ALBANY, WA
Well, last night was the expected gale force winds. After dinner (of the most delicious Dinner Winner Leftovers), we pulled the awning in, and lowered the roof. Nothing was expected till around 12.00 midnight in the more northerly areas and not till around 2.00am-ish here. Around 2.30am we woke to some pretty strong wind and rain skuds on and off. About 4-ish it seemed stronger and this morning showed some minor damage from the winds, but nothing major. There were a few branches off trees on the ground and the guttering on the amenities block was on the ground. All good though and we were able to raise the roof, have some brekky and take the Ute up to the mechanic for a service.
So, after Greg worked out that the green fuel drum in the back was to hold up the drivers back-rest, and that the choke was stuck out, so to go slow enough in the caravan park it had to be neutral, and that we couldn't find a rego label, he decided that only a mechanic could have got this going AND we thanked the mechanic for being so nice as to let us have it for the rainy, windy, day to go site-seeing in!
This beautiful memorial to the desert soldiers would have to be the most spectacular and emotion-evoking monument I have ever seen.
It is sculptured in bronze and has the most wonderful detail engraved into it.
The words in the surrounding stone seating areas are equally evocative.
This scene also from this monuments lookout over the bay of Albany
Emu Beach just across from the Cafe where we had awesome Cappuccinos and slice.
Well, this sign kinda says a lot. We went down this road to the salmon holes, but it was a 800mtr walk in with 78 steps down and 800 mtrs back with 78 steps back up and the rain scud was about 1 minute away, so we by-passed the holes,
AND FOUND MISERY BEACH!
where the scuddy rain came anyway, so I was only able to get a couple of shots here and Greg was a little cold too so he sat in the car,
Then we found WINDY ROCK.
This pic really does not say it all. Greg nearly fell over 3 times trying to get this picture and I nearly got blown off the rock.
These two guys a few minutes later tend to show just exactly how windy it was on that rock. MAN! What we guys go through for you lot to have something to read........ *lol* We did have heaps of fun though I must admit. (Not often I get to save Greg's life for him!)
Just below the lighthouse, we found the 7 mtr swell they were talking about this morning. Boy, you sure would not want to be out in this in a 6 mtr boat *lol* Whales or not. (I think any whale with any kind of smarts about it would be down very deep today, along with the dolphins & sharks too)
These waves were so much bigger than they look in these photos.
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Now, for all you facebookers today, (yeah, yeah! I know you had a good laugh at my expense, but I gotta tell ya that it was freezing too!)
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| Anyway, this was how it started....... |
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| And it got bigger, and about now I thought it's looking kinda cool ........... |
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| And it got even bigger................. |
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| And then this happened, (and Greg turned around and waved when I let out the high-pitched coo-eee), |
We picked up the ute on the way back (but I didn't go inside to say thank you for the loan of the car!)
After getting back to our Park, I took a long, leisurely, hot shower and felt so-o-o-oo much better. So, after cleaning my camera up and getting rid of all the salt water I took a drive in our new higher rear-end Navara out to the Sandelwood factory at Mt Romance. Apparently Albany has been producing the Sandelwood oil since the early 1800's and their first export overseas was in 1845. The factory here has been producing ever since and is the highest producer of Sandelwood Oil in the world. Nice treat here on a cold, windy, rainy day too! Massages available here all day :)
Now, I think I may have mentioned earlier at some time about my concern with Greg and his trusty tape-measure and tools.
Hmmmm! well, arriving back at the van I came across this :- (scroll down and no cheating!)
Yep, McGivor at work (a new reading light to be had tonight, whoop! whoop!)
*seriously wondering: How do you tow a Tool Shed behind a Caravan*
Well all, we are off tomorrow towards Perth. Possibly 5 or 6 hours drive, so up early because we don't think anywhere in between is going to be okay to stop (Watching the news and most of the areas within a few hours of Perth are still in black-out conditions and the SES & Electricity people are working their butts off trying to get everything back up and working for the communities). Will see what comes about and will update you next time........
Until then: Live, love and laugh everyone - Life is full of sudden surprises xoxo Mwaaah
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