Iindunduma ezimhlophe zesanti ezimhlophe eziimayile ezintathu eLancelin zinyuka ngequbuliso ukusuka kwisikhuhli sonxweme, isitya seswekile esifakwe kwikhaphethi yeshaf. Imizuzu engamashumi alithoba kumantla ePerth ngohola wendlela obizwa ngokuba yi-Indian Ocean Drive, ungabeka isandboard phantsi kobuso beedigri ezingama-45. Kodwa ngentsasa yokuqala yee-800-mile zam Uhambo lwendlela ukuya eMntla Ntshona Koloni, andizukuphambukiswa ngokulula. Uhambo ebendilushicilele lubonakalisile isidlo sasemini kwiyure engaphambili, ke ndibambe uzinzo kwi-rock lobster eCervantes, idolophu ebhabha ngentla kunxweme.
Campvan kufutshane ne-Exmouth, e-Australia Indawo yokumisa inkampu emiswe kwiCape Range National Park, eMntla Ntshona Koloni. | Ityala: Sean Fennessy
Emva kwemizuzu engamashumi amabini, kwavela enye indunduma eswekile ngasekhohlo kwam, ilandelwa kungekudala yindlela egangathiweyo eya ngakuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, ngoku ebonakalayo ngokucacileyo elundini. Ngeli xesha kwenzeke kum ukuba inqaku le a Uhambo lwendlela ayisiyiyo kwaphela indawo ekuyiwa kuyo. Ndijikele ngasekhohlo ndisiya kwivumba elityebileyo le-iodine yokhula lwaselwandle kwaye, ekupheleni kwepavumente, ndadibana nebhinqa lihamba nenja yalo kwindawo yokuhlala amatyotyombe. Inokuba ebeneminyaka engama-80, ecekethekile kwaye ethambekele elangeni, kwaye uye watsala kamnandi ukundibamba ngesandla kuye, ngobumnandi bukamakhulu.
Ingaba uyaphi? Ubuzile. I-Ningaloo Reef, ndatsho.
Kutheni ulapho? Kutheni ungahlali apha? Yiparadesi.
Apha kwafumaniseka ukuba yi-Wedge, indawo yokuhlala elahlekileyo ngexesha labo bahlala apho u-Annie McGuinness wayehleli khona iminyaka engama-45. Uye wanyanzelisa ukuba ndihlale iti kwaye ndidibane nabamelwane bakhe, bobabini ogama linguChris. Wonke uTom, uDick, noHarry apha babizwa ngokuba nguChris, uAnnie wandixelela njengoko wayepheka iti kunye nekhekhe kunye neesoseji. Emva koko, wandinika isincamathelisi seSave Wedge kwaye waxubusha ngophuculo olungenamsebenzi —njengendlela egangathiweyo endikhokelela kuye. Iimoto ziyayithanda ibhitumene, kodwa asiyenzi, utshilo uAnnie xa endibuyisela kwilori yam. Kuthathe lonke ubumnandi bokufika apha.
Ngokubhekisele ku-Annie kunye nomoya wakhe wobuvulindlela, ndafumanisa ukuba kwakusekho intabalala yolonwabo efumaneka kwi-Coral Coast yase Western Australia. Indlela endiqhuba ngayo ngeveki yokuqhuba idibanise imimandla eyahlukeneyo, nganye inencasa yayo. I-Indian Ocean Drayivu, emantla ePerth, ikhokelele kuluntu oluthe cwaka kunye ne iipaki zesizwe . IMidwest, egxile eGeraldton, ibambe iintyatyambo zasendle, ukubukela iminenga kunye nelifa lendawo yokuhlala yaseYurophu kwangoko. Indawo yokuhlala yolwandle yaseShark Bay engonakaliswanga kunye neendawo eziqaqambileyo zaphila ngokuhambelana nokuchongwa kweLifa leMveli le-UNESCO. Kwaye okokugqibela, uMntla Ntshona Koloni ngaphesheya kwe-Exmouth yayiyindawo apho oomatiloshe basuka kumanxweme angenanto.
Amawa abomvu kufutshane naseKalbarri, e-Australia Amawa angena kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya eKalbarri. | Ityala: Sean Fennessy
Endleleni, ukubukeka okumangalisayo kwahluka ukusuka kumanxweme esanti amhlophe-Wedge ukuya kumawa abomvu aselunxwemeni eKalbarri kunye namasimi engqolowa agqabhukayo eGreenough. Abantu endandidibana nabo babenobuhlobo kwaye benobulali, kwaye suku ngalunye ukuqhuba kwakuqhuba umgama omde wendlela engenanto. Akukho nto uyibonayo, undwendwe oluqhelekileyo oluvela ePerth lundixelele ngomlenze weeyure ezisibhozo ukusuka eShark Bay ukuya e-Exmouth. Intle. Ndayiqonda ukuba uthetha ukuthini. Iveki yonke yayifana nokuhamba kwexesha ukubuyela kwiintsuku ezindala ezilungileyo, xa indawo entle isenokungabinabantu, ingakhawuleziswanga, kwaye ingathengiswa, njengeBaja ngeminyaka yoo-1970 okanye eCentral Coast yaseCalifornia isizukulwana esingaphambi kwaso.
Uninzi lwabaphambukeli alwazi malunga nalo mmandla, uninzi lwabantu base-Australia abazi malunga nalo mmandla, kwaye uninzi lwabantu base-Australia baseNtshona abazi ngalo mmandla, utshilo u-Aussie xa ebuyela ePerth esuka eCoral Bay. Ayonakaliswanga.
Usuku 1: Fremantle ukuya eJurien Bay
I-jet lag yayindiphakamisile ngaphambi kokusa, ke ndasebenzisa iiyure ezongezelelekileyo ukuhamba ujikeleza iFremantle, isixeko esinezibuko elinembali kwimizuzu engama-30 kumazantsi mpuma ePerth, njengoko iigroggy baristas zazifudumeza oomatshini babo be-espresso. Amafu enxibe ukhula lomhlolokazi alila izibuko njengoko ndandimisa, kodwa ukufika kwam eLancelin ukukhanya kwelanga kwabaneka kwiindunduma. Ityotyombe laseLobster eCervantes kukhonza i-icon ye-WA's cray, okanye i-rock lobster, ngendlela yayo emsulwa: ukwahlula, ukugrumba, kunye nokufumba kwimfumba yefries. Emva kwesidlo sasemini, ndabuya ndaya ku Ipaki yeSizwe yeNambung ukubona i-Pinnacles, indibano eyoyikisayo yeemonoliths zelitye lekalika eziguqulweyo ziisanti eziqhutywa ngumoya.