Saturday, 8 November 2014

Brockman Sawpit

JB have arranged for us to have 3 new tyres fitted to the van on Tuesday. We had a wheel alignment completed in Perth and the tyres being fitted was the last stage in the remedy to a problem we've had for some time.

We got away from Margaret River about 9am I'd suppose and the van is travelling better now than it has ever been.

We have been invited to stay with some friends we knew some 17 years ago. We all belonged to the same Ski club. Danny and Marg now live in Narricup, about 30 minutes north of Albany. Albany is celebrating 100 years since the first Australia's troop ships left for the war so need to be in Albany by the weekend to join in. The fact that their daughters both are working at the "Limeburners" tent might also be adding to the excitement Limeburners is the name of the local distillery.

We stopped overnight just south and east of Pemberton at a historical site (Brockman's Sawpit). It's not listed on the camping guides as an overnighter, but it's far enough off the road, and we'd arrived late, so we'll stop anyway.

Being able to run up these dirt roads occasionally with our own water, power, etc is "Just Brilliant".
Note the saw. The guy underneath used to wear a sugar bag over his head.


   

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