Preparing for our 2017 Road Trip

With less than a month to go, preparations for our next road trip are well underway, a few upgrades/mods to the caravan have been completed as well as a service, I even stripped, cleaned and re-greased the stabilizer jacks, what an improvement - they now work as smoothly as I expect them too.

We depart on the 3rd June and trundle up to Poona, we then spend a week on Fraser Island, up the coast to Midge Point. here we turn inland (West) to Mt Isa then to the Stuart Highway and down to Alice Springs, we leave the caravan at Kulgera and head East towards the Simpson Desert. 

Old Andado

Molly's place

We will be caretakers at Old Andado (it is a heritage listed station) for about three weeks then spend two nights at Dalhousie Springs back to Kulgera to hook up the caravan and on to Coober Pedy for a few days. then to the Flinders Rangers for five days and on to the Barossa Valley for a few days then on to Broken Hill to do some research on the family tree as Kathleen's mum was born there. our final stop will be at Mildura for a few days and we should arrive home towards the end of September. We will cover some 10,000 Km without side trips

Our Planned Trip

The map does not include Broken Hill, I intend to post as we go, however it all depends on the time available.

Until Next Time: Turn your dreams into reality!

An Update

It has been some time since I last posted, there have been a few reasons but I guess the main one is that I was just slack! So here is a short update, I'll expand over the next few months.

Not long after our return from the 19,000 Km trip to Perth via Darwin we decided that it was time we upgraded to a caravan with a shower etc., so it was visits to all the dealers to find the one that suited us and the bank balance. We found a 19ft Bluestone and so traded our Snowy which had given us such great service.

Melbourne Cup weekend (1st Tuesday in November) we did a 'shake down' 91Km trip to Daylesford where we spent a most enjoyable weekend. There were a few small problems so returned the caravan to the supplier who did the necessary repairs.

Next was our week at Lakes Entrance from Boxing Day to the 4th January with two of our children and their families, unfortunately Paul and Derek had to work, but we had Derek's three boys with us and a great time was had by all.

We then spent a long weekend at Sorrento which is near Point Napean with Maryleen and family, a most relaxing and enjoyable time.

After that it was planning for our next Simpson Desert crossing. This time it would be just two vehicles Derek and his two youngest boys and Chareen and her youngest with me. We left on the 12th September 2015 for Broken Hill, Tibooburra, Innamincka, Birdsville, Mt Dare, Old Andado, Ayers Rock, Coober Pedy, Leigh Creek and arrived home after 6,983Km on the 3rd October. A fantastic trip that just went too fast and a bit sad as this is my last hard 4x4 trip.

In November we traded the Terracan for a more comfortable Pajero and then it was to Lakes Entrance Boxing Day to the 3rd January, Three of our children and their families joined us, unfortunately Paul could not get time off but they were able to spend two nights with us. It was such a blessing to have all our children and their families together, only Jane who is in the UK and Tim were missing.

Our site at Lakes Entrance

  In April this year we had a three week holiday we visited Canberra, Batemans Bay and Huskisson Beach, returning home via the spectacular Kangaroo Valley in NSW, all in all a relaxing and enjoyable time.

After this month I will have more time to write on this blog as after 50 years and 7 months I'll be retiring, in all that time I'm proud to say that I was only out of work for three months when we emigrated to New Zealand back in 1994. I will be working a three day week in a temporary position until the end of November and then? Who knows?

Until next time.....................Safe travels, make happy memories and enjoy this wonderful land.

Perth via Darwin Part 12

Day 50 September 6^th  

Bremer Bay. Leaving Peaceful Bay just after 7 AM with a temp of 17°C but yet it did not feel that cold. We had been awake since 4 AM and then by 5 we decided to get up and shower and sort things out and as we stepped outside our caravan we were greeted by the duck family and very friendly too. We did not unhitch the caravan which is a bonus when staying one night at a place so it

was an easy pack up. We drove through various National Parks the veered off to take an ocean road scenic drive on our way, Albany Port, Harding Beach, Black Head looing out to some Island and Frenchman’s Bay. Had tea at Discovery lookout then drove through Albany, a busy town and also a port with beautiful bays. The weather changed quite dramatically, with high winds and rain on our way to Bremer Bay causing the petrol consumption to increase but sadly did not clean the caravan as we hoped it would.

