15 April, 2015

I’m on the road again.  Had an absolutely wonderful time in and around Perth being with Summer, Bradley and Willow and generally soaking up the fabulous Perth atmosphere and scenery.  I would live in Fremantle in a heart beat.  Just love that place!

Cottesloe Beach hosts Sculptures by the Sea each year.  I was lucky enough to go last year and then again this year. Such a fun way to showcase artworks (and you all know how arty I am – not!).  Here’s a couple of pics –

 

There were even some underwater sculptures which I intended to check out, but sadly it didn’t happen.

After Perth I headed to one of my fave spots, Guilderton –

a very sleepy little town on the coast and at the head of the Moore River. What a really fabulous spot to camp.  Hi Betty, I can see you down there.

After that I choofed inland to Toodyay –

a cute little country town with … well, not that much … but cute just the same.

Then I took off, along the road to Gidgegannup, singing at the top of my lungs to my favourite P!nk tunes.  Let’s fast forward now a couple of weeks past the tours by the WA Ambulance Services and the  Swan and Royal Perth Hospitals, and I’m back on the road!!!

After once again leaving Perth, I headed north to the Nambung Cattle Station, a 5,000 acre station bordering the Nambung National Park which is where the Pinnacles are.  Oh my, what absolute bliss!  A reasonably good dirt road with only a few corrugations here and there leads to -nothing really except cows, acres of pasture, lots and lots of birds and quiet, quiet, quiet.  My first night there I slept 12 hours straight without even a pee break.  It was soooo dark and soooo quiet.  Absolute bliss!  Brian is the owner and he’s a friendly guy who likes to go travelling in his caravan and wanted to provide a nice place for like minded people to stop.

I really loved the place.

After a few days there I headed west to Cervantes, the lobster capital of WA.

Yes, of course, I took myself to dinner.  Even put some lippy on!

Cervantes is a tiny little fishing village and, I do mean tiny.  There’s a caravan park, a service station, motel and pub.  That’s it.  However, it is also home to a large lobster fishing fleet.

This morning I went on a tour of the Cervantes islands and made some new friends along the way –

Look at how beautiful the coastline is and how very clean and clear the water.

After returning to the jetty, I walked along the beach to the local café for my morning shot.  I stopped and looked toward the horizon just as a seal popped its head up and looked toward me.  Fantastic!

Tomorrow morning I’ll pack up and head north.  I’ve met so many lovely people who want to share their adventures with me and have told me about many spots along the way that I just mustn’t miss.  My Camp7 is riddled with pencil scrawlings and notations on each place that is a ‘must go to’.  So much to see!

I’m likely to be in and out of range over the next few weeks as I head to Exmouth to do my longed for swim with the whale sharks but I’ll blog as soon as I’m in range again.