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Bernie Allen
Day35
Sun 8th April- Goin Home's A Lonely Ride
April 8, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Flight departs 2305 so a bit of a doldrum day ahead Happy and Sad. Looking forward 😀 to seeing Allen Pengelly trio 👨‍👩‍👧 but sad 😔 to be putting so much distance between us and Suzie🙎‍♀️.

Turn up for the books thought today was going to be a long day. Last day of holiday departing at 2305 but been pretty damn good. With Christy Moore songs and Slightly Musical cover Wagon Wheel ringing in our ears from last refreshment stop in Perth.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1252343204807429&id=879232632118490
Words/quote used in CM song also seen on our walk around Perth see pickles.

Late morning enjoyed a tour of Perth Mint and found out what our weights in pure gold were........ priceless.... before setting off early afternoon for another tour off Perth' waterfront and city sights.
https://www.perthmint.com

First on our walk a refreshment stop at Barrack St Quay followed by Salt & Pepper Squid at the Oyster Bar and a glass of sav blanc.
http://www.oysterbar.com.au/elizabeth-quay

Then onto The Grosvenor for a bottle of wine and a pizza to fuel the journey home. It was here we bumped into a live band playing tunes mainly with an irish/folk feel before setting of for the airport and the trek home.
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Apr 8, 2018, 10:35am · ⛅ 22 °C · Altitude: 14 m · 31°56'38" S 115°58'5" E
Australia Belmont Perth Airport

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Bernie Allen
Day34
Sat 6th April - Alone Again.
April 7, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Today we parted company with Suzie😟 as she returned to Sydney but not before a Parkrun 🏃‍♂️for B and breakfast together around the corner from our hotel.
http://www.parkrun.com.au/claisebrookcove/course/

The rest of the day was spent walking, walking and more walking🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️. Taking in a few of the sights around Perth.
Give or take a Km or two - 22km for M🚶‍♀️and 🚶‍♂️22 + 5km Parkrun 🏃‍♂️for B (28:32)

We finished the day at a vegetarian Indian restaurant where you eat what you want and pay what you want the motto being Live, Love, Give.
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Apr 7, 2018, 7:40pm · ⛅ 19 °C · Altitude: 8 m · 31°57'9" S 115°52'49" E
Australia City of Perth East Perth Trafalgar Bridge
Bernie Allen
Day33
Fri March 6th - Freewheeling in Rottnest
April 6, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Eight o'clock start as we headed up to Hillary's Quay to catch Rottnest Fast Ferry to ....... Rottnest. Picking up our bikes before we boarded.
http://www.hillarysboatharbour.com.au
https://www.rottnestfastferries.com.au/packages/ferry-and-bike-combo/

First stop Globe Cafe for fuel and Coffee fix before setting of on our bicycle tour of the Island. Beautiful beaches, clear blue sea and Quokkas, lots of Quokkas.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottnest_Island
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokka

Then finished off the day with sharing platter or two, one of fish and then to fill the gaps one of cheese.
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Apr 6, 2018, 11:33am · ⛅ 25 °C · Altitude: 10 m · 31°59'49" S 115°32'28" E
Australia City of Cockburn Rottnest Signal Hill
Bernie Allen
Day32
Thurs April 5th - Brewing In Fremantle
April 5, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Today is the day we took a look at Fremantle stopping by at the Little Creatures Brewery first of all taking on some food and water...... I mean beer. With a sharing plate of beef brisket and fries then nipping next door for some beer tasting.
https://littlecreatures.com.au/locations/fremantle/creatures-nextdoor/

We then split up whilst some did time in Fremantle prison and others went shopping.
http://fremantleprison.com.au

After meeting up we all took a walk to the seafront and then got the train back to Perth and after walking back to The Mantra on Hay settled down for a quiet night in.Read more
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Apr 5, 2018, 12:20pm · ☀️ 25 °C · Altitude: 2 m · 32°3'35" S 115°44'40" E
Australia Fremantle Fremantle City The Esplanade
Bernie Allen
Day31
Wed April 4th- Perth Return
April 4, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Early walk on the beach and another cracking sunrise and a waning moon.
Captured on camera one of the many species of colourful birds of WA. A Western Rossela.
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/western-rosella

We once again had hearty breakfast before we set off back to Perth.
Our first stop was at Yallingup (Yalling - love, up - place of) beautiful beach and scenery here.
https://www.australiassouthwest.com/destination/yallingup

Then we called in at the township of Margaret River. for coffee and a look at the river itself.
http://www.margaretriverwesternaustralia.com.au/locations/margaret-river-town-and-surrounds

This before heading back proper to Perth with just a slight detour along a scenic drive route and then a brief toilet stop Hills Head just north of Mandhura.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halls_Head,_Western_Australia

We arrived back in Perth about 18:00. Finished the day off with a Thai meal in the restaurant across from the hotel. Wok and Ladle.
https://m.facebook.com/wokandladlethai/
BYO, so a bottle of Chenin Blanc we bought in the Margaret River (Windance winery) was a good accompaniment to an excellent meal.
Ice cream and another bottle of white, from the bottle shop, gave us our afters and a night cap.Read more
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Apr 4, 2018, 7:22pm · 🌙 16 °C · Altitude: 7 m · 33°38'25" S 115°1'23" E
Australia Busselton Yallingup Yallingup Beach
Bernie Allen
Day30
Tues 3rd April - Or was that Winesday?
April 3, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The day started with dolphin sightings on our beach walk, a swim in the pool then after a hearty breakfast we set out on our tour of some of the Winerys in the Margaret River region.