We arrived at Bremer Bay to a beautiful well groomed Caravan Park but still the weather has not

improved so I guess it’s time to put up the feet and relax for the rest of the afternoon and catch up with the laundry. This was a big mistake doing the laundry as the rains came and ended up having to put everything in the tumble dryer. During this time Dennis got itchy feet and wanted to explore the bay so off we trundled and the clouds sort of gave wave every now and then to a wee bit of sunshine allowing us to walk and explore on one of the viewpoints when two men said there are whales out there in the bay and was told we could take our car onto the beach to look. That gave Dennis a huge smile on his dial and off we went onto the  beach to find the whales.

For a while we could not see them and was filming our trek on the beach when we decided to stop and there they were in all their glory popping up and down and turning for us to see their tail then their flippers and just basking in the waters having a lovely time and showing off their beauty. We sat there for a wee while enjoying the show feeling quite elated having seen a whale in its natural habitat. Back at the camp and settled down for the evening.

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Day 51 September 7^th  

We left Bremer Bay pretty early driving to Wave Rock today and looking forward to enjoying this part of the journey. We stopped at Lake Grace for a cuppa and back on our journey we passed many

salt lakes and most of them were pink in colour. The terrain was mostly farm lands with canola field and the flowers in full bloom giving a ray of sunshine yellow across the fields looking like a carpet on the ground. However we drove into high winds and the beginning of rain putting a damper on our arrival at the park but we made the most of it and set up camp and decided to go to the information centre were we had lunch and being father’s day a day of celebrating dad’s across Australia.

When we finished our lunch we browsed around

the shop which had a display of wild flowers beautifully arranged upon their ceiling, some arrangements were in the form of butterflies and others were hanging in bunches. We then paid our entrance fees to the following places to visit and that was the Lace shop. This shop has the largest collection in Australia which is handmade and machine made. There were all sorts of designs especiallycollars Christening gowns and various other laces. There were bobbins on display and also a “Try me” the intricate and delicate cottons and patterns and the patience to make lace is astounding. 

There were also wedding dresses from various eras’ and a special lace which was from Queen Victoria. This display is worth the visit. Just around the corner into the other rooms was the Toy soldier collection. They also had a wild life sanctuary with exquisite birds and other Australia wild life. Unfortunately the rains came and we were unable to finish our walk around that area. Back at the camp and the winds became a howling gust and the rains came down. So we spent most of the rest of the day in the caravan.

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Day 52 September 8^th  

Wave Rock. My goodness me what a night, the wind was gusty and noisy with heavy rains on and off and I’m pretty sure it kept most of the camp awake but we all survived to tell the story the next day with our teeth chattering with the cold but that did not stop us from venturing to the rock to sightsee and climb the infamous rock.

After having our breakfast we left for our walk all rugged up with beanies on the head to keep warm. We walked across the park to the entrance of the rock and therein its beauty was the magnificent wave like rock, we just stood there absorbing its beauty. Then the cameras started clicking away getting all sorts of angles to get the colours which blended into each other causing it to look like a true wave about to  crash down

onto the shore. After spending a wee bit of time walking around we ventured to the rock climb with chains up to the steps which looked over the water dam that supplies Hyden with its drinking water. We carried onto to the top and admiring and taking in the sights around us. There were salt lakes and bushes and more rocks. This rock has a beauty all on its own, walking the whole length of this rock stepping over pools of water which had collected from the previous night’s rain.

We followed the track makers and clicking 

away at the camera trying to capture the surrounding beauty of Hyden. The winds were very strong on the top and at one stage took Dennis’s cap and of cause he went after the cap on this steep side of the rock and me standing down below watching this exercise but he did retrieve it much to his delight. At the bottom we found another sign to the Breaker Wave which we walked to see and that too was spectacular. We also came across a Sandalwood tree in bud. The surrounding flora was coming into flower and there are signs warning not to pick wild flowers, a $1000 fine if caught. We walked back to camp to fetch the car to go to the clear water salt lake at the Wave Rock resort one can swim here then off to see the Hippo’s yawn and true to its name it looked like a hippo with its mouth wide open.

We left there and decided to find the Hump and Mulka’s cave which is 18k’s from the rock. The wild flowers were also coming into bloom there. We walked around the cave which has an interesting Aboriginal story to it. We left there and went to the shops to stock up on fresh produce came back to the camp and cooked a roast chicken but the weather was quite nasty with very cold winds blowing and raining on and off.

