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FEBRUARY 2022
TRIP AROUND AUS 2021 Pt4
Part 4. By Liezel Samuel, Member #4412 Mural and Gnomesville – both located within 40 Gnomes and Arum Lilies
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e were really spoilt during the four days we stayed with my friend in Perth. My friend arranged for her husband to fly down from Exmouth, where he is building houses, to make dinner for us – South African style (Braaivleis [Barbeque], salads and veggies). It was a treat indeed, as our dinner decision process on this trip was as follows:
kms of the Black Diamond Lake we went past on the way to Dunsborough. No big deal.
1. Is there a Hungry Jacks in this place? If yes (very seldom), dinner sorted. If no, go to question 2.
Huw walking off his roadworks frustration on 2. Is there a Coles/supermarket in this place? the Busselton Jetty If yes, visit Coles/supermarket and buy 2x We added these two attractions on the agenda Caesar salads. Dinner sorted. If no, go to 3. after visiting the Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse and Sugarloaf Rock. I did not mind doing some 3. Let’s find food within walking distance… extra mileage on the GS in these beautiful Our visit to Perth was rounded off with surroundings. Arum lilies grow wild everywhere a cooked breakfast on our last morning. Did and form beautiful displays under trees where I mention my friend’s husband knows his way they often grow en masse. around the kitchen? There was no need to have Ed: Let’s briefly recap here Liezel - Hungry a lunch stop on our way to Dunsborough. Jacks? WTFF (what the fast food)? Our travelling speed from Perth to Dunsborough was relatively slow due to traffic in the built-up areas. We made a 120km detour to Black Diamond Lake near Collie, and by the time we approached Busselton, the slow speed made me drowsy, and it was time to rest my eyelids for a while. I got off the GS at Busselton fully refreshed and ready to walk the 1.8 km long Jetty. I was perplexed by Huw’s less enthusiastic mood. He later told me the 17km stretch before Busselton was a GS-rider’s (open eyes) nightmare due to roadworks that forced travelling speed to a snail’s pace on the narrow road lined with bright orange cones on both sides.
We googled Gnomesville. Thought we’d opened a group photo of senior members of the BMWMCQ..... Sugarloaf Rock and Ice-Cream
I first heard about the Horizontal Falls located in the Buccaneer Archipelago, 255km north of Broome, during a conversation with a lady in the pool at Lake Argyle. For various reasons, we did not go there. Mario and Fiona did visit the Horizontal Falls, and when we caught up with them in Broome earlier on the trip, Fiona described the falls to me. When I saw the water rushing to-and-fro in the Canal Rocks south-west of Yallingup, I suggested to Huw we The stimulating company, tasty food and were witnessing a smaller version of the famous good wine on our last night in Perth interfered horizontal falls. with our planning for the ride to Dunsborough After the Canal Rocks, we went for a where we based ourselves for the four nights lovely ride through the Boranup Forest where to explore the Margaret River Region. When we we felt dwarfed by the massive trees that line started to work on our Margaret river itinerary, the road. Next were the Jewel Caves and the we realised we missed the Wellington Dam
