Thankfully the rain eased off so we were able to finish closing up the trailer and start off for Margaret River.
We passed through some beautiful country side with rolling hills, big properties, horses, black/brown/white cattle, lamas, sheep and dams full of water.
Wildflowers in abundance with arum lilies in most of the waterways.
However it continued to rain with some very heavy falls which caused us to slow down and stop as the visibility was reduced to almost nil. Here they have been in a state of drought for the last seven years so of course the farmers are overjoyed with the rain.The water restrictions however are still in force though the dam levels have almost reached 50% which is nearly double what they were a few months ago.
Our route from Perth took us across country by passing Bunbury.We just missed the opening of the new 73 km highway which is due to be opened this Sunday 20th, which will cut off half an hour from the route we had to take.
As we listening to an interview with Thomas Kenneally on the radio he was talking about his new book Australians and a chapter on Captain Stirling and the massacre of the aboriginals in Pinjarra,which we happened to be driving through at the time and then passing Sterling's cottage. Quite a coincidence we thought.
When we arrived at the Margaret River Tourist Park it just started to rain again as we checked in. We found our site and waited for a break in the weather and then very quickly set up. Thankfully the rain eased off so when we had finished we decided to stretch our legs and go for a walk down the local high street. Well we got soaked, as no sooner had we started off the rain came gushing down. We had had enough so we headed back home and tried to dry off before settling down for the evening. After our dinner we tried to have a game of scrabble but we were both too tired so we called it a day and turned in, listening to the rain belting down every now and again along with some strong wind gusts.
The weather forecast for the next few days didn’t sound encouraging either.
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