Beautiful South

We spent another enjoyable day around the Margaret River region. We started with a visit to our nearest little town, Cowaramup - it is known locally as "Cowtown" and has dozens of fibreglass cow statues dotted around the town; our favorite was the one outside the pharmacy. The pharmacy also sold all-in-one cow suits - something that, of course, every good pharmacy should stock! It is Mothers Day here in Australia today and they seem to celebrate it at least as much as we do in Britain, if not more. We went out to the coast and stopped at a couple of the scenic surf spots along the way, although the weather was a bit wild and there was nobody surfing today. We also went to Canal Rocks (4th photo) where, sadly we saw a young whale that had been trapped between the rocks and the open sea and lost its life... This afternoon we indulged in some more wine tastings and a cheese platter to help soak it up, before visiting some of the local cheese and chocolate makers and enjoying tasting their wares too. As the weather got worse we retired to our campsite for a warm cuppa and Solana enjoyed feeding the animals on the neighbouring farm this evening too.Read more