Day 41 Thursday 16th April 2015 Gwelup, Perth Today it’s time to do all the last minute stuff before we leave the city behind. Hang on, haven’t we been doing that for the past week? Thank goodness I haven’t had the eotrackme app turned on as it would show us that we’ve been driving around in circles too many times. I know that I’ve speed walked the length of Murray Street three times trying to beat parking meters. At least the parking is cheaper than Melbourne.  And yes we do find the Dan Murphy liquor store, was it left or … Continue reading Go West, Day 41 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 40 Wednesday 15th April 2015 Gwelup, Perth Now I’ve seen everything, I just passed a woman walking out of the amenities block wearing nothing but wet feet, a towel and clutching a bottle of shampoo. I didn’t dare say g’day for fear that she would drop the towel! Good news, our mate Veewee who had to turn back from Nullarbor roadhouse is back on the road and headed for Perth and the family. Safe travels Veewee. We wait in line at the chemist and have our flu shots, get Woody’s glasses repaired and question some poor stranger about the … Continue reading Go West, Day 40 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 39 Tuesday 14th 2015, overcast Gwelup, Perth We catch up with Woody’s older brother and his wife at their house in the southern suburbs. I take a photo of Woody and his brother and realise later that it is far too blurry……back to the instruction manual. Before we know it, it’s off again this time to South Perth to meet the Ollies and plan the next leg. The road is calling again, yes, we’re itchin’ for hitchin’ and both Shirley Temple and I have visited the hairdresser in anticipation of less populated places ahead. Continue reading Go West, Day 39 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 38 Monday 13th 2015, Sunny! Gwelup, Perth At last blue skies after a week of rain and the ants, our little fair-weather friends, are back. Woody takes the Jeep across town for a service, gets the iPhone serviced at Apple and meets his mate C for a drink. I choose housework, herding ants and learning to use the new camera before we hit the road again. Accom: $38.85 Travelling Kms: 0 Note: Upon reflection, I realise how lucky we were to have found such a peaceful city caravan park. Conveniently located between two major roads, but little traffic noise … Continue reading Go West, Day 38 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 37 Sunday 12th April 2015, showers Gwelup, Perth There’s rain on the roof again and much shouting outside. A 4WD complete with kid’s bikes on the roof drives out of the park with a very long orange electrical lead dragging behind…..I guess someone forgot to unplug their Waeco. Passing showers keep us on our toes as we stroll around Kings Park. We visit the Bali Bombing Memorial and the War Memorial. The Botanic Gardens has a new glass walkway that takes you up into the treetops and unlike most things is free of charge. We find a huge tree … Continue reading Go West, Day 37 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 36 Saturday 11th April 2015, Showers Gwelup, Perth We take a short drive into Perth and find the city surprisingly quiet. We are in the city to buy a new camera as my trusty old Nikon DSLR snapped its last down in Albany. It had been flashing up all manner of error messages since Kalgoorlie and totally disgraced itself in the Super Pit. I really can’t complain as it was 9 years old. The new one (another Nikon) will take a bit of getting used to though. We join C & C for lunch at Cicerillo’s fish market in … Continue reading Go West, Day 36 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 35 Friday 10th April 2015 Australind to Gwelup, Perth It has been raining solid for almost 24 hours and we’ve had an estimated 50mm of heavy plopping rain courtesy of a cyclone out in the Indian Ocean. Woody said … Continue reading Go West, Day 35 – Gwelup, Perth

Day 34 Thursday 9th April 2015 Augusta to Australind We intend to stay in the Wellington National Park near Collie so we cut across the South West diagonally to Nannup and then on up to Donnybrook. To Nannup we pass through forests for most of the way. After Nannup we miss our turn off so just take the next available road which becomes quite interesting if not a little bumpy. We see hand written signs for “Chookinup”. Well I guess everything around here ends in UP anyway. Eventually we find a free-range chicken farm with hundreds of chooks scratching about, … Continue reading Go West, Day 34 – Australind

Day 32 Tuesday 7th April 2015 Yallingup to Augusta We wake to light drizzly rain. Yuck that means a damp pack up, what a pity for the tent campers. We farewell the Ollies who have decided to stay another day so that Shirley T can have more treatment on her pesky shoulder before heading north to catch up with friends and family in Perth. We head south down Caves Rd it’s only 83kms to Augusta, an easy drive. The rain enhances the grass trees and the creamy flowering gums. As if overnight, the vines have started turning to autumn colours. … Continue reading Go West, Day 32 – Augusta