On Wednesday, we drive down south for about three hours to stay at the Beach House. On the way we stop at a famous Aussie pie shop, and I indulge in a beef and mushy pea pie (different but good….), followed by a chocolate Lamington which I love.
The Beach House is just fantastic – right on the beach at Geographe Bay which is a beautiful calm bay in the Margaret River Area. Just round each headland there are huge surf waves (in fact there is a big surf completion there this weekend) but the water here is calm, clean and turquoise. The house has recently been rebuilt and is stylish, modern, big and comfortable and set just back from, but with a view of the beach. The only downside is that the area has just moved into autumn and the clocks have just gone back, so the temperature has dropped somewhat! The days (apart from yesterday when it rained….) are warm but the mornings and evenings are freezing! It’s colder here than Perth as we are so much further south. On Wednesday evening we went for a longish beach walk at sunset with Lily – the wildlife is amazing. Whole families of ducks waddle over to the beach for an evening swim, huge stingrays wallow about in the shallows and we even had a dolphin doing acrobatics for our entertainment!
Poor Fiona has had to work some of the time so I have been with her on her calls, shopping whilst she is working. It’s worked out really well and I have been able to explore Margaret River, Bussleton, Bunbury and Dunsborough, all small interesting Australian towns packed with craft and gift shops and galleries. The drives there have been interesting, including an unplanned stop when we missed the turn to Margaret River – and came across the amazing Karri forest with tall, straight trees like something from a fairy story, and the Borranup gallery with terrible wooden figures outside which were more like a horror story – not sure they were too good an advert for their work. We had a few relaxing evenings sitting outside wrapped up in the evening chill on the deck playing with Lily and having a great catch up. But it was dark and very quiet. There wasn’t much of a moon and there is no ambient light – in bed at night it was really strange – normally there is a chink of light from somewhere, but the room was pitch dark and silent – I slept really well. There was only one time when it was a little less than quiet – yet more Australian wildlife appeared when a couple of possums appeared in the trees just by the deck. Lily was not impressed and decided to bark rather loudly. It is now apparent what “playing possum” really means. The poor creatures were terrified and just froze on the branches – as they weren’t moving, this enraged Lily even more, so they stayed even stiller. It went on for some time – another saying comes to mind – a bit of a vicious circle!
The Beach House is just fantastic – right on the beach at Geographe Bay which is a beautiful calm bay in the Margaret River Area. Just round each headland there are huge surf waves (in fact there is a big surf completion there this weekend) but the water here is calm, clean and turquoise. The house has recently been rebuilt and is stylish, modern, big and comfortable and set just back from, but with a view of the beach. The only downside is that the area has just moved into autumn and the clocks have just gone back, so the temperature has dropped somewhat! The days (apart from yesterday when it rained….) are warm but the mornings and evenings are freezing! It’s colder here than Perth as we are so much further south. On Wednesday evening we went for a longish beach walk at sunset with Lily – the wildlife is amazing. Whole families of ducks waddle over to the beach for an evening swim, huge stingrays wallow about in the shallows and we even had a dolphin doing acrobatics for our entertainment!
Poor Fiona has had to work some of the time so I have been with her on her calls, shopping whilst she is working. It’s worked out really well and I have been able to explore Margaret River, Bussleton, Bunbury and Dunsborough, all small interesting Australian towns packed with craft and gift shops and galleries. The drives there have been interesting, including an unplanned stop when we missed the turn to Margaret River – and came across the amazing Karri forest with tall, straight trees like something from a fairy story, and the Borranup gallery with terrible wooden figures outside which were more like a horror story – not sure they were too good an advert for their work. We had a few relaxing evenings sitting outside wrapped up in the evening chill on the deck playing with Lily and having a great catch up. But it was dark and very quiet. There wasn’t much of a moon and there is no ambient light – in bed at night it was really strange – normally there is a chink of light from somewhere, but the room was pitch dark and silent – I slept really well. There was only one time when it was a little less than quiet – yet more Australian wildlife appeared when a couple of possums appeared in the trees just by the deck. Lily was not impressed and decided to bark rather loudly. It is now apparent what “playing possum” really means. The poor creatures were terrified and just froze on the branches – as they weren’t moving, this enraged Lily even more, so they stayed even stiller. It went on for some time – another saying comes to mind – a bit of a vicious circle!
