We love a good long hike as much as anyone, but sometimes its best to slow down and take our time.
Here you will find stories of short hike where we linger and delight in the little details.
Duration: half a day Distance: up to around 8km
Hutt Lagoon in springtime is hands-down one of the most incredible scenes on earth. With a mass of tiny yellow and pink flowers framing the pink waters of the lagoon, it looks more like movie set than real life. We stopped for only an hour on our drive from Kalbarri to see the wildflowers of …
Sometimes despite the best planning and research, a hike doesn’t turn out the way you imagined, with factors like weather, road closures and toddler temperaments all out of our control. This can be seen either as a curse or a blessing, We chose to optimistically view it as the latter on our most recent trip …
The Cape to Cape Track in southwest Western Australia has to be one of the most beautiful hike trails in the world. There is stiff competition for such a prestigious title, I know, but there are not many places you can walk along perfectly white sand beaches, pink sparkling granite boulders, deep green vegetation atop …
Exploring the Crystals and Swirls of the Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks at Sugarloaf Rock Sugarloaf Rock is close to the top of most people’s Margaret River bucket list. The monolith rises from the Indian Ocean close to the northern end of the Capes region, just a few kilometres from Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse. It has been …
Kalbarri National Park had been at the top of my list of places to visit in Western Australia since I arrived back in 2012. In the park you can find evidence of the first animals to walk on land and to a geologist, that’s about as exciting as Disneyland. We first visited back in 2013 …
What do the Southern Lights and rare, living fossils have in common? They can both be seen from Lake Clifton, one of the featured hikes on the Trails WA website. I stumbled across the website one morning and spent an hour or so exploring the map, finding all sorts of trails not too far from …