We decided to go to the Kiosk to look at the museum taking one back in time to what we use to use in shops and homes dating back to the late 1800’s and bringing back many memories of our own childhood with our grand parents and parents what they used in their homes. Later that evening the weather truly became nasty and the heater was put on in the caravan to keep warm but with the day’s outing and fresh air made us quite tired and we retired.

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Day 53 September 9^th 

Esperance. We left pretty early today 7:10 AM with the temp 6°C and feeling the cold. The sun was shining and not a cloud to be seen. The road was pretty quiet for a wee while and later on into the

morning a car would appear. We came to King Lake which is about 7k’m across a salt lake and some parts are dry but the view of this lake with the morning sun shining across it gave it an awesome glow glimmering across the waters and while on the cause way we encountered an eagle taking off realizing he was about to hit the car veered off to the right with its wings spread out to its full capacity looking so graceful which brought scripture to mind from Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings and eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Taking many photos of this area we left for our next leg of the journey to Esperance. We arrived at the coastal town and found our next place to bear our heads down for the evening.














We set up camp and then went for a sight see around the town finding cute photos to take of the foreshore.

We then took a coastal drive popping in and out of viewpoints taking photos of this beautiful coast line with islands and history written at each stop and the rock formation along the shore and various bays with waves hitting the beaches on some and others as smooth as glass due to the bay shape protecting the beaches. We came back to camp and settled for the night.

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Day 54 September 10^th

Fraser Station. We decided this morning to have a breakfast at Mac Donald’s and I might just add it was delicious. Dennis discovered there was something wrong with our deep cycle battery so we had to first go and purchase a new one and thank goodness we were in a town that had all this sort of things and not just in the outback.

We drove to Norseman where we had morning tea this is the beginning of the Nullarbor stretch. Took photos of the famous horse that was famous for finding gold with the pawing of his hoof hence the name of this town.

 The drive to the station was most pleasant and arrived there to a true outback experience. It was

lovely here, setting up camp and enjoying the fellowship with other campers and later on that evening we decided to go for a walk along the sand road leading to who knows where. As Dennis says you never know what is just around the corner and so we walked but Dennis wanting to cut across the bush to the other side and me saying we need to see what is around that bend and of cause I won that battle and we walked to that bend to find a golf green. The famous longest golf course in the world which is from Ceduna to Kalgoorlie and this was a par 3. What delight it was finding this.

The sun was starting to go down and the darkens was starting to invade us so we decided to trundle back to the camp and on our way back the sweet wee kangaroos were coming out of their hiding to a feast in their backyards hopping all over the place and enjoying themselves. Time for dinner and then to catch up on our stories of the day but the eyelids were far too heavy to concentrate. So it was lights out and an early start for the next day’s journey.

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Day 55 September 11^th

Border Village. Our next part of the journey is to go down the Nullarbor. We were going to stop in 

about 200k’s but decided to track straight through to border village which is the caravan park just on the other side of WA. We stopped for lunch at Madura and discovered another green and Dennis took photos. 

It was a long stretch travelling just on 600+ k’s so we decided to eat out at their restaurant which was a huge blessing for me. It was early bed tonight.

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Day 56 September 12^th

Up early again and leaving for Ceduna which is 478 k’s another long stretch. The road was misty and the sun shining brightly across the plains of the Nullarbor. We travelled alongside the sea for a wee while before venturing in land with the terrain changing a lot as well as a lot of road kills which I always find so sad but that is life. The wild flowers too were all coming into bloom varying in colours and of cause through this stretch all we wanted to see was a camel but no such luck.

Finally we went through the quarantine border of South Australia and 10k’s in to our caravan park where we will be putting our feet up for the next three nights and hopefully enjoying some sun and good weather.  The caravan park is on the foreshore with our door once again facing the sea front. After setting up camp we went into the town to purchase fresh produce as we could not bring any across the border.

Back to camp and by this time it was sundowners and dinner. How can I forget the most important highlight of this day was driving along the Nullarbor and there in its glory was a Petrol station and a bill board written across it DINGGO’S DEN. This is Dennis’ name for his 4x4 travels and his blog. We actually drove past it and had to turn back to get a shot of the board. It was so exciting to see that!

This is the station and below well, I don’t need to explain it.

 

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Until next time..............................Think Positive

Perth via Darwin Part 11

Day 41 August 28^th 

Our journey here is to Kalbarri about 375k’s. We packed up and left with the sun shining and quite warm so early in the morning. But one can feel the climate changing the further South we go towards Perth and one can feel the wintery sun and breeze especially in the evenings. 