Jemima our driver for the day delivered us to several winerys , one chocolatier, one cheese producer and a pisco distillery. Oh and one winery also made nougat too.

We took lunch, a meat sharing plate, a cheese sharing plate and some delicious pasta ...... to share, at Vasse Felix. All were delicious.

We returned to our resort pooped although one of us did manage a dip in the Indian ocean before we all just chilled/collapsed with pizza, chips n beer.

Cape Grace Wines
https://www.capegracewines.com.au

Gabriel Chocolate
https://gabrielchocolate.com.au

Windows Estate
http://www.windowsestate.com

Vasse Felix
https://www.vassefelix.com.au

Bettenays ..... wine and nougat
https://bettenaysmargaretriver.com.au

Margaret River Dairy Company.... for cheese tasting
http://margaretriverdairy.com.au/

Harmans Estate ... for Pisco tasting
Here we also found a bottle of wine called Bernard, that of course had to be purchased.
https://www.harmans.com.au

And finally to....

Windance Estate
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Apr 3, 2018, 1:50pm · ☀️ 25 °C · Altitude: 67 m · 33°49'25" S 115°2'54" E
Australia Augusta-Margaret River Shire Gracetown
Bernie Allen
Day29
Mon 2nd April - Bunker Bay
April 2, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Drove down from Perth to Bunker Bay today via a few stop offs.

Visited a Thrombolite Community at Clifton Lake and then a beer drinking community at Eagle Bay Brewery before arriving at our destination Pullman Resort Bunker Bay.

We took lunch on the way down at Bunbury.

Evening meal at resort Burger for B, Pasta for M and Haloumi for S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Clifton,_Western_Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunbury,_Western_Australia
https://eaglebaybrewing.com.au/
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-8775-pullman-bunker-bay-resort-margaret-river-region/index.shtmlRead more
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Apr 2, 2018, 5:59pm · ☀️ 22 °C · Altitude: 22 m · 33°32'46" S 115°2'5" E
Australia Western Australia Bunker Bay
Bernie Allen
Day28
Sun April 1st - Fooling Around In Perth
April 1, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
So back together with Suzie again for our Western Australian Adventure.

Failed Church excursion for Suzie and then a lovely walk back to the hotel via Kings Park Botanic Garden and Perth city centre.
https://www.bgpa.wa.gov.au/kings-park

Some different wildlife here with red tailed black cockatoo amongst other things.
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/red-tailed-black-cockatoo
http://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/Long-billed-Corella
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/white-cheeked-honeyeater
http://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/australasian-darter

To finish the day Suzie treated us to a lovely meal at Odyssea as we enjoyed the sunset.🌅
🐟Fish for B, 🐔Chicken for M and 🐑Lamb for Suzie
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Apr 1, 2018, 7:41am · ☀️ 16 °C · Altitude: 62 m · 31°57'51" S 115°50'6" E
Australia City of Perth West Perth Mount Eliza
Bernie Allen
Day27
Sat 31st March - Downtown Train.
March 31, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Another early morning treated us to a lovely sunrise and the morning continued to show us how quick the scenery could change.
So last day aboard The Indian Pacific heading into downtown Perth where we hook up with Suzie later in the evening.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth
Arrived safely in Perth about 15:30 And found our way to our new base for the next week or so Mantra on Hay Apartments.
https://www.mantrahotels.com/mantra-on-hay/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4_zVBRDVARIsAFNI9eChfRprVPRzbkLKMXjmo8JzAS_y89tIW1scLm5yNqV0yNl4RP0K_jkaAlwAEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#overviewRead more
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Mar 31, 2018, 6:49am · ☀️ 18 °C · Altitude: 323 m · 30°49'38" S 119°30'54" E
Australia Yilgarn Koolyanobbing
Bernie Allen
Day26
Fri 30th March - Night Train
March 30, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A better nights sleep 🛌and rose to a beatiful sunrise🌅 over a vast landscape. An early breakfast - full English and our first sightings of the day of Kangaroos and Emus. An ever-changing landscape gave us more Emus until we arrived at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain for a short stretch of the legs whilst the train took on water. We also had to fend off the army of flies 🐝 that were waiting for us here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain
Treated ourselves to early afternoon reward for dealing with the flies. G&Ts .
Then after continuing along the plain, no camel 🐫sightings 😕, and crossing yet another time zone 🕟we arrived at Rawlinna to enjoy an evening meal under the stars by the light of a full moon 🌕 at this sheep shearing station.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawlinna_Station
Then a couple of night caps 🥂 and to bed. 🛌Read more
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Mar 30, 2018, 9:50am · ☀️ 15 °C · Altitude: 114 m · 30°42'30" S 134°21'53" E
Australia South Australia