Southwest Series: Manjimup

No, really, its a real place!



About another hour west of Walpole, really warm and humid! Well, back in the days where I thought the 30's were beyond ridiculous. That's was before I was introduced to the mid 40's!



Anyways, like a lot of the places before, there's not much going on here, its mainly a working town, lots of backpackers go to do fruit picking. However, as you may have noticed, me and my Scottish freckles don't do well with the heat, so working outside wouldn't go well!



What I did find however, was The Timber and Heritage Park, with lots of history about the kind of work that used to happen in Manjimup, and still does! It also made for pleasant wandering, So, once again, follow the photos. . .

Even though I know he doesn't read it, Andy, the train ones are for you!

And I absolutely did not pretend to be a train driver!

Reeeeeeaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy loooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnggg tttrrrreeeeeeeeeeeessssssss

I'm standing n the middle, you can see to the left then to the right.

Have a nice day!

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Southwest Series: Walpole

Hello

Number 3 in the 'Series'. Only 2 more left until It'll just be the plain old blog again! Again, mainly pictorial, but that's what you all come here for, right (and you all I mean the 7 people that actually cast a glance this way from time to time. Thank you all! Magnificent, One might say. . . )

Anyways, Walpole, about 45 mins West from Denmark, home to the The Very famous Vally of the Giants treetop walk!. However, there are no photo's here. Oh no. The reason being that the walkway isn't actually in walking distance from the town, you need a car to get there, Irony of Ironies!

However, there is a nice little bush/lakeside walk that leads to the beach, and, the pictures will show you the way. . .

Now, Just in case you were wondering, I absolutely did not step on the bottom-left hand side plank, have it spring towards me, almost hitting my face, then causing me to almost fall into the lake to avoid face collision . . .

Just in case you were wondering!

Arrival! However due to the amount of flies that followed me along the entire walk (about an Hour and a Half) I was a wee bit annoyed, so sat, admired, then hid in the toilets just for some respite. Honestly though, if you haven't been here, you can't judge! But, overall, very nice, windy, so almost crashy waves. . .almost

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Southwest Series: Denmark

Just a mini post really, I didn't realise that I didn't really take a lot of pictures here, I must have been too busy soaking up the atmosphere. An hour west of Albany, Denmark is the most peaceful place I've come across yet, very green (yes, they have green here!) , riverside, and very quiet, plus I even have photographic evidence that it does rain here!

It really had the most peaceful atmosphere, I don't know if it was the green, the river, the quiet or the fact it was raining (even though it was hot too!) but it was a lovely place to spend a few days.

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Southwest Series: Albany

Albany


Small town, 6 hours South of Perth, although apparently its more like 4 and a half if you travel by car, rather than coach, and it reminded me strangely of Plymouth, as the town was on a hill, and the beaches/coastal Walk reminded me of Jennycliffe (don't know if you've been, although I know at least one of you have, you know who you are! I hope!)


Anyways, at the the of the hill, I found that all the shops/local businesses, seemed to be named Dogs Rock. Dogs rock vets seemed fair enough, just figured it was a vets, but then noticed the Dogs Rock car shop, Dogs Rock bakery etc, and then, when I saw this, it allll fell into place. . .

Its called, as you may well have guessed, the Dog Rock, entirely natural, made of granite, looks like a dog sniffing the air. I was hoping for a more interesting story for you, but sadly there isn't one!

Mainly because I liked the Sign!

The Following are just shots I took while going on a Coastal walk, which, as it happens is not a good time o place to forget to take your suncream!




Off the beaten track . . . .Just as well I'm not accident prone or clumsy with tendencies to trip over my own feet. . . .

But defiantly worth it for the views and big crashy waves!

As I said earlier, the scenery really did remind me of the English Southwest, well, apart from the occasional Lizard that is

The First one I saw i thought it was a Shadow of something in the sky, a quick inspection of the sky lead me to believe there was nothing there. So, I looked down to the ground again, in hopes that the heat wasn't causing me to hallucinate, but the black shape was still there. Second thought was maybe a snake, to which I then began to wonder if 1) If it was venomous, and 2) How fast it could catch and eat me. But no, twas a lizard, which as it turn out, ran in the opposite direction of me, so all was well. There were tons, both on the way there and on the return journey.


So, at the end of the trail, I came to the beach! Ironically enough for a coastal trail. Shade is good!

So, after a cold drink, some shade, I turned around and wandered back the way I came. Although now It was about Noon, and 35 degrees. Didn't really think It through, but I did learn the aloe vera, very good for sunburn!

Just because I thought it was cute!

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Morawa

Welcome to Morawa

This where I've been living for the last 10 weeks

Small town, 5-6 hours North East of Perth. Bigger than Willalooka, it has a street of shops, a whole street, plus a library with 3 whole shelves of books! And of course, 4 churches! (sadly no dentists!)

The Following photos are all in black and white for 2 main reasons. Firstly, I finally found the black and white function on my camera! Secondly, when I started taking pictures with the black and white, I found (as I hope you will too) that It actually suits the town to be shown in black and white, as it feels like you've stepped back in time, and, in the nicest possible way the town feel black and white, very simple, but not to say that this is a bad thing.

So, firstly, the hotel where I live and work, mostly outside on the deck, as in the evening, the light is really photographic, being the west and all

My Daily work routine is

4:40am Stumble out of bed

4:42am Re waken to find some lunatic splashing water on face

4:43am, realise lunatic splashing cold water on face is me, have made it to bathroom and am washing face!

Walk downstairs, one eye closed and proceed to cook breakfast for 20 insane Australian worker people who can stomach cooked things at 5am!

8am - Finish cooking/washing up, contemplate going back to bed for few hours. if not, will have breakfast

10am - after nap/reading book embark upon 45 second walk to town

5-10 mins aimless wander around town, possibly visiting supermarket, newsagents, Internet cafe, post office and library.

45 second walk return from town (with optional swatting and occasional swearing at flies who see to think my face/eyes/up my nose are a nice place to sit)

Lie in front of air conditioning to recover from walk to town

12 noon Have lunch

Lie in front of Air con to recover from lunch

General lounging, sometimes can manage 5, maybe even 10 mins of direct sunlight before having to lie in front of air con to recover!

5pm, Begin dinner prep

5:30-8:30 general running around kitchen making salads and serving food

8:30-10:30 watch Tv then go to sleeeeeeep as have to get up at 4:45 and do it allll over again

Repeat daily

Anyway, I digress from the visual tour of town

The view from the hotel balcony

Just behind the hotel

The Park

Railway Station

Main Street. Morawa is 100 this year, and last month there was a big town celebration with parades and Fayre's and bands. I was of course, behind the bar (serving, not passed out drunk!)

And, I couldn't visit a location and get at least one sunset pic. And yes it is in colour, mainly because I am a sunset geek, and for me, they are just better in colour.

So that's it, tour complete

I would begin the hype for the next page/place, but i don't quite know where its going to be yet, so when i know, you will too.

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