WA school holidays are over and all of a sudden we seem to be on our own. It's amazing to have an almost empty caravan park, but unfortunately local shops are also shut. After lunch we went to the beach for a paddle and some fishing with plenty of herring and some more whiting caught.

Yes it's fine and sunny with a light offshore breeze so after lunch we walked to the local beach to do some fishing. Small whiting were caught from the first cast but none were big enough to keep which was good, our freezer is quite small. By the time I headed for the pool we had six herring in the bucket and Dad was licking his lips. The good weather looks like continuing for at least another week.

A quiet day checking out the beaches in Ledge Point and having a swim in the pool. The coastline has numerous reefs which limit the waves and swimming opportunities for us, but we think there are a few good waves to the north which we’ll explore tomorrow. And it’s warming up again - perfect weather for Dad to go fishing.

After a number of showery days the weather is sunnier and we head back to the coast through Northam, Toodyay, Bindoon (nice bakery) and Gingin. We stop in Northam to do some shopping and schoolwork at the library. The grain silos in Northam have some great street art on them – a pity there isn’t more of this on dull industrial buildings. Although it’s still school holidays here the caravan park at Ledge Point is reasonably quiet.