28^th December 2016 Margaret River

I woke at 5am as the sun was rising and spotted at least 6 kangaroos in the distance, two blue wrens and three green parrots. By the time that the rest of the household had surfaced the wild life had dispersed.

The wind speed was low, and not sufficient for windsurfing, so we decided to walk part of the Cape to Cape coastal walk from Gracetown to Ellenbrook. This is only 7 km but mostly through sand and passes through the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.

The intrepid travellers

 We stood for a few minutes watching the surfers on the coast near Gracetown before starting on our trek. 

Surfer catches a wave Gracetown

On route we spotted a couple of large monitor lizards as well ants nearly an inch long.

Monitor Lizard

Fringe Lily

(each flower only lasts one day and 

its yummy fibrous roots is a source of food)

After lunch Sheila and I stayed around the house while Phil and Becks took a bike ride to Surfer’s Point.  For a time I managed to get my iPod working with the car sound system but it is not very repeatable. Strangely enough we had exactly the same type of car that we drove from Melbourne to Brisbane, although the current one is newer, and the iPod worked fine. Reading the blogs it sounds as though others have been having similar problems.

In the evening we headed to Cape Mentelle, a winery, to enjoy a cheese platter, a glass of wine and to watch the film called Sully at their open air cinema. 

The gang at Cape Mentelle

Sully was all about the plane that came down in the Hudson River. This treat had been provided by Annabel, Barrie, Amanda and Jon for a Christmas present for the four of us. The cinema was outdoors but the tickets provided full body length bean-bag and blankets, very civilised and a great film.   

All tucked up and ready to roll!