Hi All
Hope you are all keeping well and have had a lovely long
Anzac weekend!
We are now in York, WA and we’ve had a really lovely month
with Nanny Ann. The girls thoroughly
enjoyed their Nanny time and we’re very sorry to see her leave today.
For the first time on our trip, we’ve been in quite a few places that we
ALL thought….”we really COULDN’T live here!”…more of that later!
Our journey from Esperance took us to a magical spot on the
WA coast….one of those “best kept secret”
type places, called Cape Ritchie.
It was a peaceful part of the coast, with crystal clear waters and
wildlife everywhere….sometimes a bit too much wildlife as we saw our first
tiger snake slither across the beach.
After that we were all sure to wear our boots! Megan and Rosie learnt to snorkel here and as
well as fish and coral, they found a whale rib which was beyond excitement!
We then continued West and picked up Nanny Ann from Albany
airport and stayed at a farm near Denmark,
which was just lovely. We had some great days out, in particular a
trip to the huge trees at Valley of the
Giants and a day swimming at Green Pool Bay where the girls got a bit of a
shock snorkeling over sting rays! They
were out of the water super quick!
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| Learning to snorkel ! |
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| Cape Ritchie |
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| A dip at dusk at Cape Ritchie |
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| Valley of the Giants |
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| Nanny, Rosie and Megs |
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| Hippo Rock, WA |
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| Valley of the Giants, WA |
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| Spot of Alpaca feeding! |
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| Wave Rock ! |
From there, we headed inland through the wheatbelt and
that’s when we first experienced our “we really couldn’t live here” towns!
It was an eye opener to see how many places, which were once thriving communities,
have just become shells of their former selves.
We stayed at a place called Wickipen which, whilst a pretty town, showed
few signs of life. I’m sure there is a community spirit…we just
didn’t see it.
Anyway, we enjoyed taking the opportunity to visit Wave Rock at Hyden, which….you guessed it…..its a huge rock that looks like a wave!! very impressive….! as is Hippo’s Yawn…..yep, big rock that looks like a Hippo’s yawn!!!
The big excitement of wheatbelt country was Steve’s 50th! We’ve been thinking of all the positives of
being 50 and so far have…..he can join SAGA and get cheaper insurance! he’s not 60 yet and in Wickepin, when you turn
50 you get a free coffee (suspect that’s the Rest, Revive, Survive
stops!!)….any other positives gratefully received!!
Anyway, Nanny Ann has now flown onto Brisbane to see Steve’s sister and in a few days we are heading to a farm in Keysbrook, WA where we are doing a 3 week housesit. Steve in particular is looking forward to some “tinker time” on the truck!
Well, hope you are all enjoying restful weekends and will be in
touch again after Keysbrook!
Take care
xxx
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