#2225 Saturday 7th October

It's good to be home again. It was a longer drive than usual as we had to detour to Waroona on the way.  This was due to Naomi having lost her purse there when we stopped for lunch on the way down.  Fortunately the bakery staff held the purse safely..... but it meant that we drove from Albany to Williams and then turned west to Pinjarra......  then we had to turn south to Waroona. So it made for a picturesque drive but long.

Since then it's been back to the routine! 

It's now 7pm and I'm reading.... and mentally cataloguing the pains.  I guess this is what old age is about..... things hurt..... and some pains are chronic.  Nothing can be done about them.... I try to ignore them as much as possible.  

#2224 Wednesday 4th October

The brig Amity

it's hard to imagine living on this ship..... on massive oceans.... 

This brigantine sailed from Melbourne to this spot in 1826 to establish the settlement that is now Albany.  There were over 60 people on the vessel so it would have been very crowded on board. 

After this we then we went out to the wind farm...... 

These are HUGE! 

Looking back at Albany from Frenchman Bay

#2223 Tuesday 3rd October

Cruising round Albany.....

#2222 Monday 2nd October

Today the GPS showed the route along a way that I had never travelled before..... the country was beautiful..... and at one point we were held up by trucks carrying the blades for a new wind turbine.

..... golly those things are big! 

#2221 Sunday 1st October

Doing a slow trip to Albany..... via Bridgetown.  The road from Burekup, through Collie, Mumballup, Boyup Brook and then to Bridgetown.

We're staying the night at a B&B on the bank of the Blackwood River..... very picturesque.  There are some gorgeous properties along this road.  But I think back to years when I lived down this way and the river flooded..... one year the road bridge was under water so the place that we're staying in would be very damp!