot I spent in the gym as you would expect. The shoot was an absolute blast and I’m so excited to see even more images.
Another huge adventure awaited when I picked up Matt from the airport. Again, super excited about this. I am the type of person that wings it in most scenarios, When I am on the road I rarely really know what camp site I will end up on until roughly 2 hours before the sun goes down. Sometimes I have better plans than this, but often not. Matt is very well organised and had an epic itinerary planned. We ventured through Bunbury and Busselton on our way to Margaret River where we would stay for a couple of nights. A wine tour was a must - we looked no further than ‘Wine for Dudes’ - a tour targeted at our demographic, and it hit the spot. Some people on the tour got a little more drunk than others… me… but we became pals pretty quick and had a great time. Armed with a case of excellent wine, we left the next day for Green Pools, Elephant Rocks, and Manypeaks National Park.
Like most beaches in WA the sand was snow white and the water, crystal clear. We stayed in the van on the beach in Manypeaks and it was simply stunning. The picture above is where we actually parked the van. Listening to the waves crash through the night was incredible. Next was two nights in Esperance where we would explore Le Grand National Park - home of Hellfire Beach and Lucky Bay. If you haven’t been, plan a trip sometime in the next decade. Words and photos do not do this place justice. The beaches in the Esperance region are without a doubt the best beaches I have ever seen. After an awesome time down in this region, a fair wack of good coffee, tons of relaxing and a number of drone test flights, it was time to head back to Perth, but not before one last destination on the way back. We heard the waves were pumping at Wave Rock so we had to stop in for a surf. Such an interesting rock formation in the middle of no where that stands about 15m tall and actually looks like a breaking wave. We took our compulsery hilarious selfies (I can’t take credit from Matt for this) and hit the road once again. On this trip it was decided pretty early on that we had to return with a 4WD, and soon. The access on beaches is endless for these vehicles, and good old Roger with his 2WD capacity just wouldn’t cope. I really don’t want to get bogged again.
From here it was a dead East drive to Kalgoorlie. I stopped by the Mega Pit and took some snaps, and drove past the Two-Up Shed that excited the bogan Australian in me. The Mega Pit was something else; previously Australia’s largest open cut mine, but recently overtaken by another. Next was Norseman where you chose to go left to head to Adelaide, or straight ahead to go back to Esperance. I wanted to go back to Esperance but decided I should keep on track. I picked up two lovely French Canadian girls in Norseman, Alex and Laurie, and they have been keeping me in good company for the last couple of days. After not too long it didn’t feel like I was giving a couple of hitch hikers a ride, it felt like I was taking a couple of mates for a long drive along the beach. We stayed in Madura one night, after dodging kangaroos on the road for about an hour. We set up camp, made a fire and yarned until it was time to hit the sack. They pitched a tent and I retreated to my van. They carried on with me the next day where we stopped in at Eucla, going for a dip down at the beach, crossed the WA/SA border and explored the cliffs along the Great Australian Bight. We stopped in just outside of Ceduna for the night and once again made a fire, cooked dinner and toasted marshmallows playing the game, ‘how much would I have to pay you to do…’ What a great way to spend the evenings.
I have been trying to contact as many media sources as possible to really get the word out about this tour. I haven’t been very successful in this but I remain optimistic. I will be in Adelaide in a few days and then in Melbourne not long after. Please help me get the word out! Every dollar I earn from any male stripping gigs at hens parties, bachelorette parties, church masses, ect will be donated to the Melanoma Institute Australia. Also remember that if you can’t book me to support this fundraising event, you can do one of two things; show your support by convincing a loved one to go and get their skin checked, or donate a few bucks to my gofundme page that is in the tab above. Together we can fight Australia’s National Cancer.
