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Read more about the article Arenal Volcano National Park – En Armonía con la Madre Naturaleza
Arenal Volcano Hanging Bridges Trail

Arenal Volcano National Park – En Armonía con la Madre Naturaleza

When you have had a shower outside in the rain and an open air bath on your balcony (safely concealed by the jungle!), it seems fairly pointless to wear an uncomfortable rain coat to go on a hike.  Skin is waterproof after all?  So today, I carried nothing except my camera and didn't let the rain bother me at all.  I was feeling rather  in harmony with Mother Nature (en Armenia con la Madre Naturaleza) and excited to explore Arenal Volcano National Park.

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Read more about the article Mount Lesueur National Park – Boh Djinoong Quabba
Mount Lesueur National Park WA

Mount Lesueur National Park – Boh Djinoong Quabba

Mount Lesueur National Park is one of the world bio diversity hotspots as a result of of its severely impoverished soil and the unforgivingly low rates of phosphorous.  900 flora species grow here - 10% of WA's flora. These are the species that are known too - it is highly likely that others exist in the dense bush that no-one has yet found.  It has seven species of Declared Rare Flora.  In late Winter to Spring, it erupts into a rainbow of colour and you can see rare orchids and several varieties of kangaroo paw as well as many other beautiful plants.

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Read more about the article Carnarvon to Kalbarri – Where the Gorge Meets the Ocean
Nature's Window - Kalbarri

Carnarvon to Kalbarri – Where the Gorge Meets the Ocean

It is 443 kms from Carnarvon to Kalbarri - 4 and a half hours.  We get off early and broke the journey at the Billabong Roadhouse  - familiar ground from earlier in the trip, but this time, I stopped to take a quick photo of the funny flier for  kangaroo burgers and a joke you can get hard copies of for free on request - you just have to love the great Aussie sense of humour.  The temperature had dropped a bit today and the wind had picked up, but they told us it often reaches 49 degrees on Christmas Day here and tops out at around 53 degrees in January - definitely a place to avoid in our winter then.

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