Margaret River – a world class wine region with many artisan cheese & meat shops, & breweries. We booked a tour with ‘Harvest Wines’, a small company which specializes in boutique wineries and food pairings. Good decision! Our driver and owner/host, Steve, is a blast. It’s a ‘foodie’ tour which begins with a stop at a…
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We spent some time today exploring the Margaret River Valley. We started the morning driving south to visit the Cape Leeuwin Light House. It was built in 1865 and was operated by a team of 3 lightkeepers and their families. It is a very forbidding place (although spectacular views) and I think it would have…
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Day 4 and last day on the Indian Pacific. The train moves rather slowly as we approach Perth, the end-point of this rail journey. The terrain changes dramatically from the scrub grass of the Nullarbor to the rolling hills & parkland of Western Australia. It seems odd to actually see cars after a few days…
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It’s day 3 on the Indian Pacific. I had a much better night last night and managed to get in several hours of continuous sleep. Overnight we traversed from Adelaide to Woomara and are now heading westerly again. We had breakfast with Elaine and Briony, two lovely women from South Australia. We are on the…
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