Stuck in Albany WA

Our trip to Perth was uneventful stopping Sunset beach and at the Pinnacles on the way past. Sunset for Bill, Pinnacles for Bobbie. 

In Perth, Bobbie got her first Covid jab and we had an excellent brunch with friends Beryl and Mike at their nearby beach café at the Mullaloo Surf Club.

 

We then went down the coast to the Margaret River wine area. It is definitely getting colder and rainy. The days are still fine, and we took the tourist train to the end of the 1.8 km Busselton Jetty, and sampled wines at the Mr Barval winery. Very nice Cab-Sav.

 

We also spent a day doing a bike / hike along the Cape Naturalist coastline. Beautiful.

 

On the way to our next stop, Denmark, we took a detour to see the lighthouse at Cape Leeuwen where the Indian ocean meets the Southern Ocean.

 

Our next major stop was to be Cape Le Grand National Park for a weeklong stay at Lucky Bay.

However about 6 km south of Borden WA on the Chester Hill Rd. the Toyota HiLux left the road and ran into some trees and a fence. It seems the driver had a “micro-sleep” and the passenger was snoozing. Fortunately, there were no injuries at all. A very helpful local stopped to help and with the additional help of a local farmer and his large tractor’s forklift (to remove the tree behind the HiLux), we ended up in Albany.

 

The HiLux has been written off, and we expect the same for the Trayon camper, but NRMA insurance has not yet finished the assessment. The end of this trip.

Cheers Bill & Bobbie