We really loved the little town of Westonia. Our meal on the friday night was great, we both had lamb shanks. When we came out of the tavern, the main street was all lit up.
Just as beautiful by night ,as by day. We made our way back to the van, agreeing we could stay longer, but no, we better move on.
The next morning we stopped in for brunch, at the cafe where a boilermaker, turned barista, makes the best chai latte. Had a burger, said our farewells, then a couple more stops as we headed out of town.
An interesting old church, a well preserved, old rock well and some different flowers along the back roads.
In the little town of Shackleton, we came across the littlest operating bank in Australia. They have a model set up inside when its closed. Also an interesting story to the building.
Another interesting find along the way near Kwolyin, was the place where the steel tractor wheel was converted to rubber.
We stopped at Kokerbin rock, and decided not to climb it as we are all rocked out at the moment. It’s starting to get too hot to be climbing rocks and the track around the base was very overgrown. We have also seen a number of brown snakes in the last week, so I’m being rather cautious when out taking photos in the bush. I hate snakes!
Next stop was a little old church at Mt Stirling, not much left of this one, compared to the well preserved timber church not far away at Greenhill, but was in a nice bush setting. Another well preserved rock well out in bush.
Also in Greenhill we stopped for a late lunch at the Tavern, and waited for a storm to pass. We had, had enough for the day, so pulled into an off road camp for the night.
The next morning the sun was shining again, and not sure where to next, we needed a park close to Perth, so I found this little gem on wiki camps. I rang the owner and he said, make yourselfs at home, I’m away, but I’ll see you in a couple of days !! It turned out to be a bush retreat 40 klms from Perth. Just $20 a night for power and water. What a find, only a couple of other vans here, and so relaxing.
There are two dams on the property, ducks, birds, some sheep and a couple of friendly horses.
The property is for sale, so the owners are downsizing, and not taking extended bookings in the future. We are here for 4 nights, so making the most of being close to Perth. We went shopping yesterday and Chris’s has now put roof bars on the car. A must have….
There are still quite a few different flowers out here, especially kangaroo paws. and Im enjoying just wandering around taking photos and talking to the animals.
Thats it for now tomorrow we are off to Perth for breakfast, and a roof basket, to put on the newly installed roof racks, another must have …., then hopefully catch up with a cousin of mine . Keep well everyone more next week.
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