After the tree adventure in the karri forests in Pembroke, we drove to Augusta for the night. We just parked by the river. In the morning I had a peaceful walk by the river seeing all the local birdlife, and then we rented paddleboards for the whole family to go down the river to the mouth of the sea. It wasn't our most successful outing because the girls found paddleboarding paradoxically both boring and a bit difficult (Zoe had problems steering her board in the wind - she was particularly small for it) but we paddled to a lovely sandbar and saw some stingrays on the bottom along the way - there are always some pleasures to be found.
Then we went to the Cape Leeuwin lighthouse near Augusta - the most southwesterly point of mainland Australia. It is also where the Southern Ocean meets the Indian ocean, which was quite exciting, and the waves were definitely impressive.
We packed a lot into that day because we after we carried on into the Margaret River region to stay our first night at a campground with a 'farm' at the aptly named Cowamarup - a beautiful rural spot that offered the kids a chance to feed some farm animals in the evening. We can never resist a chance to interact with some animals, but it was also just a very pleasant spot to stop.
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| One of the many cow statues in the charming little hamlet of Cowamarup |
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| A shot of our 'home' for the four months - not a big space! |
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