Wow, 7 months on the road, and still enjoying it.
Last week we stayed at Gidgedales Retreat, which was a handy base while going in to Perth a few times.
It’s always a treat to have brunch at the North Beach Deli. owned by friends daughter. Beautifully presented food, and on the waterfront at North Beach . I needed to walk of some calories after that. so next was a visit to Kings Park and a couple of hours walking around the Botanical gardens.
A lot of the flowers have finished now, but still enough out to keep me snapping.
It was a good day for a walk in the park, the views over the Swan River were nice and the tree top glass walk was new to us .
This fellow was camera shy , and took off.
From there we visited my Cousin Geoff and wife. Good to catch up again over a cuppa and more sweet treats.
So that was a big day in the city. The sun was starting to go down as we drove out of Perth. A beautiful city.
We headed North from Gidgegannup last Friday, did some shopping in Toodyay, then on to GinGin where we visited a friend, Wayne and his wife, who Chris met at Telfer mine, whilst working at Port Hedland. We ended up having a lovely lunch with them, before moving on .
We noticed there were more nature areas around Yandin ,so we stopped in a bush camp that night and did the walks the next day. Nice views from the Yandin lookout.
The next day was a stop in the little town of Moora for a cuppa. These small towns in the wheat belt sure know how to attract visitors. The gardens there were spectacular. They consisted mainly of Roses, stocks, snap dragons and such that we grew around our homes back in the day. The purfume was beautiful.
Not far away and heading to Wongan Hills to spend a few days, we drove up to the Mount O’Brien lookout. The view from there overlooks the wheat belt area. All the canola has finished flowering now and the farmers are starting to harvest.
On through Wongan Hills to Lake Ninan for a couple of days.
Another nice lake stop…but flies and mosquitoes are atrocious at the moment, so I just popped out of van for a short time for my pics. Fly nets are a must now.
We are now back in town at the RV Park, Wongan Hills. We will go on to Kalannie at the weekend and stay at the caravan park there. Chris is going to work for friends that he drove for 4 yrs ago. We intended seeing them while over here, and they need drivers. So that will be us till Christmas.
I’m really looking forward to seeing everyone at Kalannie, as we were part of the little community for 7 months, back in 18/19. We also have a meet and greet, pre harvest BBQ to attend on Sunday. That’s about it for now, Chris is busy resting in the shade, it’s a hot windy 33° today. Summer is here.