Day 46 Sat 25 Jun 16, Perth, cloudy with heavy rain and morning showers, fine & sunny in the afternoon, 8 to 16 deg. Showers fairly consistent this morning so after brekky we jumped into the truck and headed for Fremantle. Even though it was wet it was still a nice place to spend a few hours. The Winter Festival was on; there was ice skating and tobogganing so the weather outside matched that. We ended up taking shelter in a boutique brewery, Little Creatures...

Day 45 Fri 24 Jun 16, Mandurah to Perth, 85km, 10 to 18 deg. An early morning walk (3.97km) around a very nice estate started the day. As it was a short drive today we took our time over brekky and just chatted with Sue and Terry. Sorry we couldn't stay longer, but we'll be back, that's a threat!! (Thanks for your wonderful hospitality Sue and Terry.). We also wanted to avoid the peak-hour traffic in Perth so we said our farewells about 9:35am and were almost dir...

Day 44 Thurs 23 Jun 16, Mandurah, cloudy with some sunshine, 10 to 16deg. Took the opportunity to do some clothes washing this morning as the weather looked half decent. Once it was on the line we took off on our bikes into town. The town centre doesn't seem much but both the marina area and "Little Venice" were very well done. Park the launch right outside the patio and live like a movie star! There has been an awful lot of money pumped into the area and many pe...

Day 43 Wed 22 Jun 16, Margaret River to Mandurah, 210 km, cloudy with showers, 12 to 17 deg. Today we head North towards Perth to spend a couple of days with Terry and Sue (saw them at Flinders Rangers) at Mandurah. They were originally from Zimbabwe and are very good friends (considered part of the family actually) with the Beswick family. An easy 50km to Busselton where we headed directly to the famous pier which stretches almost 2km out into the sea. This 19 c...

Day 42 Tues 21Jun 16, Margaret River, cloudy with a couple of showers, 7 to 15 deg. With the weather much improved today we started our Margaret River tour in earnest. Lots of kms to cover so it's in the truck. The winery region alone has over 200 vineyards spread over a huge area. Not counting the breweries, chocolate factories, nougat places, providores and butchers of all description. We didn't intend to do them all. The main concentration of attractions is in...