Greetings!
Days of driving doesn’t make for many photos. We made it from Denham to Wave Rock in
two days, and have an extra day in the area south of Perth as a result. Wave
rock was interesting, but not as much as Pat wanted. The rock was smaller and less of a geological hit than
expected, but nearby Mulka’s Cave (with painted hand prints) made up for
it.
We enjoyed the photographers
on the rock, each trying to construct their compositions of strangely shaped
granite. I especially liked the
Japanese wedding model and her director.
We drove southwest for a hundred miles this morning, and
visited the Ravensthorne Wildflower Festival. Exhibiting 700 species, and including a Devonshire tea
service, the town wildflower society hosted an outstanding presentation in the town
community center. Nearby, a quilt
show complemented the festival.
Our destination today was Bremer Bay. At the western end of the Fitzgerald
National Reserve, we hoped to get a space and then see what has been called the
largest collection of wildflowers in Southwest Australia. Radio commentators were predicting
thundershowers, and two days of heavy rain, and our caravan park managers were
cautioning trying to get into (and out of) the park tonight. I wanted to check out some nearby coastal
beaches and bays which featured little surfing icons on the map, and we had a
late lunch overlooking two of them.
Taking a risk, we decided to drive to the park entrance and see if we
could make it across 4-wheel drive dirt roads to a popular bay an hour
away. Taking exactly the time
possible to get there and back (we jumped out of the car, took a photo, and
headed back), we made it just before the park closed and the rains began.
Mulka's Cave, Ravensthorne, and Point Anne, Sep 10th.
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