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This day amongst all days became a special one for me as I got to understand this part of western australia a little better, we met up with our guide who turned out to be a really good bloke (Australian term) with his simple, honest and genuine manner as he took us around his country.
We called into the Whitman National Park that had been set aside amongst the bush for a collection of different activities from a steam railway to archery clubs but the target of our intentions was a private collections of indigenous animals that had been brought into the sanctuary.
The Kangaroos were truly friendly and inquisitive with our attentions and much smaller than I had imagined ( I reckon I could take one on in a boxing much) we were given pellets to feed them and I decided that I would carry out this task fairly and within no time at all I had several all quietly surrounding me with great patience (loved them) tried to get one in my bag but kept jumping out!
We continues to go around the facility and had the opportunity to touch a wangbat. Quallers & multitude of local birds .
The journey continued with us paying a visit to s petrol station in the middle of nowhere in the bush where we witnessed long distance trick (train) drivers coming in Bleary eyed (they often drive for three to four days across Australia.
Bob (the guide & driver) stopped in the middle of the bush and gave us the opportunity to hey off and experience what it was like - a range if exotic plants that looked so alien and hostile with the back drop of insect and fly life.
For lunch we pulled into Cavantes which had a lobster processing concern where we were shown a film and then had salad lunch & lobsters if you wanted. Off we went again in search of the Numburg national park which contained pinnacles of limestone petrified tree stumps which gave the whole scene a luna landscapes feel,
The trouble is that the amount of flies that would not leave you alone was very off-putting (the guide said it was ten times worse in the summer )
Our Final stop on the tour was camelot which had the moving sand dunes and because we were in this huge four wheel drive we bounced up and down the dunes.
Eventually stopping and being issued with sand boards, me and clare clambered up the dunes and we were the only ones who stood up and boasted properly down the slopes with everybody else on their bottoms - great experience (snow boarding for me now?
We then started our long journey home which lasted nearly two hours with the sun setting back drop around us taking place over the bush a truly sobering experience.
By the end of the day we had travelled nearly 600 km.
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