We arrived at our destination and set up camp and then went to explore the wee town in and out of shops buying some more food stuff. We went to the Chainman's lookout which looks out over the Kalbarri bay and the Murchison River.
 

Coming down the hill we decided to go for a swim. This was absolutely divine being Dennis and my first swim in the sea this holiday, great fun and this is where Dennis decided to take his first underwater selfie. What a laugh and the photos turned out priceless!  We went back to camp and had lunch then off to a wee 4x4 track along the river where Dennis was in seventh heaven enjoying the loose sand and bumps and tight turns. We came back to camp and decided to go out for dinner a rather expensive night out but good. We came back to camp and loaded up some photos to FB. Then it was lights out.

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Day 42 August 29^th 

It’s the first day that Dennis and I actually slept in and boy was it good. We had breakfast, cleaned
up made lunches and flask of hot water for morning tea. Our tradition of having our good cuppa along our way with a good wholesome THM cookie. We went to the Kalbarrie National Park to see the gorges and the famous “Natures Window” Once again we had to stop and pay entrance fees of $6  for the Parks board and to keep this park up and running for visitors to enjoy. We drove on bitchamun for 12 K’s then sand road for 14K’s. We first went to the West Loop Look out and it was absolutely breath taking. Left there to see the Natures Window and this was a 500m walk down hill to the rocks and what a spectacular sight to see.

Very moving and the visitors all around clicking their cameras hoping for a good shot of this amazing beauty  We climbed over some rocks to have a good view of this natural window where we took heaps of photos. Now the walk back and the heat of the day was starting to get to me as we now have to walk back up this steep mountain. It was worth every muscle ache and fast pulse rate and when itcame to climbing those last steps up which was only 35 it was truly agony to every muscle ache it caused. We then decided after catching our breath a good cuppa tea would be the order of the day. We left there stopping along the side of the road to take photos of wild flowers which seem to be coming out in abundance, we drove to Z bend another look out but I decided it would be too much for me in the heat to walk 750m there and back so gave it a miss. We left the park and stopped off at Meanarra Hill lookout another spectacular sight across the Murchison River mouth and out to sea and the wee town and of cause the surrounding country side of the National Parks. We then stopped off by the beach and had our lunch then decided to go down the West coast to see the Natural Bridge and Castle Cove.

Wow the rock formation of the cliffs is absolutely astounding. One stands looking over the cliffs with the waves hitting the side of the rocks and the colour of the sea this turquoise blue shading itself to a deeper blue colour. Viewing out to the seas we saw a whale blowing and shooting out the water displaying is ability to splash and enjoy himself. By this stage I was getting rather tired and we decided to head back to camp and rest and also phone to see how Chareen was doing. It’s been an awesome day tired but feeling great and now it is time to pack up and tomorrow we leave this wee town to go further west towards Perth. 

Sunset at Kalbarri Beach. A end to a perfect day God has blessed us with.

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Day 43 August 30^th 

30^th August. A journey of 366k’s to Cervantes where we will be spending the next two nights. On our trundle down to this part of the world we ventured in and out exploring different coastal towns and their ways of life. We have noticed a dramatic change in climate going town towards Perth

missing the beautiful sunshine and all that it has to offer one. One can feel the cold and extra blankets are taken out from under the bed and one’s jerseys are worn and track pants in the evening are worn. Rather a sad feeling as Dennis and I were so enjoying the heat of the outback and its wonderful evenings and sunsets. We drove through Geraldton took photos of the Port and the Yellow Submarine. Then through Dongara with its enormous crayfish on a boat at the entrance of the wee town. 

We also found a beautiful river outlet called the Erwin Estuary looking over the bay of with bird life in abundance. Passing through Leeman then onto Gregson and finally Jurien where we stopped for lunch at Dobbyn Park looking out at the Port and wee Islands in the distance.  It was not a long drive from here to our destination at Cervantes where we docked our caravan at the Pinnacles Caravan Park right on the beach front. A beautiful 

park for families and a beach to enjoy.  We set up camp and decided to take a drive around the town and ventured out to Lake Thetis to see the Stromatolites walking along a board walk to the water’s edge seeing them submerged in water,. We left here and went into the park on a 4x4 track which ended up on the beach which was quite enjoyable.

We had worked up a thirst and stopped off at the entrance of the caravan park at the Shell Shop for a cuppa. The weather here is changing and clouds are rolling in and maybe a drizzle of rain might be had this evening. Feeling both very tired we retired early.

