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...

Day 41 Mon 20 Jun 16, Margaret River, showers 12 to 16 deg. With all the wild weather over in the East, we're glad about being on the West Coast at the moment. However we don't miss out altogether it's showers and drizzle for us today. So after a hot brekky and with the pitter patter of rain on the roof Wendy decided to work. Well that takes care of Wendy's day; what can Greg do to keep himself out of mischief? First up he went for a walk around town, which is on...

Day 40 Sun 20 Jun 16, Albany to Margaret River 395km, cloudy but fine early with rain from about 11am, 10 to 18deg. Got away at 7:50am and headed for Mt Barker and then Manjimup where we had a walk around town. Couldn't avoid the bakery which had great looking vanilla slices. Wendy got one but Greg opted for the kabarna sausage in a pastry roll. Both nice with a coffee back at the van. Onward we went through some very impressive and diverse farming territory, wit...