Busselton

After our quick stop at Cervantes, it was up early and off to Busselton to see the relo’s. I don't think Dad even slept that night

The trip down and through Perth was uneventful, unlike some of the other cities we have driven through, it seems once you are on a Perth freeway you have no access to fuel stops. You need to pull off into the suburbs however most suburban petrol stations don't really cater for caravans.

We did pull over at a freeway stop point for lunch but that was really our only stop before we got to Busselton. Our luck, about 30 minutes before arriving the wind really picked up and we cut across a storm front moving inland. The very hard rain, in some spots we were nearly forced to stop due to lack of visibility, did not stop until well after we had set up camp

We picked our caravan park based on the fact that Sandra and Lynette were staying there so once we had arrived and setup it was off to take over the camp kitchen, which we filled for the whole evening

It was a great evening and we are glad we had the chance to catch up as it was looking like we might only pass by on the road. The next morning we were to go our separate ways with Lynette and Sandra heading north towards Perth and mum and dad staying at the caravan park. Sara and I, with the kids, went west towards Yallingup to visit the Ngilgi Caves. I have been to these caves in the past, when i was about 3-4 years old, so it was interesting to visit at an age where i could remember it

The caves were great, the guide takes you down to the cave entrance and give you a 10-15 min talk on the caves and their history as well as the general layout before leaving us to explore on our own. We ended up spending about 1.5 hours exploring down there and it was great. At the bottom, in the main chamber they had a guide station that is manned throughout the day and unlike any of the other caves we have been through, this guide had an assortment of cave crystals, bits of broken stalactites and veils that we were allowed to hold and inspect. the material is really quite amazing being very smooth yet dense.

After the caves we stopped at the Bush Shack Brewery where we had a nice lunch with a sample of their Brew’s. We followed this by a visit to The Grove, a Liqueur distillery that also had sampling of the Limeburners range of Whisky. We, Sara and i, sampled and purchased some of their products.

Lastly for the day, we stopped in at the Margret River chocolate factory, this time in the Margret river region, so the kids could get some more samples the product is nice but far to over priced.

Once back home we went for a late walk along the Busselton Jetty which, at 1.8Km long,  turned out to be a long walk.

The next day we were off to Hyden however we took our time leaving as we though we only had a short trip. This was nice but as it was Sunday, on the way out of town we came across a market so we found a place to stop and spent another hour walking around the market.