We leave Collie and try for some time around Bunbury , mistake No 1 - they are booked out . Tried further down - same result . Hmm what to do , where to go - due to easter coming , then school holidays , we decided to head back toward Mandurah - Falcon to be precise - on the western side of the Peel Estuary , an area we hadn't looked at much before .
Decision made , off we went down the mountain toward Bunbury , then back up the coast road to Falcon . The drive was uneventful - which was great , and we found the caravan park entrance in between some shops . Checked in & set up we had some lunch then headed out on the bikes . At the end of the caravan park is the bike track which runs along the side of the estuary and is definitely a very pretty area .
There are many seats and nicely mown grass to sit and enjoy the views .
The water in the estuary is quite shallow , you can be 50m from shore and still only 600mm deep , it's very popular for fishing and crabbing out in the deeper sections . There's also a few tiger snakes living in amongst all the vegetation - so we were told , we didn't see any fortunately .
There are pools of water surrounded by the grassy vegetation which make it look good as well .
There are also houses bordering these park areas - some very fortunate households .
We were disturbed by a helicopter the next morning , it was flying very low all along the bike track - they were spraying for mosquito's . Given all these pools of stagnant water are an ideal breeding ground for mossies , the city sprays regularly to reduce numbers of the little biters !!
There are various art works installed along the way that have aboriginal significance as well as other sculptures - there's a bit of culture for you .
Bitumen tracks ribbon there way through the grass and there are boardwalks over the marshier sections - it's very well thought out .
After a week here we headed back to another park close to Emma's and put the van into storage for a couple of weeks . We then spent Easter at Emma's .
Bikes came out again and we rode down to the Serpentine River - here's proof !
This is what remains of the main jetty - it wasn't very high .
We had quite warm weather over easter and we headed down to the beach for a swim to cool off . The rest of our time was spent doing some small jobs around the unit and getting some stuffing for Emma's business .
Here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14kMCUBCzV0TQXnYq482c_2AWB08VNZXc&usp=sharing
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