Hi Everyone. Sorry its been so long. Time has been flying on by for us. We had a fantastic 3 days in and around Albany, and we had a dairy feast travelling thru Denmark.
We got to Albany, and for all us east coasters that’s pronounced Al - bany as the locals assert. We drove in on Sunday morning hoping to go to church ‘somewhere’. we followed the signs to the visitor centre until there were no more signs, then we got lost. So we turned around, heading for the car, when I stumbled across a bookmark lying on the ground, from a local family church Christmas carols. Coincidence? So we logged on the net, since we didn’t have any maps and couldn’t find the visitor centre, and googled our way to church. Great service, followed by a bbq at a very welcoming family’s house. Ended up getting a few mud maps on some great campsites around, which, eventually is where we stayed for three nights. Oh, to not have to set up/pack up for a while. Relief! While in Albany it rained, blew, rained some more, shone, then rained again. In amongst all that we got to see ‘Whale World’ (where we couldn’t stop singing the Wayne’s World theme song), where we found out that Australia has a rich whaling industry, finished not so many years ago! Notice how we don’t bring that up when bringing down the Japanese… We saw some pretty amazing rock formations, ‘The Gap’ and ‘natural bridge’. We went to the blowholes, and conveniently it was very windy, therefore being a great experience (except for the 78 step climb back to the car…)
At our campsite (Floodgates) we had a local bandicoot, which I think had a wife and child, but they didn’t always stay together for photo opportunities…
We also had some cool neighbours, who were helpful in teaching us about fishing and fish filleting etc. They also pointed out some great campspots on the north west coast, for which Emily and I both invested in snorkelling gear.
On Wednesday, we travelled in and around Denmark and thanks to some generous friends we were treated to a lovely cheese platter and drinks at the Denmark Farmhouse Cheese. From there we drove to the honey meadery and treated ourselves to some honey ice cream, and I got to try out my Dutch to the shopkeeper - admittedly my Dutch is very poor. We then travelled to the toffee factory, where we discovered we didn’t have much cash remaining, no surprises… but found enough to get a little. Banana toffee if you’re wondering.
After all the eating, we decided it was time to try catch some more food, in the ocean. So we drove to Boat Harbour inlet and found a nice spot off the rocks, where *coughEmcough* caught a Gurnard Perch, which we read is venomous, but we cooked it up anyway. No signs, of vomiting so its all good. After I tried and failed to gain some fishing cred we left and went to set up camp. Parry beach was our final destination, which is where we are writing from.
In the mean time we will meet up with Emily’s parents this weekend in Bunbury, then continue head back and keep going with the great south west. Until next time, over and out.
On Wednesday, we travelled in and around Denmark and thanks to some generous friends we were treated to a lovely cheese platter and drinks at the Denmark Farmhouse Cheese. From there we drove to the honey meadery and treated ourselves to some honey ice cream, and I got to try out my Dutch to the shopkeeper - admittedly my Dutch is very poor. We then travelled to the toffee factory, where we discovered we didn’t have much cash remaining, no surprises… but found enough to get a little. Banana toffee if you’re wondering.
After all the eating, we decided it was time to try catch some more food, in the ocean. So we drove to Boat Harbour inlet and found a nice spot off the rocks, where *coughEmcough* caught a Gurnard Perch, which we read is venomous, but we cooked it up anyway. No signs, of vomiting so its all good. After I tried and failed to gain some fishing cred we left and went to set up camp. Parry beach was our final destination, which is where we are writing from.
In the mean time we will meet up with Emily’s parents this weekend in Bunbury, then continue head back and keep going with the great south west. Until next time, over and out.
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