FIRE COOKING with CHRIS JELLIE
Wading in the Warren
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s we usually do, we left the city around dinner time, for a five hour drive ...
Whilst it’s not for everyone, we enjoy a night drive. Less traffic makes for much more relaxing travel and setting up in the dark adds another dynamic too. We headed for the D’Entrecasteaux National Park, passing through Donnybrook, Balingup, Manjimup and Pemberton along the way. We sheepishly snuck into Drafty's Campground, a little after we were supposed to, set up and crashed for the night. Drafty's had been a stop-over for us in the past so we were familiar with the place. This was a different time of year and we were promptly given stick of our late arrival by the camp host, Dave. He was a great fella and we chatted a lot about different places in the beautiful state we had visited. We smashed out breaky, packed up and made our way towards the Yeagerup Dunes.
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Along the way we found Ralph’s Organic honesty stall. We grabbed some fruit, avocados and lemon myrtle leaves. These honestly stalls remind me of my childhood in NZ, you would see many dotted along the roadside with their different offerings. We aired down and headed through the dunes toward the beach and the infamous Calcup hill climb, not knowing of our next destination. There was a couple of small groups tackling the climb so we jumped in the middle and gave it heaps! The new turbo diesel pump on the GQ really made the car sing like it hadn’t before in the 18 months of ownership. We attacked the hill and meandered on through the peppermint trees before stopping for some lunch at a shaded clearing.
