- Hey guys and welcome back
to our southwest Australian road trip.
If you're only just tuned in,
this is actually our third and final video here
so if you're planning a trip
around the southwest of Australia,
definitely go check out the other two videos
but we have had the most amazing time.
From swimming in natural spas to hanging out with stingrays.
Oh wow!
Driving through the middle of nowhere,
it has been such an epic week.
- So this morning we woke up bright and early in Esperance
and went out to this little cafe
and had some of the best coffee you can get in the town.
From there we went and picked up some supplies,
jumped in our van 'cause today begins our big day
of seeing some of the best beaches in Australia.
- So when we told you guys
that there would be no one around,
we weren't lying.
We have currently come to our first beach
and there is no one in sight.
It's called Wylie Bay and the sand is just as white
as what we'd imagined and what's really unique
about this place is its amazing four wheel driving.
We actually just saw a four wheel drive
driving up these really steep rocks overlooking the ocean,
looked amazing, and this place has a little,
kinda like a sandbank
where you can walk along it
and then you have two parts of the ocean coming up
next to you.
It is super unique.
♪ It started with a spark and now a connection ♪
♪ The screens were set to dark when we met eyes ♪
♪ We saw beyond the questions ♪
♪ That I haven't asked you yet ♪
♪ We know these days it's hard to find an answer ♪
♪ And impossible to ♪
Okay, so we've now headed out
to Cape Le Grand National Park.
I've always wanted to come here
and I cannot believe we're finally, finally here
but we have a couple of tips for you.
Number one is that if you wanna camp in this national park,
you need to book ahead online
otherwise you won't have a campsite
and trust me you are going to wanna camp at Lucky Bay.
We'll show you later.
(kettle whistling)
Yes, to come into the national park,
it costs $15 for your vehicle
and that'll last you the two days
and then to stay here the night for two people,
it's $15 each so it was around $45
and it means we can camp here which I'm so excited about
and when you do come into the national park
there are three bays that you need to check out.
The first one is Hellfire Bay where we are now
so we're just having some lunch
and then we're gonna go ahead
and check it out.
And then there Thistle Cove
and then the very famous Lucky Bay.
♪ What are you waitin' for ♪
(wind whooshing drowns out other sounds)
♪ So if you wanna dance then dance away ♪
♪ If you wanna shake, let's shake it baby ♪
♪ If you wanna dance then dance away with me ♪
♪ If you wanna run, we'll run away ♪
♪ Tell me where to go, I'll chase you baby ♪
♪ If you wanna dance then dance away with me ♪
Oh my gosh, that was amazing.
I can't believe we are currently swimming
at one of the most beautiful beaches
that we've ever been to
and there is no one here.
- Seriously guys, what an epic beach
to come and hang out at.
This is, these colors you cannot describe.
They are so beautiful.
It's like the perfect aqua.
- Stephan and I call these beaches squeaky beaches
and I'll show you why.
Ready?
- [Stephen] Yeah.
- One, two, three.
(sand squeaking)
Can you hear the squeaking?
- [Stephen] These beaches are so clean they squeak
when you walk on them.
So we've just pulled up to our campsite.
We're staying at the Lucky Bay Campsite
and this has got to be one of the most beautiful spots
we have pulled up to.
You can see Lucky Bay just in the background there
and, to our surprise, there's actually hot showers,
toilets, cooking facilities.
This is gonna be the perfect spot to camp for the night.
(peaceful music)
♪ Stand on the shores of a sight unseen ♪
♪ The substance of it dwells in me ♪
♪ 'Cause my natural eyes only go skin deep ♪
♪ But the eyes of my heart anchor the sea ♪
♪ Plumbin' the depths to the place in between ♪
♪ The tangible world and the land of the dream ♪
♪ Because everything here ain't quite what it seems ♪
- [Jessica] I'm just about to cook up some breakfast
but look at the view we've woken up to.
Right down there, that's Lucky Bay.
I cannot get over this view.
- So what makes Lucky Bay so famous
and probably what makes Esperance so famous
is that on this beach there's some resident kangaroos
that like to hop about, do some sunbathing
and you can, they're pretty friendly,
you can go up to them, but just a month ago
there was actually a bushfire right across the dunes
and we've seen a few kangaroos poking their head up
but I think because all their food
and vegetation's been kinda destroyed,
they aren't going onto the beaches.
So I'll show you some pictures of how incredible
this place looks when the kangaroos are actually
on the beach.
And I'm guessing this gives us an excuse to come back
with our little girl.
Hope you guys enjoyed
those insanely beautiful beaches in Esperance.
We literally just spent all day relaxing at the beach
but the road trip does continue
and I'm taking Jess basically to the middle of nowhere.
