So tom was breathalised in entering... .Augusta ticks no boxes... Augusta itself was the first place ships arrived in Western Australia.1830......and these settlers struggled....it's where the Indian Ocean and southern ocean meet..it's mean wild seas....and while we were there we git a taste of the bad winds and bleakness those settlers faced.....after ten years those settlers left.....Augusta was empty...late in the 1930's and 1940's the government did free ...

Guess you'd sum up Wonnerup as hardship, tradgedy and persistence.... They had a tiny extension to the house to hold a schoolmistress to teach their eleven kids....they had rules she had to live by, one was no men....no marriage, in bed by 8......

Everyone recommends the Lavendar Cafe...it's a nostril delight...well if you like the smell of Lavendar which I do....it was a scented mauve or is it purple experience....I said mauve tom said purple...what colour is Lavendar?? They had Lavendar products to buy....Lavendar scones, ice spcream....plus lots of other tastes treats....made me smile the bin bags in loo and loo colour is all Lavendar colour....if you stayed too long you'd dream of Lavendar.... The cr...

Up early out on the boat, it was very choppy to start and I could barely stand up, but it got much calmer as we left the crosswinds.....it was very nippy and we aren't exactly dressed for being cold.....but I soon forgot my shivers when the whales started to appear...there was a group ahead and the boat got very close , engines off and we just floated so close...tom says I was like an excited child.....this was a small boat and I even forgot my fear of water and ...

Busselton , an easy three house drive from Perth....has the longest jetty in Australia, just a few meters shorter then uks south end pier....hence there is a train.....so off we went " choo choo"....the idea was to walk back but as it was very windy we cheated and took the train.....it's a sweet seaside town, clean and nice to wander around..... The afternoon was spent visiting one of the first settlers homes in the area...Wonnerup house.......sun was shining.....