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...

Day 39 Sat 18 Jun 16, Albany fine and sunny, 2 to 17 deg. Lovely clear and chilly morning. While we waited for the thermometer to reach a respectable temp, above 10deg would be nice, we had a hot brekky to warm us up. By about 9am it had rocketed up to 7deg so we got on our bikes and off we rode. First we followed the bike path out to Emu Point where Wendy proceeded to fall off when we were taking a shortcut to another path. Luckily it was a slow-mo half-hearted ...

Day 38 Fri 17 Jun 16, Albany, cloudy but no rain, 10 to 15 deg. First job on the list this morning was to get the Mazda BT 50 serviced, as we just clocked up 20,000km on it. Greg dropped it off at Albany Mazda at 8am and then walked back to the van park which was only 2km. Wendy had the clothes washing in full swing by this time and was working too; that's women for you, multitasking. With Wendy very busy, Greg took off on the bike for a recon around Albany. Stra...