Today was a travelling day, so not a lot to talk about. We packed the car, said goodbye to our English neighbours Emma and Simon, and set off on our way to Albany, via Nannup, Manjimup and Mount Barker where we had lunch in a very good little bakery.
The drive started off in mostly jarrah forest then there were some karri trees in places, some smaller acacias and banksias too, with the occasional bit of cleared land, mostly sheep and some dairy cattle. Most of the drive was in forest of some sort, very interesting watching the changes as we went along.
When we arrived we drove out to Emu Point, which seemed to have some good places to stay, but decided that it’s just a bit too far away from the town, so we came back and found the Tourist Information office, hoping to get some advice about accommodation. They have a free booking service and found us a lovely little cottage, only two blocks away from the main street – uphill to be sure, but not far and not too steep.
It’s an Edwardian style cottage, polished hardwood floors (probably jarrah we think) and fully set up for visitors. Because we’re staying for a week we get a discount, just to make it that little bit better. I’ll put some photos of the view from the balcony on the slideshow, check it out!
On the way down we were talking about the speed limits. The freeway that goes into Perth from the south has only been open for a few weeks, divided road, two lanes in each direction, speed limit 100 km/h. The road we came across today to Mount Barker, usual one lane each way, lines to mark the sides in places, speed limit 110 km/h. Any ideas? Doesn’t make sense at all.
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