January 11^th 2017 – Merredin to North Coogee (near South Fremantle)

Merredin to North Coogee

Rather than continue the trip back to North Coogee, via the Great Eastern Highway, we took a detour into the heartland of the Central Wheat Belt, along a route that the early prospectors took to the goldfields, known as the Pioneers' Pathway. Thus from Merredin we went north to Nungarin and then west through Trayning, Wyalkatchem, Dowerin, Goomalling and Toodyay, all along sealed roads.  The traffic was much lighter than along the main highway, seeing only a handful of vehicles and passing through communities with barely 300 inhabitants at most.

Sheila in Wyalkatchem

The world of wheat

As we approached the west coast we started to see cloud starting to appear, as seen in the image above.

Competing for road space

Goomalling's hi-tech silos

When eventually we got back to Phil and Becks place we dumped our bags, made a cup of tea and headed for the beach to cool off since the temperature was in the upper 30s.

Strolling back from the beach