Out and About

One of the things we love to do, when we've some spare time, is to take some day trips to see what there is to see.   We're generally happy just to find a nice piece of bush somewhere for a picnic and a walk.  Or to wander around a small town somewhere.  Of course, if there happens to be an antique fair on the weekend we visit, well that's just a bonus.  Pemberton, coincidentally, just happened to have one of those on the weekend we went.   What a happy coincidence.

I didn't take any photos of the fair.  The stall holders probably wouldn't like it and we didn't want to get kicked out.  I kinda suspect shots of antique stalls wouldn't be all that interesting. Even for those of us who are into the old stuff.   Luckily (or not) we had a picnic afternoon tea at Big Brook Dam, which is just a short drive out of Pemberton.   I love magpies (especially when they get together and sing) and I don't mind them having out with me when I'm having a picnic.  They can be kind of cute when they tilt their head to one side and make polite, cheeping requests for tit bits.  But these magpies were downright demanding!! They'd landed on the table and had started strutting about and demanding treats in loud song before we've even opened the thermos let alone the tin of homemade Anzac biscuits.  Based on the boldness of their performance alone we should have given them our entire picnic and left them to to it.  But those Anzacs are just too good to share. And we all know feeding wildlife human food is not a good thing.  Bad luck to the magpies.  

As usual, I took some pics. Again, these are just with the phone so they're not the greatest. I keep forgetting to take my camera. Darn it all.   It was latish in the afternoon when we were there and the light was just sublime.  The reflections were magical and even with a poor camera they make a nice shot.  The picnic area is on the edge of a sandy beach and surrounded by beautiful tall timber.   It would be a great spot to go in the Summer I suspect. 

Oh, here are the maggies setting up for their picnic. 

Eyeballing the picnic hamper. 

Moving in on and the hamper is still closed. 

It's hard to show how tall and majestic trees are I find.  This is my attempt. 

We recently stopped in King Jarrah Valley to have to enjoy the beautiful trees.  They're amazingly tall and majestic and there is a lovely walk you can take through them.  Their size is almost overwhelming.  They don't look very big in this picture.  But if you look right in the centre, down near the bottom you'll see a person dressed all in black. That's our good friend G who, along with us, definitely felt tiny!

Our most recent trip was to Hoffman Mill.  It's not an operating mill anymore but there is a bit of a walking trail that follows the old route the mill train took.  I only took the one photo here as my battery was getting flat (no camera again).  You can see there is a lovely picnic area to enjoy.  With facilities.  I think you can camp there too.  And it seems like a stop off point for cyclists and hikers doing the Bibblmum.  

We've been having a fabulous time doing lots of bush walks of late.  Here's to more to come and sharing them with friends.