Bussleton and the wine region of Margaret River were another magic experience. First stop was the coastal town of Bussleton, where we walked the town, checked out the longest jetty and then after the obligatory coffee, headed off to Margaret River.
Margaret River is a smorgasbord of wineries which are great if you are into cheese platters, wine tastings, wood fired pizza, antipasto, cellar door sales etc etc etc. There are heaps of shops selling Eco-friendly produce and hemp-based products, as well as beads, dried foliage and various culture-inspired home decorator items!! But even considering all this culture, it really was a pretty place.
After lazy days exploring beautiful coasts, quaint little townships, and wineries oozing culture, it was time to say goodbye to Bunbury in our usual fashion with a nice 'Big Breakfast' for Kevin in our favorite Bunbury Coffee Shop-Cafe Bean. After final packing and checks, with our first experience of raising and lowering the annexe turning out to be incident free, (I'm now quite hopeful that we are beginning to look like seasoned caravaners to onlookers!!) we headed to Perth to catch up with Kev's Uncle Trevor and Auntie Margaret, where we planned to stay for around a week doing caravan jobs, getting haircuts, seeing the sights, and preparing for the big trip north to Broome.
The weather was promising and showing definite signs of improvement with 24s and 25s forecast for over the weekend, It seemed we were at last starting to see some holiday-appropriate weather.
We arrived at Trevor and Margaret's after safely negotiating our way through the suburbs with caravan in tow. We were feeling like seasoned travellers, confident that we were definitely getting better at this. After spending a great afternoon and night catching up with news from home and chatting about the last time we were in WA 29 years ago, we thought an early night might be in order ready for our big trip to Rockingham planned for the next day.
The trip to Rockingham proved a success, we headed down with Uncle Trevor at the wheel, happy to leave the driving and navigating to the locals. It was a beautiful sunny day, and i could have killed for a cappuccino, but settled for a cup of tea that had been thermosed. The scenery was sensational and i got some great photos, even though Kevin has been seriously incapacitated as he has done some sort of damage to his hip, and is hobbling around like an old man. This is one day where I was able to walk faster than he could! I have been offering to hire a wheelchair or borrow a supermarket trolley to push him around - but he can't quite see the funny side of that!!
Tomorrow we'll potter around here and then make our way across the city with GPS guidance to catch up with old friends from Tas, PJ and Asha Maharaj, for dinner. Am fairly confident that the iPad and GPS will be working hard to get us there
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