After a few days at Esperance , we headed back toward Albany . It was a bit eerie , not a lot of traffic and the feeling we shouldn't be out there - not to mention the 40 klm/hr headwind we were driving into - still we were on a mission , we had to be in Albany first thing Monday morning for someone to check out the van and our other slide out problem .
We arrived at Ravensthorpe and refuelled - plastic gloves were on all the fuel bowsers , town was deathly quiet , it was Saturday , but you still expect to see people , no today . Fuelled up we headed off again , next stop was lunch in a rest area , before the next stop at Jerramungup . This was where we turned off Hwy1 and went to the little town of Ongerup , we'd come this way on the way to Esperance last week , so it was nice to stop somewhere else on the way back .
We setup after picking our spot , the caretaker came out to see us later on and organised payment . We headed out for a walk , Ongerup is another small town in the wheatbelt region of WA , with large wheat storage facilities , and some really good sporting facilities - a large Aussie rule field/cricket field , bowling greens , tennis & basketball courts and a large clubhouse as well .
We're also back in salmon gum country , so it goes without saying , I've taken photos of them - beautiful trees !!
Here's a different view .
The colours are beautiful .
Next day we headed south and were faced with views of The Stirling Ranges - the eastern end with Bluff Knoll the highest point .
Bushfires devastated this area in January this year and damaged a lot of the eastern side of the park , this is looking toward Mt Trio , the fires went straight over the top of it , as well as Bluff Knoll .
These are taken looking back toward Bluff Knoll .
Grasstrees are always the first thing to start the regrowth process off .
One of the hazards leftover from the fires , trees that have been burnt out at ground level and fall over days , weeks or months later .
We stopped at a free camp 30klms from Albany - it was beside the hwy but was very quiet .
Next morning we headed into Albany for someone else to have a look at the van - Cameron Caravans have stopped doing a lot of repair work for the moment and are just doing their own customers vans at the moment . The other repairer was great , but they couldn't get to the bottom of the problem , so we put it back together and hit the road again , this time it was back to Perth and to the ski park where we have spent many weeks before . We know it will be a good place to be able to isolate ourselves at for however long this pandemic goes for . Our plans to go to Europe for 3 months have been chucked out the window as well , certainly has thrown a curve ball at us all .
From us to you , we trust you survive this pandemic without any problems , these blogs will still happen , but probably a lot slower though .
Here's a map link :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tkZooylkWmOVCaxs2E9f1xGqr9z0IuVo&usp=sharing
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