Working at L.K.G. then off to the South

•      Perth
•      Hotham River
•      In a forest near Tone River
•     Shannon N.P.
•     Parry Beach
•     Moingup Springs Stirling N.P.
•     Lake Nunijup

I had a great experience working in Perth for 6 weeks.  It was a really good opportunity to be involved in a golf club rated in the top three courses in Australia for international tournaments. The staff at the club was a nice mix of people. However I was over cutting fairways twice a day and starting work at 4.00am by the end.

The Man hard at it

Hail storm hits the golf club a week before tournament

Hail at L.K.G club

Wash down at Lake Karrinyup Golf

It was like Best and Fairest, all the staff were congratulated
even me!

The Lake Karrinyup Golf staff

The black boys around the golf course were such a nice touch

Looking out from the annex during the hail storm

Cool mint anyone?  Hail that we got hit with

Hard at it (sweeping out the hail)

I think Di was over being a short term resident in a caravan park as the van was pretty much ready to go by the time I got back from my last shift on Sunday morning.

It’s good to be moving again, via Northam and York our first stop was beside a river in a rural area, nice and quiet compared to city living. (mind you we will miss the hot showers as they were like heaven)

We headed for our next camp spot which was going to be a reserve beside the Tone River, but after much trial and debate we couldn't compromise on locating the van on level ground so we took off, (in a huff). We ended up pulling onto a back road and parked on an unused gravel forest road for the night. (a bit spooky but so quiet)

MMMM...I'm not sure

Not much of a fence to keep these Chickens in. Spotted on the side of the road travelling between towns

Shannon N.P. was a picturesque spot - an old timber village that had been operating in the 50’s and then removed by 1970.  We discovered the old golf course that was reclaimed by the forest. The tees still had the hole and yardage. The showers were a wood fired boiler and were fantastic, wood supplied for your fire as well – bonus.

"the 7th Ah that way"  Shannon Golf Club

Parry Beach was a gem and cheap as well.  Nice location next to the beach, solar showers (afternoon hot shower time). We stopped here for a few days and took in the sights around the district – Denmark etc, ($10 a night too good to leave).

Carnaby's Cockatoo

We seem to come across plenty of Carnaby's in our travels ( threatened species apparently)

The Stirling Rangers N.P. meant we were going to get back into some serious hill climbing – by foot (the highest mountain in W.A. Bluff Knoll) we opted for the second highest, Mt Toolbrunup (40mt short of the highest) for the better view of the rangers and of course harder.  And yes it did turned out to be one of the harder uphill climbs we have done, loose scree (rock of all different sizes and unstable) – 2 hours for 2km.    Once we got to the top all the effort to get up there was forgotten except we had to share our prize view with a resident snake.

A great view of the surrounding countryside.

Di humpin up on the scree on Mt Toolbrunup

Hard climb over the scree up Mt T

Looking over the Stirling Ranges

On top of Mt To (the ripples in the rock are old sea beds)

Not a bad lunch stop. What you have to do to get phone reception in W.A.!

We also climbed up to the granite skywalk at Poronguryup N.P., as a day trip from the Stirling Ranges -  well worth it to see some engineering built around the granite boulders.

Up to the top of the sky walk in the Poronguyrups

The W.A. National Parks went to alot of trouble for this look out

up Sky view at Poronguyrups N.P.

Down we go

Carnaby's finger food

A couple of locals

We are currently sitting beside Lake Nunijup another freebee enjoying the quiet and planning our next leg towards Mt Barker and Albany.

Hooroo