CottShack - Journey’s End!

June 8. Day 37.

CottShack - Journey’s End!

0900/1400. 285 KM.

Juice, muesli and coffee for breaky, and on my way.

Decided that as it was a relatively quick run into Perth I would have a bit of a look-see at a few places that I normally pass the turnoffs to, whilst either heading north or south.

Wedge Island was the first such. It is a community of squatters shacks that the government is trying to shutdown and remove. My general opinion is let them be. They pay “rates” to the local shire, albeit they don’t have title. Most of them have been handled down through a generation or three of families. Good luck to them with their fight with bureaucracy. A beautiful beach, so it’s not hard to see why people like to escape and chill here. It used to be a cray fishing centre till about the mid 1980’s.

Dropped into Jurien Bay and grabbed a coffee and had a squiz at the foreshore. Nothing much excited me about the place, apart from a house with the front fence made out of old surf boards. Pretty cool.

Final detour was to Guilderton-Moore River. Only time visited previously I think was when I was about 12 and with my folks.
Very picturesque small community on a bend in the Moore River, just before it joins the Indian Ocean. It’s only an hour and a half’s drive from Perth, and has a small neat caravan park down by the foreshore. Good spot for 2 or 3 days chill in winter when there is a nice break in the weather.

Topped up half a tank of diesel at Neerabup. $1.59/litre. Hadn’t paid that little for at least a year. And a darn sight cheaper than the $2.95 paid on the GRR.

Pulled into home at 2pm. Nice to be home. Shame such a memorable trip was over, but it had certainly been fantastic. From the team camaraderie and espirit de corps of our team and the whole dusty peloton gang, thru to the terrific experience of the gorges, waterfalls and Kimberley scenery, along with the bro bonding with Chris, it was truly a life experience right up with the best of what I have done in all my years.Read more