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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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Where the coffee's strong, the people are kind and

Where the coffee's strong, the people are kind and the water is icy blue ✨️🌿🙏

The trees and kangaroos are also huge here. A lot bigger than the North of Australia 🦘😮

We are travelling way too slowly but can you see why? 👀

Every road leads to something special and the people are so lovely and welcoming. ☕️

We've only made it as far as Denmark! Oops! Headed towards Bremer Bay slowly but surely 😅

We used to travel so fast but have seriously changed since overdoing 2022, which gave us more perspective.

🖤💛❤ We pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land here, the Wardandi people of the Southwest.

Are you for slow travel? Or fast? We have been for both! Different seasons of your life I guess ⛅️

Do you recognise any places in this reel? 😊
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Hello friend 👋 cautions below ⚠️ ! These p

Hello friend 👋 cautions below ⚠️ !

These particular stingrays are used to humans (as long as you are gentle and patient) let them swim to you if they want to say hello 👋

Important cautions ⚠️:

Never corner, put under threat or step on a stingray. Always look where you're going and they can hide under the sand. In those circumstances they may sting.

Don't be pushy with the stingrays there can be a lot of people there some days. Walk away down the beach and see if one comes to see you. At the main area people can be really pushy which isn't OK.

You can walk with the rays up and down the coast for a couple hours here though! Some days there's many different kinds to see.

... (maybe they're looking for leftover fisherman's fish) but I'll just keep telling myself we had a bond. 😂🥰

Have you ever walked by a peaceful stingray? 😊 or had a swim alongside one?

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Not all stingrays are friendly ⚠️ Read below 👇📍 Australia's bucketlist 8/100 Hamelin Bay, Western Australia.

This was epic, and we were caught completely off guard. 🙌

Warnings:

⚠️ Never corner a stingray or touch it under usual circumstances or it may act defensively with its barb.

⚠️ You have to be gentle and respectful to all wild animals. We touched them softly, because they were swimming onto our feet and interacting with us.

Tips for visiting 👇

🎣 Popular fishing spot which is why people think the stingrays come looking for peoples left over fish.

🪵 Hamelin Bay used to be a timber jetty port where timber was exported out. You can see the remnants of the jetty.

🌞 When visiting get there early in the morning and it wasn't too busy.

👙 It's a beautiful beach a swim so wear your bathers.

⛱️ Why do the stingrays swim up to you? Many people fish here, they maybe looking for fish! Please don't feed them.

🏕 You can stay at the local campground book in advance in the high season.

📷 Other local attractions are Jewel Cave and Augusta

Absolutely awesome and a must see on your Southwest corner trip.
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That single leaf falling 🍂📍Aussie bucketlist

That single leaf falling 🍂📍Aussie bucketlist 7/100 Boranup Forest Drive in the Margaret River Region, Western Australia.

🚘 A dirt road looping from the famous Caves Road in the southwest.

🏕️ You can camp underneath these towering trees at Boranup Campground.

🪟 Enjoy a 360 view over the ocean and forest at Boranup lookout.

🌲 120-year-old forest. This is regrowth as this area was milled during the 1800s timber boom. Predominantly Karri trees which are the third tallest tree in the world can reach heights of 60 m or more.

🔥 Burned by a fire recently but recovering beautifully thank goodness.

🖤💛♥️ Boranup means "place of the male dingo", we acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional owners the Wandandi people. Wadan means "ocean spirit".

We loved this drive so much. Have done it many times but this was our first time taking photos and videos here with Bunji.

Whose heard of, or been to Boranup? What a special part of WA. The famous caves lie under the ground near here too! ✨️
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🔐 Save for your trip! 👇 The iconic Coober Pe

🔐 Save for your trip! 👇 The iconic Coober Pedy is Part 6/100 of our Aussie bucketlist 💎

👌 LOVED the history and Mad Max feels here...

Plus Chris' Dad used to live in a dugout in Coober Pedy as a child! His Dad mined opals for a while during the rush!

Tips on visiting 👇👇👇

⚠️ It's HOT and we're not joking about watching your step, people have fallen into opal mines by accident because there are big holes on the ground which lead straight into the depths of them!

🏠 Accommodation at caravan park or stay in iconic underground accommodation

⚒️ Explore the bars and hotels which are part underground too, for the full experience!

🤎 Take a tour and see how people used to live underground.

✨️ Check out the opals. Bec and Chris' favourite stone! They look like the whole universe is inside them.

💰 Umoona Museum is where we went and we toured Old timers mine and museum, where Chris' Dad lived! No joke 🤯

🐊 Check out crocodile harrys love nest too, strangest experience 😂

🤔 Learn about the opals at the museum or other tours.

After around 3 days we were pretty keen to get back to the ocean air. But it's an experience you mustn't miss on your Aussie lap! 🙌

⛏️ Coober Pedy means "white man in a hole" in Aboriginal.

🖤💛❤ We pay our respects to the traditional owners, the Arabana people, Kokatha and Yankunytjatjara people. Aboriginal people solely cared for Australian land for 65000+ years.

Whats your take on the opal capital of Aus?

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Finishing our lap this year 👊 cheers to all the

Finishing our lap this year 👊 cheers to all the good memories and people we have met along the way.

On our way towards Esperance, then the Nullarbor. Exciting times!

Uluru is still a stand out favourite of our travels along with Tasmania and Western Australia.

What's your favourite pic/location?

I need to make a part 2 have hundreds more of these! 👌
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