25th October 2022
Perth Arrive Perth and take a taxi to Crown Metropol Hotel. We get to the Hotel at about 12:00 but cannot check-in until 3:00pm; however…
26th October 2022
Perth Tour of Perth via Hop-on Hop-off bus, direct from the hotel ($80 for both of us - which seemed a bit expensive). First stop,…
27th October 2022
Perth to Myalup Breakfast at the hotel, then a walk in sunny weather to the Optus Stadium and back before checking out of the Crown…
28th October 2022
Perth to Margaret River Leah and Bruce wave us off from Myalup insisting we have come to Australia to see the country, not them. A…
29th October 2022
Margaret River In our search for a restaurant for dinner the previous day we had identified a good prospect for breakfast - a cafe called…
30th October 2022
Margaret River to RAC Karri Valley Resort Jo's Birthday It's Sunday, so our previous breakfast option of Egberts is closed. Whilst walking along the main…
31st October 2022
RAC Karri Valley Resort This morning we drive to Pemberton to meet up for our 'Beach and Forest Eco Adventure' run by Pemberton Discovery Tours. …
1st November 2022
RAC Karri Valley Resort to Albany Back down the road to Pemberton and then onwards to Walpole. At Walpole we stop for a break and…
2nd November 2022
Albany Mount Martin Botanical Reserve A long walk in Gull Rock National Park. The Life of Py blog describes it better than I could ever…
3rd November 2022
Albany After the continental breakfast at the Hilton ($25 each - not bad value), we had a stroll around the marina outside the hotel and…
4th November 2022
Albany to Stirling Range Retreat Before we leave Albany Jo wants to find something to give Leah and thinks something with an Aborigine design would…
5th November 2022
Stirling Range Retreat We wake up to find that the power is still off. I manage a shower before the pumped water stops. Remarkably the…
6th November 2022
Stirling Range Retreat - Kattaning A relatively short drive from the Stirling Range to Kattaning. We diverted via Cranbrook to see the Pink Lake. It's…
7th November 2022
Katanning to Myalup An early morning wake-up call (05:30?) for Jo as I heard a train hooting as it approached the level crossing just outside…
8th November 2022
Myalup - Perth - Heathrow Breakfast with Leah and Bruce. As usual the conversation covered many topics from medical insurance cover in Australia compared with…
Botany
There's an awful lot of botany in south west Australia! Next - Postscript Previous - 8th November
Postscript
Some thoughts on Australia First and foremost we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Leah and Bruce. Not only did we receive a very…