Author: 8itchyfeet

We almost didn’t stop in Pemberton. We wanted to. It was on the itinerary. But the caravan brakes decided to pack it in so stopping in the rain in the most contoured country we have thus far traversed was tricky.

We did of course manage to wrestle the van to a halt and I would just like to take this chance to say a big thank you to the very helpful mechanic at BP Pemberton upon whom I imposed myself with my break problem late of an afternoon. He was running around his garage like a headless Chopin (thank you iPad auto correct that was supposed to be a headless chook) but still managed to rewire our burnt out trailer cable connection in less than an hour and all for 33 bucks! You just don’t get that kind of service… anywhere. Continue reading “Day 92-94 ‘Karri on!’” →

Chocolate, cheese and wine. So read our list of expenses for Monday third of October. It can therefore only be concluded that we were in Margaret River. The chocolate was from the Margaret River Chocolate Factory, the cheese from the Margaret River Dairy Company and the wine, a 2009 Shiraz, was from the Laurance Estate.

There are more than a hundred different wineries between Cape Leeuwin in the south and Cape Naturaliste in the the north. There are also five breweries and at least three different mazes. Completing a maze seemed a bit much after a winery so we mainly visited those brewing establishments that had children’s playgrounds. The 2011 visitors guide provides a very handy list of such establishments. Continue reading “Day 88-91 Chocolate, cheese and wine” →