Monthly Archives: August 2013

You can’t beat south-western WA for unusual place names. Many have names ending in …’up’, like Jerramungup, Dalyup, Ongerup, Boyanup, Manjimup, the list goes on. I checked the map to make sure I hadn’t missed any and, sure enough, there’s … Continue reading →

Sea this blue is rare indeed. The sky, too. Perhaps it was the fact that the sun shone today, with not so much as a hint of cloud anywhere? Perhaps the Gods figured they’d heaped enough rain on me and … Continue reading →

After a very substantial breakfast of fresh fruit & honey yogurt and scrambled egg and bacon American style (i.e., served on slabs of ‘ciabata’), I loaded Camel and we started out for Frenchman’s Bay. On the restaurant wall was a … Continue reading →

A wet and cold morning, but one which improved with time. Still stewing at having no Internet, I loaded up Camel and we headed in a vaguely easterly direction into brightening skies. Albany would surely have good Internet, wouldn’t it? … Continue reading →

As you can guess, there’s nothing like packing up and moving on to bring out the sun. It was a truly gorgeous  morning and, as we nosed out into the traffic, the sun reflected on the glassy-smooth water of the … Continue reading →