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Hey travellers!

We’re Chris & Bec – The two salty sea-lovers behind Salt & Charcoal. Exploring life through the lens and living in our 4wd bus – “Bunji”. At Salt & Charcoal, you’ll find helpful travel tips, off the beaten track locations, and the inspiration, to spark your next big adventure.

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Follow for more 😊✨ South Western Australia It

Follow for more 😊✨ South Western Australia Itinerary 👇

One of the most spectacular corners of Australia, you could explore for months, but heres a...

📜 14 DAY ITINERARY:

1 day
🌅 Perth > Busselton

Optional stops:
🏖 Mandurah: Giants, Canal tour
🐬 Bunbury: Stop in at the farmers market and dolphin discovery centre to meet wild dolphins.
🏕 Dwellingup or Collie for camping. Check out Stockton Lake, Honeymoon Pool etc.

1 day
🐠 Busselton: Jetty, Take the train or snorkel/padi dive the jetty, Shelter Brewing.

3-4 days
💦 Yallingup: Injidup Spa, Aquarium.
🌳 Boranup Forest drive
🍷 Margaret River: Mammoth Cave, wine tours, Surfers Point, Margaret River Bakery
☕️ Dunsborough: Eagle Bay, Meelup Beach
🐙 Hamelin Bay: Stop in at the Stingrays
✨️ Augusta: Jewel Cave, See the historic town

3 days
🌳 Walpole: Tingle Tree walk, Valley of Giants
🌳 Pemberton: Climb the trees like the Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree, Pemberton Pool.
🌊 Denmark: Elephant Rocks, Monkey Rock and Greens Pool.

6 days
🏝 Esperance: Twilight Beach, Cape Le Grand National Park and Lucky Bay.

On the way back you can take the inland route and visit Wave Rock on the way.

Have you travelled the Southwest?
We will be (again) summer next year 😍

#australiassouthwest #southwestaustralia #australiassouthwestitinerary #southwa

Save for your trip ✨️ How to get into Jewel ✈️ 👇

We spent a 12 hour layover here on purpose cause we wanted to check it out 🤭 we didn't get bored and still missed a lot!

How to get in 👇

From TERMINAL 1, 10 minute walk across the link bridge to get to Jewel.

1️⃣ Terminal 1 walk to arrivals
2️⃣ Go right towards the ipads (someone there to help you)
3️⃣ Fill in a visitor "transit" pass
4️⃣ Exit Singapore airport and go to Jewel.

(You can get back in easy to get back for your flight)

Jewel has the water feature, shops, restaurants, spas, food court at the basement and so much more.

The top level is the best its worth buying the pass for the bridge and view up top. There's heaps of activities for kids too.

7.30pm the light shows begin and show every half hour.

Whereas Singapore airport has the butterfly, cactus garden, cinemas, napping areas etc.

Have you been here?

Follow for more ✨️ How to see Port Noarlunga j

Follow for more ✨️ How to see Port Noarlunga jetty 👇

Go on a sunny day without too much wind. Bring your own gear, walk to the end of the jetty.

You can jump straight in off the jetty or walk down the stairs.

People go fishing here further down but all the fishies hide out at the end of the jetty. If you're lucky you'll see a wobbygong shark or a seahorse!

On a clear day the visibility is insanely clear. We had a windy day and it was still beautiful.

There's a protective reef further out which we snorkelled but only saw fish and seaweed there and the current was kinda sketchy out back.

You can also pay to go on a diving tour if you prefer.

While in the area check out the:
Port Willunga sea caves
Sellicks Beach Cliffs
Rapid Bay for camping

Would you snorkel here? 🐠 👀

Follow for more ☺️ How to survive the Nullarbo

Follow for more ☺️ How to survive the Nullarbor 👇📍 90 Mile Straight, WA/SA.

Australia was home to the longest straight road in the world (145km no turns) until... Saudi Arabia built a longer one! (256km)

Australia' Nullarbor Plain is a desert with limited supply stops connecting SA to WA via Eyre Highway.

