Dunkeld

Up not to early and had breakfast (in our room at the pub - using coffee mugs as bowls for our cereal, we took it in turns to eat as we only had one teaspoon, how tight is that😛). We then drove to Hermitage National Park - what a beautiful place with a walking track that follows along the banks of the fast flowing river Braan. Looked like it was going to rain but it held off. Plenty of waterfalls, one of the locals told us we were a month early as during October the salmon swim up the river and waterfalls to spawn. Apparently it is quite a sight as they make their way up. On the way back we stopped off at the town/city of Perth for a look around. When the British came to Australia they were not a very inventive lot when it came to naming towns and cities - they just took the names of UK places (Perth, Liverpool, Newcastle- there’s even a Dunkeld in Australia!!). Paying for parking in Perth was so complicated that by the time we worked it out it had cost us £2 and it was time to go. We went through Birnam (tiny village) and had a look at a Beatrice Potter museum then stopped at a Loch to do some (not very successful) spotting from a bird hide. Dinner at a local pub and get ready to head-off to Ayr (there’s another one!!!) tomorrow.Read more