Albany

Yesterday (19/4) we went to Cape Richie and stayed there overnight.  Not much to do there except to go fishing, and a bit of relaxation.  Lidia went for a walk and looked for shells on the shelly beach, and played with Kangaroos again.

Its claimed to be a salmon fishing point, but there was none there that I could find.  I did catch enough Australian Herrings for a meal, and had a run from a monstor sting ray (I guess beauses there was no landing).

  Lidia and I had a swim in the quiet area of the beach where there were no waves, and we shared our swim with a giant ray.  Didn't bother us, he was just cruising along.



20/4/13 We drove into Albany, and circled the town along the scenic drive.

I got some new boots for the Pathy.  The old tyres didn't have much tread left, but were soft and being punished by the dirt roads.  The tyre I repaired, was slowly leaking, and the spare I could not repair.  So now, we have 4 new Light Truck duty tyres, and a good spare








Lidia found her giant dog head rock.  The legend goes that the dog rescued a 3 year old girl from natives but got speared doing it.  They burried the dog on the hill, and the next day there was an land slide, and this boulder has been there since.

We then headed for the national park. There are no free camps locally, and the caravan parks are expensive, but we did manage to find one on our route for $30 per night. At least it has grass again, not dirt to park on. Once we set the van and Lidia did some washing, we didnt feel like doing anything else, so we didnt make it to the national park.

 

I bought a 30 can slab of WA bare bones beer - EMU export, and enjoyed a quiet few by the water