After leaving Albany, our plan was to take the scenic route up to the Margaret River. Being the wine connoisseur, Sue has been salivating at the thought of all the Cellar Doors in this region, so it is bound to be a busy time.
On the way we had a look at West Cape Howe, and stopped in at Denmark for morning tea and supplies, a great little stopover, a little like the hinterland on the Sunshine Coast (Qld).
We stopped at a Dinosaur and Reptile Park, just out of Walpole and played with the Kangaroo's, talked to the parrots and conquered our fear of snakes.
We then headed towards William Bay and had a look at Greens Pool and Elephant Rock. It was a king tide and all the locals were taking a look. There was one man who had lived there all his life and had never seen it so high.
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| Greens Pool with a king tide |
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| Picture of Greens Pool on a normal day! |
From there we went to the "Valley of Giants" in Walpole. This is an incredible walk through the trees. With a fear of heights Sue chose to have a cuppa!
This is where the fun starts... it was getting late and we needed to find a camp site to stay for the night. Our number one choice was full, so after a couple of wrong turns we were completely lost and ended up driving down a dirt road in Pemberton. At the end of the road (which by the way was lined with the most incredible Karri trees) we came to a point of no return...
I tried to back the caravan back to an area where we could turn around and head back to the main road, however it was not easy. After several attempts, a local farmer comes down to help us out. After realising we were simple city folk (not to mention lost) they offered us a paddock for us to set up camp for the night.
We took up the offer and had a great Easter with Aaron, Tash, Harry, Riley and Sterling. Our overnight stay turned into 2 days of fun and adventure on their farm. The kids hit it off immediately and we felt like we were with family, it made for an awesome Easter! We were able to do some activities we had never done before..
- Catching Marron (similar to lobster)
- Shooting targets and clay pigeons
- Pizza's from the home made pizza oven - I want one!
- Camping out on the paddock
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| Georgie, Gus, Riley, Harry, Stirling & Will head out in the back of the ute to collect some Marron for dinner |
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| Graeme & Harry attacked by a local cow - not happy with us fishing in the dam! |
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| Marron - yummo |
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| The farm house and shed... look at the pizza oven! |
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| Six kids set up camp for the night next to the bon fire |
Thanks to Aaron and Tash for letting us share their Easter... we just hope we can help them out when they get lost in Sydney one day.
