Fri 11 Jun 2010
Day 1 – Dalwallinu
Posted by nada under Leg 1 - Perth to Broome, The Trip
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So I finally make it, after a few delays and a false start. I’m currently sitting in the Dalwallinu Caravan Park, having left Perth around 1:00PM. While I was planning on leaving on the 9th I still hadn’t finished the frame and packed. Speaking of packing, so far I have forgotten to pack cooking oil (I have plenty of 15W40 and 75W90) and the stand to hold the gas stove (again). I am currently enjoying a celebratory beer, although a Johnny Walker Blue would have been a more fitting drink, while dinner is cooking.
I stopped off at New Norcia to have a cuppa, some fruit cake from my Grandmother and a look around. Most of the buildings there were built by the Monks using bricks made in New Norcia. I didn’t stay long enough to get a tour of the buildings or to check out the Museum. I would recommend a day trip from Perth to check it out as it is quite stunning and only 134km
The Handball Courts at New Norcia
The Old School at New Norcia
Today was only a short trip of 262km, tomorrow I’m planning on being in Mount Magnet after checking out Payne’s Find, The Gold Battery and a few other places along the way.
Home, as I'll know it for a while.
-UPDATE- 19:49
If I thought I was slightly nuts doing this trip around Australia, I met a guy in the campers kitchen who flew in from Germany 3 days ago with his bicycle and is cycling from Perth to Broome. He wanted to cycle the Canning Stock Route but wasn’t fit enough to do it. This isn’t the first time he has done something like this, having cycled around Australia for a year.