Ravensthorpe to Albany

Info at Ravensthorpe allowed us to access a pooter to book a site at the Fitzgerald River National Park campground. Tough, it was full. But, a free camp at Hopetoun proved to be a viable option. Hopetoun turned out to be a nice little place to stay. Anyway, unhook and into the National Park to catch up with Royalty. We’ve seen these things before, on a previous trip, but Royal Hakeas hold a great fascination for us. Not seen anywhere else but in the south of WA, we actually saw hundreds this time, but these are the best photos of this time ….. They are so valued the cops have arrested this artists impression and have incarcerated it at the station.

On the way back to Ravensthorpe for the silo art we found these wonderful artworks…..

then the silos…

– all very arty-farty.

Onto Bremer Bay. Just another dot on the map, been there before but someone at Hopetoun said they’d seen whales there so we had to call in. Didn’t see whales but found some other items of interest, enough to stay over for 2 nights. …..

This is the Wallstead Museum on a homestead that remains in the same family for over 4 generations. We were privileged to have the current master Max Wallstead take us on a personalized tour of lots of the museum. The little house above is the first home built in 1850. More followed in later years..

   and then there were the sheds….

and thats a genuine 1750 Transylvanian hearse.

I haven’t attempted to post all of the photos taken at this museum – your minds might boggle so I can’t in all conscience do that to you. You will have to ask for more shots if you are interested.

Talk about an eclectic collection of stuff but most impressive was the musical component – from all sorts of music boxes, organs and pianos most of which we had demonstrated to us… but I can’t post movies with sound. This was a great afternoon.

We took the Patrol for a beach bash, managing to add a few more war wounds on a side track where we found the odd pelican…

Everyone agreed it was a good day out and then we went to the local resort for dinner, just to top it off.