HOME FROM HOME IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Seeking to escape the cold and grey British winter, Olly and I headed out to Perth on a 16-hour direct flight from London. We chose to visit Western Australia for a number of reasons: consistent wind, unchartered spots, the Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton race, but most importantly, we both really wanted to visit the one other place on the planet also named Exmouth (the same as our hometown in the UK).

Arriving in Perth, our first challenge was to find a vehicle we could call home for two months to take us on the 9000 km round-trip, all the way up to Exmouth and back down to Esperance. Rental companies proved way too expensive and had low daily distance limits, not ideal when traveling a country almost as big as Europe. So, after almost purchasing a Toyota Prado from a time waster on Gumtree, we decided to rent a badboy Toyota Land Cruiser from our mate Mani in Perth, later to be named the Frothed Mobile. Eager to start exploring, we packed up our tent