Sunday, 25 October 2015

Mandurah & Surrounds

On Saturday the 17th October we left Perth and went to a five acre property near Mandurah. This was a Member's Stop Over (MSO) which is an initiative of the Campervan, Motorhome Club of Australia (CMCA). This is where members voluntarily make their home available to other members to stay for a while to save money and for convenience. It's a great thing and having blown the budget on having to replace a computer and keys it was very welcome. The very first night of our trip this year was another MSO at Dubbo. Our hosts, Anne and Doug, are terrific people. Doug offered his 6KVA generator to me to use when we had some cloud as he wanted to give it a run anyway and I needed the power in lieu of the solar. His 6KVA did the job so much quicker than my 2.5KVA. I also had to replace a worn van tyre (another budget killer) and he offered his rattle gun and compressor for me to use. I needed to rotate the tyres as well so the rattle gun was terrific. We wound up staying six days so it was a great saving.

On the Monday we went for a drive to Pinjarra. We checked out the history and old buildings and went for a walk. Didn't really bother with photos but enjoyed the town and the history. Linda did snap a photo of one of these roses which were among an impressing display in the old cemetary.

We went on to Dwellingup. Alot of towns in south WA end in úp' which the Aboriginies used to refer to a place of water. The town was wiped out in the 60s from a bushfire but no lives were lost which was a credit to the supervisors in the bush fire brigade in the town. There is a big display in the information centre. It was a timber town and a conservation park was set up to save the forrests from being lost. Went to the park for lunch where there was a lake.

On Tuesday we went for a drive up the coast to Rockingham. On the way we were impressed with how pretty the coast is at Safety Bay and at Point Peron.










There were defensive gun emplacements at Point Peron.



Rockingham was quite nice with the beautiful water of the bay, albeit a port town. Views toward Rockingham and further.



Mandurah itself is a really nice city and we went in there a few days. The waterway in the town reminded us a little of The Entrance on the Central Coast, NSW, but Mandurah is much nicer with deeper water.







They have constructed several breakwaters and developed numerous canals for real estate. It is a boaties paradise.






We also had a look at the Thrombolites in Lake Clifton. These are living rocks that are 2000 years old. They are similar to the stromolites in Shark Bay.





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