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Day 44 August 31^st  

Its Janes birthday today and we wished her and had a wee chat too. Then phoned Chareen to see if she was doing better, was also glad to hear that the Dr had discharged her.  Life here in the caravan park was quite this morning we have been so used to everyone getting up with the crack of dawn because the beauty of the day begins with bright sunshine at 5.30, now it’s much later and the chill factor of the morning is quite cold and was thinking maybe we should return to the land of sunshine and good tans. We did the washing and had a good wholesome breakfast. Packed morning tea and off to see the Pinnacles which are 17k’s from the caravan park. We arrived at our destination with an entrance to the Nambung National Park paying a seniors fee of $6 how blessed are we.  We were told there is a drive through or we could walk a 1 ½ k walk around. We hopped for the drive. Leaving the entrance it was not long and we saw our first look of these magnificent rock pinnacles all over the dunes.

We just stood in awe at the beauty of what we saw, we drove around the desert hopping in and out of the car to take photos and to just stand quietly and take in this beauty.

Towards the end of this drive we stopped and looked at a Gullah sitting on one of the pinnacles and took photos and when we went to the information centre of the park discovered these magnificent parrots actually have their nests in them and the one that was sitting there was on guard looking after its nest.We ended our visit with a good cuppa tea in the car park.

Leaving this park we ventured into another area not far from here called the Kangaroo lookout where Dennis found a 4x4 track onto the beach and of cause off we went and to his delight it rocked the car from side to side, videos were taken of this stretch of beach laden with sea weed and it’s grass. Eventually leaving this area and back to home base where we relaxed and did some chores around the caravan and of cause catch up with the letter writing. 

A beautiful ray of sunshine, a new day, a day that the Lord hath made so be happy and rejoice in it!

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 Day 45 September 1^st  

On the road by 7:30 AM the weather was most pleasant but one can feel the chill factor creeping in and thought we were very brave wearing summer gear. The road was quite busy and one could see

the country side changing the closer one got to Perth the busyness of the people and the bill boards popping up all over the place and everything becoming very commercial. It was a sad feeling though as Dennis and I love the feeling of the outback and the rustic look of places and quaint towns. However life stands still for no one and our holiday days are coming to a close but still have lots to see before then as we trundle back towards Melbourne.

The beauty of the wilds flowers changed from bend to bend and the dominant colour was a ray of sunshine yellow spreading over the country side like a blanket and every now and then a white or pink flower would pop up, and then the next bend would be these huge white sand dunes like rolling hills along the side and not even on the beach but the other side of the road travelling inland looking like white mountains from a distant.  Bird life flying around and managed to see a White Breasted Black Cockatoo, a magnificent bird.  We were getting so wrapped up with this beauty then all of a sudden city lights and noise enveloped us and we knew we were in a another world, a world of hurry up and can’t find the time to breath or say ‘Hi’. City life sure is another world from the outback. 

We decided to drive through Burns beach and see Robert and Janice’s home, a prestige suburb with new mums meeting at café’s and prams and bubs in parks a real yuppie life. We had a cuppa at the beach then headed off to our camp site.

We arrived and set up camp then went to a mall to stock up on groceries. We also went to the South African shop and got some spoil me’s such as Matzo, biltong and some lollies. Yip we’re in the city, what a busy life! Back at the camp and put on the roasts made two for the road managing to get 6 meals out of them. We had dinner and sat chatting to Pearl on Skype then lights out.

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Day 46 September 2^nd 

Today is sort of a rest day, we did some housekeeping around the caravan then off to The Caravan Shed to purchase shade cloth for our awning Dennis dropped me off at the mall and he went to say hi to one of his work mates. We had lunch at the mall then came back and rested for the afternoon. Oh yes, Dennis gave dingo (the car) a bath and now it’s looking good for the next leg of our journey

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Day 47 September 3^rd

Today we leave for Margaret River, I must admit glad to be leaving the big smoke of Perth and the business of the city life is just too much for me and Dennis agrees as well. All packed up and left at 7.30 in peak hour traffic, was quite daunting but survived the ordeal and out onto the open road

where we could feel free and smell good clean country air and watch the beautiful country go by.

