Back at the beach!

We spent another 10 days by the beach and thoroughly enjoyed our time at Dongara.  It's a really lovely little place.  We were able to walk nearly everywhere and also took the bike out a bit too.  Every morning we'd go for a long walk alongside the beach and then follow up with a surfing/boogie boarding session :)  I don't know if I mentioned that we got a boogie board for me to use and Bun said the kids would have been amazed to see me in the surf lol.

We did have a couple of days with drizzly weather but overall it was lovely and warm, if a bit humid sometimes.

There was one day that I didn't venture into the water as there were blue-bottle stingers floating around.  They were washed up on the beach over a few days so I was cautious.  As Bun said if anyone was going to get stung and have a bad reaction, it would be me!!

I tried taking some shots of the marina at night but I think I need a lot more practice.  It would probably help to use the timer on the camera so that I don't move it when pressing the button down!

We left Dongara on Monday morning and went through Mingenew and stayed at Morowa overnight. The photos below were in Coalseam Conservation Park.  We stopped for a walk around but decided that we would move on rather than stay with the flies overnight.

As we got out of the truck here, I spotted a HUGE monitar lizard going up the cliff at an amazing speed, considering the steepness of it!!!  I'm sure if Bun hadn't seen it too, he would have said I was dreaming.  He reckoned it was probably a couple of metres long!!

We drove alongside the rabbit proof fence for quite a while.

Bun told me to get on top of the truck for a better view...............

Not so sure about the better view??

We stayed overnight in Beacon, a very friendly little town.  The caravan park was lovely and so quiet...we were the only ones there :)

It was very cheap too, $20 for a site and they give you a $10 voucher to spend anywhere in the shire!!

Kara sent this photo, she's encouraging Kasiah to crawl :)

More of the DELICIOUS cinnamon donut bliss balls!! They really are amazing and actually good for you, got to love that :))

I worked out that we have been away for about 9 weeks now and in that time I have used a pan ONCE!!  Obviously we've used the BBQ but other than that, the Thermomix RULES!!

Sylvana, that one's for you hahahaha

I can't resist this one either!

For those people who've been reading this blog for a while....Jenny Schober found this little TROLL and sent me a picture hahahahaha

Apologies to any vegetarians but this made us laugh!

We climbed rocks a lot this week.  We've been at Beringbooding Rock and Elachbutting Rock amongst others.We had an overnight stay in Westonia and met a couple from Albany.  We'll probably try and catch up with them when we get down there as local knowledge is so good!

We went through Merredin and did some stocking up at the supermarket.  Bun said that it was a Walmart moment.....in fact it was probably a Walmart hour!!  There are some funny people in town :)

Although we met this beautiful boy!! He was so well behaved and just lay outside the shop until his  human came back, then he figured it was okay to come over and talk to us :)  He's a Bull Mastiff so I'm not sure if that's what Bronson (Megan's dog) is but he is enormous!

We stayed near Roe Dam last night and we are now at Wave Rock near Hyden.  We're doing a catchup on the mountain of washing this morning and as soon as it's all hung out, we'll head off and do some of the walks here.  Apparently it's spectacular at sunset and sunrise so that's what I'm aiming for.

We have been able to organise where we'll be over Easter, we will be at a park in Rockingham, just below Perth, from 16th-22nd.  Hopefully we will be catching up with David and Nat who are going to be in Perth leading up to Easter.  Also seeing Peter and Bev, cousins to Fi, as well as seeing Megan and getting to meet Bronson! Megan's not sure if her boyfriend, Shane, will be around, he works away.  We have to get contact numbers for Pip and Fletch and Max to see if they will be around while we're in town.

We have also booked in to a park close to the airport and are able to store vehicles there for $3 a night while we fly back to SA!!  That was a bargain find as most of the caravan parks charge about $40 a night for a site which would have made it costly. 

Once we get back from Winkie, we hope to start heading north as it will be getting quite cool by then and we all know Bun doesn't do cold very well.

I think the 3rd load of washing is ready to go on now so I'll disappear and do the chores....such a shame that there are always chores LOL

Cheers
Anne