We had a lazy start today, as we only planned a short day out. We went to Denmark via the highway, had a good drive through mostly grazing country – dairy cattle and some sheep. We had made some sandwiches to take for lunch, which we had in Denmark in a very pleasant little park by the river. Later we went for a drive around the town and found the information centre and there we saw a wood turning workshop, had a chat with the wood turner for a while, then went inside where we found the world’s largest water barometer, it’s 12 metres high is a replica of the one he built originally in the Netherlands. Very interesting thing to see – Les walked up all the steps to the top and saw the water boiling in the vacuum created at the top. This allows a reading to be taken and the vacuum is released and the water falls back to the tub below, then the cycle happens all over again.
While Les was doing that I found the wood turner’s wife busy at the spinning wheel and had a bit of a chat with her for a while. Spinning looks interesting and definitely challenging!
As we were walking back to the exit Les looked out the window and saw Simon, our neighbour from the Busselton park, on his way in. Emma was in the car and came in to say hullo and exchange news. They were on their way to Albany to look for work and see a bit more of the country.
We headed off back to Albany via the coast road, and went out to the blowhole, which wasn’t active today, then round to the Gap and the Natural Bridge, rock formations caused by movements of the earth.
Home again after shopping for dinner, and a quiet night.
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