Nullarbor Plain total distance: 1200km
Duration: Usually takes people 2 days to cross.

Ceduna is the last stock up town coming from South Australia and Norseman is the last in Western Australia.

HOW TO SURVIVE 👇
Come prepared with food, water, extra fuel, car & emergency supplies and get your car checked before you leave.

But remember there is QUARANTINE as you cross from WA to SA and visa versa so don't stock up too much food or it will go in the bin.

Plan your journey:
These days the Nullarbor is a lot safer than it used to be and it's tarmac the whole way (2wd accessible)

You can camp at most roadhouses:
- Nullarbor Roadhouse
- Eucla Motel, Caravan Park
- Border Village Roadhouse
- Yalata Roadhouse
- Mundrabilla Roadhouse
- Caiguna Roadhouse
Theres powered and unpowered campsites, motels etc.

FREE CAMPING:
We free camped. There's plenty spots and no regular rangers out there so just clean up after yourselves and sleep in a safe gravel lot far off the highway. (We found heaps of spots check wikicamps day use area reviews will give you advice or google maps satellite images to find clearings)

We accidentally drove the 90 Mile straight during a heatwave and... it sucked! Try avoid that...

It's so boring to drive that we were excited to see another car or even a bin 😅

But we felt truly calm and safe in the quiet night camping out in the desert and if you're lucky like us and get an isolated summer storm is was pretty awesome!

Nullarbor highlights include:
1) 90 mile straight sign
2) Eucla Nullarbor Nymph story
3) Limestone caves (many are closed)
4) The odd petrol station 😅
5) Bunda Cliffs
6) Lake Macdonnell (pink lake)
7) Tumbleweeds 😂

Have you taken on this iconic roadtrip?

#90milestraight #nullarbor #longeststraightroad #nullarborplain #australianoutback

💦 Why cold dip? 👇 ✨️ Dopamine the "rewa

💦 Why cold dip? 👇

✨️ Dopamine the "reward happy chemical" in the brain can be released for up to 5 hours AFTER a cold dip.

🫶 Great for those with ADHD as we have some Dopamine deficiency

🌞 Going early in the morning helps with our circadian rhythms, this can support EVERY cell in our bodies from a hormonal point of view!

🌜Plus a better sleep at night because of melatonin release

👊 Chasing discomfort, this is an important skill as life sends us regular challenges. Strength and resilience can be reinforced through going out of your comfort zone. (The only constant in life is change)

❤️ Boosts blood flow, reduces heart rate, and improves cardiovascular health

🤗 Not to mention community and connection fostered through things like this.

For new starters I recommend after a cold dip take the wet bathers off, bring a dry change, and warm back up with exercise, warm clothes, sauna or have a warm bath after.

If you're like me and struggle to get warm that helps so much!

Obviously cold dipping isn't for everyone, but Chris and I have grown to love it and crave it. 🩵

Huge congratulations to the team @cold_nips_australiantour

Completing 100 cold dips around Australia!! They have just arrived home after they raised $80,000 for mental health.

#perthisok #thisisperth #scarboroughbeach #coldnips #sunriseswim #scarboroughwa

Do you like to cold dip? ☺️

Follow for more ✨️ Would you drive Australia's

Follow for more ✨️ Would you drive Australia's Nullarbor?

Chris just drove it with his Dad! It's a long journey us Aussie folks need to make sometimes to move a car usually... (shipping a car is really expensive)

My favourite part of the Nullarbor is the story of the naked nymph that runs around chasing kangaroos 🤣iykyk

📍 Bunda Cliffs, Nullarbor Plains, South Australia

Up to 120m high, these limestone sea cliffs are found in the Nullarbor desert AKA "the Great Australian Bight". Nullarbor means "no trees" in Latin.

Just before these cliffs (coming from Western Australia) is the longest straight road in the world... the "90 mile straight" its great to drive once in your life 🤣

Camping is available near Bunda Cliffs, but be careful not to get too close to the edge because sections can fall unexpectedly.

Have you been here? Is this how you pictured the Great Australian Bight?

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