We went to bed in the outback of Western Australia with not a cloud to be seen, the moon full with a lush gold lustre and five caravans at the stop. The morning for us broke when I woke at five, tossed and turned and couldn't wait for six am to come so I could wake Daniel.Coffee for us both and decided to head out early. With showers and breakfast over we set out at quarter to eight. Wow! that was the earliest morning we've had since we left Melbourne in January. The temperature dropped to 9 degrees celcius overnight and were expecting 31 for the day.
The drive through the outback of WA was a change in scenery as we headed towards Norseman our first stop. The gum trees were beautiful, Salmon Gums, their amber deep pink shiny trunks were unmistakably beautiful. The drive along the coast line was magical in the views that we witnessed. We were elevated from the sea on the coast at about 60 metres. We stopped at Eucla, Mandurah for an icecream each, the girl must have thought we were crazy at 10.00am in the morning their time, our time was around 1.00pm in the afternoon so clocks and watches had to be put back so that we wouldn't torment ourselves with time again.
We stopped again at Cocklebiddy for a 'wee' break and as we were contemplating dinner for that evening we headed to the bar and asked for the local beer 'Emu'. So the lass behind the bar gave us 2 tinnies of Emu and then came the price...$16.00 Australian that is. So we paid obligingly and then asked if the Chef would sell us five potatoes. She came back with five potatoes and the price for that was $2.00. Dinner that night was potato pancakes with bean salad, sauerkraut salad and yoghurt. Yummy Yummy in my tummy! can always make a meal if you have to. A toast with Champagne and Robin Hood was the movie for the evening.
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We stopped again at Cocklebiddy for a 'wee' break and as we were contemplating dinner for that evening we headed to the bar and asked for the local beer 'Emu'. So the lass behind the bar gave us 2 tinnies of Emu and then came the price...$16.00 Australian that is. So we paid obligingly and then asked if the Chef would sell us five potatoes. She came back with five potatoes and the price for that was $2.00. Dinner that night was potato pancakes with bean salad, sauerkraut salad and yoghurt. Yummy Yummy in my tummy! can always make a meal if you have to. A toast with Champagne and Robin Hood was the movie for the evening.
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