It had been a noisy night with the wind, the rain, the angry ocean and rumbling thunder. The rain was still absolutely thrashing down when we got up and continued to do so for most of the day. The sun did make a brief appearance though mid afternoon when a small piece of blue sky broke through the gloom. We were going to go and see the dramatic scenery at the Tondirrup National Park today but didn't bother. Hopefully we will go tomorrow if the rain clears. We jus...

We awoke and tentatively looked out of the window half expecting to be surrounded by angry birds! We weren't exactly surrounded but there were two birds loitering nearby. Luckily by the time we ventured out to the amenities block they had gone and we both returned showered and clean without incident. We had brekky and then hit the road back to Albany. It was dry but overcast when we left Mount Barker but soon after leaving rain started to come down. It didn't tak...

We were quite sad to leave Mt Trio as it had been such a lovely place to stay but onward we must go. After brekky we hit the road. The mountains looked very dramatic and brooding today as they were shrouded in cloud and mist. We had decided to go back to the Porongurup Range today to do the Hayward Peak and Nancy Peak walk. This was a great walk that I did back in November. When we got to the car park the dark clouds looked a bit threatening but there were patche...

We got up late and decided to have an easy day. We had a leisurely brekky, listened to music and read our books and before we knew it the afternoon was upon us. After lunch we went over to the table tennis room and had a ping pong challenge. We played the best of twelve games. It was a fun but very hard fought and even contest and it ended up coming down to the last game and the very last point to decide it. Unfortunately for Jay she lost and I was the ping pong ...

It had rained during the night but was dry when we got up. This was good as we intended to climb a mountain today. It started spitting again whilst we were having brekky but luckily this cleared by the time we hit the road. It was just a short drive through the national park to the Bluff Knoll car park. As we got closer and wound our way up to the car park the Bluff Knoll peak loomed more and more ominously. The summit though wasn't shrouded in cloud and some blu...