Sunday 26 April Yallingup

Being Sydney city slickers, the novelty of being somewhere with bush, fruit trees, chickens, veggie patch etc kept everyone very entertained. The kids probably checked the chickens for eggs about 10 times before lunch.

After breakfast we headed down to Yallingup Beach with Libby, Huey and Karri. We have so far been very lucky with the weather on our trip. Apart from the first night at Wollondilly and a few scattered showers when we were at Walpole, the weather has been perfect. Today was no exception as we were all able to have a swim in the lagoon, albeit the water was a bit on the chilly side.

After lunch David took the kids down to the bottom of the paddock to hunt foxes…

Went for a drive in the afternoon to Dunsborough and Cape Naturaliste. The area was quite burned out by a recent bushfire and looked like a moonscape. A lot of the walking paths were closed so we decided to try out a nearby 4WD track a go. This is despite Bec’s warning. We thought she was just taking after David with her advice of “if you want to get bogged and have a tyre blow out, then go down the track”. I spoke to a guy at the start of the track who said we’d have no problems in our car. What he should really have said was the car will have no problems, but I can’t say the same for you guys.
Both Sue and I were guilty of leaning into every corner and hill as we carefully ventured along the track. In hindsight the track probably wasn’t too bad (rated “Green – AWD” in our 4WD book), however the stress headaches were beginning to emerge. Although the kids were probably sick of being told to shut up along the drive, they enjoyed all the wild bumps.
We made it out safely, and after a stiff gin and tonic the afternoon memories began to fade. Relaxed with an evening BBQ and a few glasses of red, while being entertained by David grooving along to his favourite Kylie Minogue tunes.