Two hours ahead, all will be explained.
(upbeat music)
It's kinda surreal, 20 years later and just seeing
in one sign every single city you've lived in in Australia.
Norseman, Albany, and Perth.
♪ To be what you want me to ♪
♪ Give me somethin' ♪
♪ I can sing along to, all right ♪
Welcome to the middle of nowhere.
This is Norseman and I used to live here
for two years of my life.
This was my very first taste of Australia.
All those stereotypical movies you see
of Crocodile Dundee, in the middle of nowhere,
outhouses, dunnies, yup, we were livin'
the stereotype out here in the Outback.
Wow.
Here it is, my old house.
This is where we lived for two whole years.
I remember having a birthday party just here.
Wow, it almost feels surreal being out
in front of your house 20 years later.
This is the first place that we lived in
when we came to Australia.
Wow.
(peaceful music)
I wanted to see what it looked like inside
'cause I saw it was up for sale
and they're wanting, a bargain of $75,000 for my old house.
(GPS mumbling)
It's crazy, I remember just here at the window,
they had Pokemon Season One on VHS.
This is really gonna show my age.
Back in the day before DVD,
you would have to rent your TV shows on VHSs
and they could fit a maximum of three episodes
and that was your $7 weekly rental
so you would rewatch those three episodes so many times
but it is crazy to be here.
Completely shut down.
This town, so many stores are closed.
There's like nobody here.
Obviously the heyday of this town is way long gone.
It's kinda cool they've collected all the old signs.
This town is very old, over 100 years,
and these are the signs through the days
of the businesses that have come and closed.
It's actually crazy when you come back here
20 years later 'cause when you're a kid, you just,
you don't realize things.
I think I'm really appreciative of my parents did,
selling everything in South Africa to come here,
middle of nowhere, nothing to do here
to live here for two years
just so we could get into Australia.
Wow.
Alrighty, better fill up
because I don't think we're gonna see another town
for four more hours.
♪ If you can turn back my hand ♪
♪ I'll have gone ♪
♪ And I ♪
♪ To keep you away from the bad ♪
♪ Sight of mine ♪
♪ Well I tried ♪
- All right, 600 kilometers later,
we've definitely said goodbye to the beach
and we've now arrived in the bush.
We're basically in the middle of nowhere
and the reason people come here is because of a rock
shaped as a wave.
It's called Wave Rock
and we can basically walk to it,
that's how close we are.
So we've parked up for the night,
the sun's about to set
and I think in the morning,
we're gonna wake up bright and early
and go and see this famous rock.
- [Stephen] Seriously guys, look at all the bugs
that have said hello to us on the drive.
♪ I, I care too much ♪
♪ I try too hard ♪
- I cannot believe it.
Tonight is the last night.
Tomorrow when we drive back to Perth,
we'll officially be in Perth until the little one comes.
- This is like the last trip.
- The last hurrah and we're in the middle
of the Aussie Outback.
- In the middle of nowhere.
- Next to a big famous rock.
- And about 1,000 flies (laughs).
We'll see you in the morning.
♪ Every time you try to hide ♪
♪ Your thoughts ♪
♪ They appear ♪
Good morning, guys!
What are you doing out here and not on Lucky Bay?
- Guys, when you come to Australia,
we do need to warn you
that you may get attacked by flies.
Oh my goodness, look how many flies
are on Stephen right now.
Look how many flies are on Stephen right now.
You do need to be prepared for the flies.
(peaceful music)
Good morning guys, it is our final day
and I told you we would be waking up
next to a rock
that looks like a massive wave.
- I've always wanted to see this place
and we've lived in WA for over 20 years
but it's just been in that little awkward position
where unless you're driving through like we are,
it's like four hours from Perth,
four hours from Esperance so doin' it in a day
would be tough but if you just like drive
like you do in the road trip we're doing.
Highly suggest stoppin' off here 'cause.
- And the campsite's awesome.
It's really, really nice.
But I don't know, I just thought this would be a cool way
to end the trip especially because I actually haven't taken
any like maternity photos
since I've been in my, I think I'm almost 31 weeks now.
- [Stephen] Yeah.
- And so we just took a couple
of maternity photos which was fun.
- It has to be done.
(upbeat surfer music)
But, I hope you guys enjoyed this, oh my goodness,
the flies. - There's so many flies.
- I hope you guys enjoyed this 10-day road trip.
Let us know what was your favorite part,
whether it was us down in Margaret River,
Esperance, up here. - I look so much
taller than you.
- Yeah, let me come this side.
Yeah, that's it.
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to tell you guys. - Very exciting.
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Thanks so much guys, we'll see you next time.
- Bye.