Welcome to the next installment in the adventures of Aaron, Lib, Asha, Charlie and Bess.
28/05/2016
Day 1. Today as we drove out the gate we found we had no indicators. What a
great start to our next adventure. We pulled into the tyre fitters to have our
tyres checked only to be told we needed four new tyres across the back. While
this was happening Lib went into Woollies to do some shopping and when the tyres
had been changed, upon further inspection we had no lights at all except for
hazards. There were no auto electrician’s open so we headed to Rose Gardens CP,
Emu Point to see out the weekend. It was good to relax for a couple of days
after all the frantic effort spent cleaning and packing to depart Albany.
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| Lib's Presents |
30/05/2016.
Day 3. So we headed to the auto electrician’s this morning and they managed to
sort out all our issues, but we didn’t get to depart Albany til 12 pm. We drove
as far as Wagin today and pulled up for the night. Today is also Lib’s
birthday. It hasn’t been a great one and she even had to cook her own birthday
dinner. But she did get a lot of love from all our friends and family.
31/05/16. Day
4. Stupid bloody body clock. I think it’s going to take us a little while to
retrain ourselves to not waking so early in the morning. Today we were up at
5 am and it’s freezing at Wagin (5C).
We left Wagin nice and early and
took our obligatory photo of Bess with the Big Ram. We followed the hwy up
through Lake Grace and then on to Kulin to have a look at the Tin Horse
Highway. It is really creative and I can certainly see why it attracts
attention. The cockies in the area have really been inventive in their designs.
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| Hotel Accommodation @ Lake Grace |
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| Tin Horse Highway @ Kulin |
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| Big Ram @ Wagin |
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| Tin Horse Highway @ Kulin |
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| Tin Horse Highway @ Kulin |
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| Tin Horse Highway @ Kulin |
After Kulin we drove out to
Hyden and Wave Rock where we are spending the night in the CP. At sunset we
went to look at “The Rock” and the colours and the formation were amazing. We
stayed to watch the sun go down and it was spectacular. We traversed the top of
the rocky outcrop to see the dam and the man-made catchment which feeds it. It
really is a special place and we are looking forward to exploring more of the
area tomorrow.
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| Wave Rock @ Hyden |
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| Wave Rock @ Hyden |
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| Wave Rock @ Hyden |
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| Wave Rock @ Hyden |
01/06/2016
Day 5. Today we woke up a little later at 7 am but we were still slow to start
and didn’t get out the gate of the CP til 10am. We parked in the car park at
Wave Rock and walked the loop trail out to see the Hippo’s Yawn.
After jumping back in Bess we
drove out a short way to Mulka’s Cave where we were amazed to see our first
ever sight of Aboriginal rock art. What a great experience. We look forward to
seeing much more on this trip.
We said goodbye to Hyden and
traveled today through Merriden where we saw the longest grain storage shed in
the southern hemisphere and on up to Nungarin where we are spending the night in
the shire CP. It is a very new facility at the local sports oval and is cheap
as chips at $16.50 a night.
Tomorrow we now head for the
coast.
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| Hippo's Yawn @ Hyden |
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| Mulka's Cave @ Hyden |
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| Mulka's Cave @ Hyden |
03/06/2016 Day 7. Yesterday we departed Nungarin and made our way westwards. We traveled
through Northam and spent the night at the Bindoon Oval where we paid $20 to
plug into power at the town post office. It was a quiet night with only one
other van there. When it got dark there were no street lights on in the town
and the array of stars in the sky was amazing. It was a great spot next to the oval and Charlie was able to get out and chase his ball.
It was a long way out to Hyden
to see Wave Rock and when we totaled our kilometers we found we had traveled
1200 km’s to be 90 km’s north of Perth.
Today we kept making for the
coast. When we arrived at Lancelin we discovered that the return spring on the accelerator
cable had snapped. Luckily it was right at the connection and not half way up.
I was able to make a new join by bending one of the coils and then re-attaching
it and it was right as rain. But in true Aaron fashion in fixing that problem I
caused another by tearing out the speaker cable from the plug for the external
speaker of our CB. It should be a cheap fix though as it was only an extension
cable and we should be able to source one in Geraldton.
Is your camera good enough to take pictures of the stars at night? - Bek
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