Today we head North towards Perth to spend a couple of days with Terry and Sue at Mandurah (met up with them at Flinders Rangers). They were originally from Zimbabwe and are very good friends (considered part of the family actually) with the Beswick family.
An easy 50km to Busselton where we headed directly to the famous pier which stretches almost 2km out into the sea. This 19 century jetty is made out of wood so it has done well to survive intact. There's normally a train that runs on it and an underwater observatory at the end however, they were both closed. We were very impressed by the foreshore here; it's already very impressive but there was more work happening when we visited.
It was then only 52km up the road to Bunbury. We found a nice parking area for the truck and van (which isn't always easy) next to the beach and brewed up. Just as we finished mornos it started raining so we decided to give the walk to town a miss.
Our next stop was Clifton Lake. However, we couldn't find a bitumen road to the actual lake and didn't fancy heading down an unfamiliar sandy track with all the rain around. So we found a nice spot, just off the highway next to a hotel/motel, and had some lunch.
We pulled into Sue and Terry's about 1:30pm and
set up in their driveway. They live in a beautiful neighbourhood within a large
canal development, but not directly on the water. It's all only about 5 years
old but it already looks well established. After a cuppa and catch-up they took
us on a bike tour of the area. We were very impressed with both the
cycling/walking paths and the area. Some stunning homes and boats. The light
was fading and it was getting a bit nippy by the time we got back about 4:30pm.
