This was our spot in Busselton, was just lovely.

how about this for a (misformed) tree?

Left Busselton on Monday morning and on we went to Eaton, just above Bunbury, where John's cousin lives. It was only about an hours drive, so that was just nice. Found a caravan park in Australind, which is 5 minutes from his cousin, so that was good. We rang him and he came down to see us, had a talk of course and then he took us for a bit of a tour around the area. It is very nice here too. The camping is across the estuary, which is an inlet from the sea, it is like a really big lake. People fish and do watersports on there. His cousin and his wife took us out for dinner, which was lovely. So today we haven't ventured out, Gary came with a lot of photos from years ago and so on, so John really appreciated that.  Tonight we are having a barbie at their place.
Then yomorrow on to Fremantle, where we have booked a caravan place already, this one was recommended by some other caravanners and we can take the (free) bus into Fremantle and into Perth as well. So we will be staying there for a few days and hopefully go to Geraldton from there.

Went for a drive today into Fergusons Valley, very pretty, and there is a place on the corner of two roads named Gnomesville. The whole corner is donated with gnomes of all sorts, by people from all over Australia. It is quite extraordinary.

There are also a lot of wineries in this valley, and houses dotted in the hills.

When we got home we took it easy and soon enough it was happy hour again.......

Met some new nice people and chatted till it was nearly dark.

We just had biscuits and cheese for tea because we had a big lunch and we were both still full...

Had a bit of a lazy morning, still in Busselton, could really live here, just a lovely town.
Went on the jetty train this afternoon, jetty is 1.8 km long. (We took the easy way out.....)
Went into the observatory and saw the coral on the pylons, all different colours and lots of different fish swimming by. It was quite interesting, we had a good view, the sun was shining through, so it was double nice.
Also went for a drive along the beachfront and the houses were big and beautiful, most of them have very nice gardens.
Sorry have to go to happy hour with the neighbours, as you do......its that time of day......

I am back after a couple of drinks with fellow silver gypsies... and thought I put some photos on.

How about our treeman?......

Went for a drive today to the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse via Dunsborough, and went right to the top. Saw whales frolicking in the distance, weather just glorious.
Dunsborough is a nice little town, located near the beach, with beautiful homes.
Then we went to Yallingup, also on the coast, lovely drive. The area here is just gorgeous so we decided to stay here till Monday and than go onto Bunbury and catch up with one of Johns cousins.

(Sorry about some mistakes I made, I am still learning how to do it all on my blog.....)

This is what we saw across our van when we came home yesterday.....

We went to Augusta yesterday, Tuesday, and went to the lighthouse there, it is also the point where the Southern and the Indian oceans meat. Nice little township. After that we went to the Jewel Cave. We did a tour through there, amazing. 250 steps down and 250 steps up, buggered after that..... But it was well worth it.

Bottle brushes are very popular here, you see them everywhere and in beautiful colours. 

We didn't have service for 2 days, because we were out in a bushy caravan park in Gracetown.
When we left Pemberton, in the rain, we headed to Margaret River. The road to there was lovely through the forest. Luckily  the sun came out after a while so that was nicer travelling. We got to Margaret River well before lunch, it was only a couple of hours drive. We ended up in Gracetown caravan park, just 10kms north of Margaret river. A beautiful bushy caravan park, and all the spots were separated by bush, so you were not like sardines in a tin.....
We had a look around town in the afternoon, it is ok, I  think the area around there is what attracks people. The countryside is just lovely. We went to a beer factory and John had a tatste of 5 different beers.

 

How about this for a big (tree) root.

The wildflowers are just so pretty.

Today we went for a drive around the area, very green and all the dams are so full. It really is forest country here. The weather was warm and sunshine, but I think rain is on its way for tomorrow. But after that warm and sunny again, so we really can't complain.

We saw this one in the Valley of the Giants yesterday:. The trees

 there were really "giants".....