Our first stop was to see the longest wood pile jetty in the Southern Hemisphere and what an experience it was. We first went up the light house to look at the beauty of the surrounding of the ocean and beach front. Sadly apparently the council want to

break it down and put some modern building there. We bought our tickets here for the train ride onto the jetty which is 1.8k long and at the end of it is an underwater observatory so we also booked a tour to see the fish under the sea there. The train leaves on the hour and while we are on tour it goes back to land to fetch the next lot of people and when it returns and we are finished and can get a hitch back to shore. It was an enjoyable experience and one can only appreciate the distance when you are out to sea on the jetty and truly see the distance from the shore. Before we went on the tour we had lunch which I had prepared that morning.

Back in the car and our next part of the journey is to “The Big Valley Camp Grounds” which is on a working farm, It was absolutely beautiful place and rustic but very clean. I would recommend this stay to anyone.

The smell of campfires in the evening and the sounds of farm animals were just magic. The sunsets and rises were beautiful as well as the darkness of the night being out in the open. A good night’s rest was the order of a day’s journey.

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Day 48 September 4^th  

Awoke to a wonderful morning of good clean farm fresh air, with sheep pasturing by our caravan enjoying their morning breakfast. It’s such a blessing to be here today but the best was our morning

shower. Oh to see these ablution blocks on the farm stay, they were good but rather non private, but a good laugh too as you see everyone running to them and the clanging of sheet metal doors and latches echoing across the open fields and then having to shower and knowing there is a stranger next door doing the same thing, then having to stand at a double sink with a man also cleaning his teeth, ummmmm!!! Good fun! The field kitchen is open to everyone and the best is the camp fire in the evening but we choose to sit by our caravan and enjoy the peaceful moment.

Anyway our day’s event was to do the Cape to Cape drive but then decided to start in the middle

and work our way to Cape Naturaliste but first Dennis had to fill up with Diesel. Oh this was a card. Arriving at the petrol pump which I might add was from days gone by and I’m pretty sure today’s generation would stand and look at the pump and wonder what on earth is going on here. Anyway, because Dennis is from that generation, shush don’t tell him I’m telling you that, he knew what to do and got the pump working and went into pay to discover this wonderful shop is also days gone by and made one feel as though you have stepped back in time to the early 1900. We left there and made our way along the coast towards the light house driving in and out of various wee coastal towns. Our first stop was to Prevelly then to Cowaramup Bay and on our way there found “Juniper Road” which ticked Dennis no end. What I found amazing was the fields and the arum lilies they are everywhere and in full bloom. The locals consider them a weed and do not like them!

 We discovered along the way that Dennis had left the petrol cape off and the door that closes the petrol, had a good laugh about it and wrote it down one for the records, We stopped for tea at 11.15 AM then drove on to Dunsborough, bought some rye sour dough rolls for lunch then ended up at the Cape Naturaliste light house where we had lunch. We paid $4 to do a base walk around the light house, very interesting history. Then from here we travelled via Eagle bay then onto Cowaramup town and walked around here enjoying the display of all the fibreglass decorative life size cows displayed around the town. 

Then onto the cheese shop and bought some yummy cheese made by the farmers here in Cowaramup.

As we left this wee town Dennis spotted his name sake in the wine industry so we veered off down the direction towards the Juniper wineries. Much to Dennis’s delight we went in for some wine tasting and bought a bottle with the Juniper name on the label. Feeling excited about the bottle of gold we left for camp base had a bite to eat and retired feeling quite exhausted from the days outing.

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Day 49 September 5^th 

It’s time to say good-bye to the sheep and the clanging toilets doors and the sounds of the parrots and when we left the farm Dennis had to dodge the sheep poo but not long after that we ended up dodging cow dung – we came to a halt but this time not stuck in traffic but cow traffic and not hooters blowing but cows mooing.

We drove down to Redgate Beach to Isaacs Rock then from there through the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park to get to Augusta ending up at Leeuwin Lighthouse the tallest working lighthouse in Australia. My goodness me was it cold here, the chilly winds blowing off the sea but oh so worth the pain of frozen nose and ears, We paid

senior rates to get to walk the base of the light house and was given an audio tape while walking around to listen to the history of the place. The path leading up to the lighthouse with this spectacular view of where the two oceans meat the Indian and Southern ocean. We met Molly on the way with her telescope but not sure where she was supposed to be looking out to but had fun taking photos of this

magnificent creature. We stopped for a cuppa along the way at the Cattle Trail Memorial then passed through two National Parks the Beedelup and Mt Franklin we also stopped off at Pemberton and bought some cream and mayonnaise . We finally arrived at Peaceful Bay Caravan Park set up camp without unhitching and then took a stroll down to the beach and got our tootsies wet for a while.

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Until next time.........................................Forget the insults