Perth 2009

October 6th, Left Geraldton and decided to go down the coast road (Brand H’wy, Indian Ocean Drive) to Jurien. Booked into Jurien Bay Caravan Park (Top Tourist) for an overnight stop. It’s was a pleasant drive, the scenery was so different to the northern part of this state.

October 7th, Moved on to Perth to-day. Val took a lot of photos of the wildflowers along the way. We booked into the Perth Vineyard Holiday Park, in the heart of the Swan Valley area. Val was overjoyed, our site was on the fence next to a Vineyard, now she can sit under the awning sipping on a wine and watching the grapes grow.

October 8th, We drove into Perth City and cruised Foreshore Drive, which runs along the shore of the Swan River. The entire waterfront is very attractive parkland with gardens, picnic areas and playgrounds, we were very impressed. We parked outside the Entertainment Centre and walked around the shops in the CBD.

October 10th, The day started with a light shower of rain then out came the sun, so we decided to do a tour of the wineries. They put out a guide which shows a 32 klm circuit, sounded good to us. From the first winery, next door to our Caravan Park, we found Security Guards, loud music, heaps of young people, some in fancy dress, having a ball & drinking. There was a Police presence everywhere. We had to ask at the next winery and found out that this weekend was ”Spring in the Valley” celebration at Swan Valley. We elected to leave our wine tour till Monday, when things will be back to normal and we can simply go wine tasting. The rain started up again and looked set in, so we went to the Margaret River Chocolate Company and tasted their chocolates, absolutely great. Val had to buy some for the Family. We called in to the Information Centre and picked up a list of the wineries that are open on Monday and have free tastings. We finished our days outing with a walk along James Street, Guildford, where there was a collection of Antique Shops for us to browse through.