The rain continued after we went to sleep last night , but stopped during the night thankfully. Good for the farm - they’ve had 43mm since Tuesday . We awoke to a sunny day , so another load of washing goes into the washing machine , before we get organised and head off .
Today we head for Nannup , about 40 klms away , we passed through here on the way to Pemberton a week or 2 ago .
The drive took us back past and through the Bridgetown Jarrah Park and a lot of plantation blue gum forests , and a bit of radiata pine as well . As the forests cleared , we arrived at Nannup and drove through town down to the park & amphitheatre . The caravan park that was quiet last time , is now chock a block full of vans & tents !!
We went for a walk over the old rail bridge , one of the first things we saw was the flood tree - it has signs on it indicating flood levels and the year of the flood event , there were a couple that would have been over the top of the bridge we were on .
The bridge goes across the Blackwood River - we seem to be stuck on this river at the moment - it seems to be wherever we go !!
The trestle bridge formerly a rail bridge , is a walking / bike track now , and gets a lot of use. There’s a big parking area and it was getting quite full , with lots of bikes & riders heading off along the track .
The amphitheatre is a large grassed area with a covered stage area and shelters at the back curved around the grassed area .
Drove back up the main street looking for a supermarket - nope not here , there were a couple of convenience / general stores , but that was it - strange , as there’s a shire works depot , a high school , a timber mill , a light industrial area , and lots of houses - we would have expected a supermarket at least . The residents must like driving 40 plus kilometres to do their shopping !!! There is of course the obligatory hotel .
After lunch in the park and updating the blog , we headed back toward Balingup - another road we hadn’t been on , and followed that for about 20 klms before turning into the forests and taking a lot of forestry access roads , to wind our way back to the park . We eventually came back out near Bridgetown Jarrah Park - should have turned left after the bridge , instead of going straight on , and we would have followed the river again on Southampton Rd - like our drive the other day .
Back at the park we opened the RV windows up to let a bit of air flow through , before relaxing with some mango salsa & a beer .
Here’s a map link :-https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z1G8gwwxwyYo.kkOfYj0zf3Bw&usp=sharing
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