BIDTSIE Travels

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Denham, (Monkey Mia),Kalbarri, Geralton, New Norcia, Freemantle, Margarat River, Albany & Norseman

Hi once again it has been a long time since my last keyboard action "due to time restrains laziness and no internet service" so this will be my catch up and I will start with the wild flowers of WA

When leaving Carnarvon we met up with Merl and Errol again and till this day have traveled together in convoy so to speak and long distances have been covered with some of the strongest head winds you can imagine but never mind it just tells you that from October till Christmas it is not worth being in WA due to the wind, have not had a swim since Carnarvon.

Denham ( note the wind)

a nice little place and it is the gateway to Monkey Mia, MM a little overrated but we did see the Dolfins being fed

by selected people , we visited the wind farms, Little Lagoon, the Peron Heritage Precinct and topped it of with Shell beach,

now that is interesting to see Shells that are Melted togheter by sea and time

up to 25+ meters deep so you can actuallycut it in blocks

use it to for walls or statues etc.

then of f to Kalbarri with a stop in a freecamp next to a river and again met some other friends Pam and Russel, Kalbarri a very nice seaside township with great beaches (no swimming to windy, from here on I mention beaches( no swimming) Visited a number of great River Gorges here Red Bluff

, Z Bend

Natures Window

and

Leaving our mark by placing a rock on the pile

Saw the Whales a number of times

from some great vantage points.

Had a great Dinner

Here I also fed the Pelicans

we walked around the Island which we got to by boat

Kalbarri one could have stayed for a fortnight but we had to move on so on to Geralton ,it is a big city so it was off to see some of the sights the Cathedral

Old Geralton Jail but the Highlight here was the HMAS SYDNEY Memorial

spent 3nights here then off to New Norcia with a few free camps in between we stopped at Greenough village and its Leaning trees

due to powerful winds they get here also the Wind farms are here.

Visited the Pinicals which are an awesome sight

New Norcia

is a village started and built by 2 Monks a 100 years plus ago and and is still operational today here we stayed for one night and went to Vesper with the Monks

Organ with Black normal keys and White upper keys due to shortage in Ivory a 100 years ago

Monks living quarters

Sunday Mass Bianka and I were asked to take the Ceremonial wine and bread to the Monks who conducted the Service and to be truthful I was touched on both occasions and am glad we did this.

Abbey Beer a nice touch and taste

Lunch time and we headed for Perth were originally going to bypass but Bianka and I wanted to dine at the Freemantel

Pier and we did also stopped of at Kings Park.

Bianka with a friend in Harvey

Story Telling in Harvey for the kids.

Over the next few days we travelled through Bunbury, Busselton Margaret River where we Tasted some cheese, toffee,Honey Comb

and never entered a winery after seeing the prices they charge here Margeret river wines are cheaper in Woolworth.
From Kalbarri onward we were lucky enough to still see Wild Flowers although it is the back end of the season.
During this time we stayed at lots of free camps