Perth-Principality of Hutt River-Monkey Mia

[MrTim_imp]

So I got back yesterday from a little trip about midway up Western Australia.
I went up along the coastal highway and stopped the night at a little place called the Principality of Hutt River. The Principality has an interesting history (check wikipedia if you're curious), basically a farmer had a dispute with the state government in 1970 over a wheat quota that was brought in after his crop was ready to harvest, the whole thing escalated to the point where he declared his farm a sovereign state and seceded from Australia. Prince Leonard has not paid tax in all that time, anyone can come visit the Principality, get their passport stamped, buy some Principality stamps and have a general tour of the place. I set up my swag and camped the night there.
After that it was a good days ride to Denham/Monkey Mia. Denham is a pleasant little town and the most Westerly town in Australia. Emus also walk around the streets like pigeons might elsewhere, I was worried one might peck my precious little CB but they proved to be pretty well behaved.
I spent two nights chilling out at the resort of Monkey Mia before heading back (through the more central, but much duller Brand Hwy) towards Perth at 8ish in the morning, arriving home at 5:30pm, one helluva long ride!