A meal at Halo on the water

We visited the Barrack Street area on Saturday night in Perth and enjoyed a meal at Halo Cafe.
Terry and I enjoyed our Marron with Duck salad

Pam enjoyed her snapper

This is a another building that looked good just near our restaurant.

Kanyana

Some time ago I read about the work that June and Lloyd Butcher were doing with breeding Bilbys and rescuing fauna. I contacted June and we were able to visit her wildlife rehabiltation centre at Gooseberry Hill called Kanyana. Along with a group of about 140 volunteers Kanyana is doing a fantastic job.

June with a Brushtailed bandicoot, a near relative of the Bilby


This was a box of Bilbies

The superb camouflage of the Tawny Frogmouth always impresses me

Pam went to the kangaroo nursery and was quickly asked to help feed some.
The downstairs area was setup with baskets of joeys waiting to be fed.

Trip to the Valley of the Giants

It was a long trip back down to the forests today, but it was worth it. We visited the "Valley of the Giants" and the Ancient Forest.
Massive old trees and a fairly scarey tree top walk, or in the case of Terry, push in his wheel chair.

This Red Tingle tree is said to be over 300 years old.
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Here I am doing the tourist thing in another.


The Ancient Forest area has limited access to wheelchairs which meant that Terry occassionaly had to get out whist I lifted it up and down the steps, but it was worth the effort.

A pleasant late lunch was had in another lovely old tea rooms, with a cottage garden.

A trip to Pemberton

A leisurely drive, with a lunch in an old cottage with a nice garden, hence this rose.

Then a drive to Pemberton to the Gloucester Tree,

Lots of bird life, being fed by tourists

I think this bird is a Shrike Thrush, a beautiful call from it was ringing around the forest.


This a 28 (or Twenty Eight Parrot/)

We did the touristy thing:


One of a pair of wrens.

Watershed Winery

We had a late lunch at the Watershed Winery, south of Margaret River. Its a very pretty winery complex

Wildlife at teatime

The Kookaburra shared our tea, the kangaroo grazed on the back lawn.

Around the house

This Kookaburra greets us everyday.

The house viewed from the drive

The forest around the house is a good place to walk in

"Bella" came around for breakfast as well

Plenty of flowers to see:

A sortie around Margaret River

The day started early with visits from kangaroos. Pam found a skink in the wood pile:


We went out and visted a number of wineries, including Cullen Winery,





Cullen Winery is a family winery that has a great reputation. Vanya Cullen is the now the chief winemaker following on from her parents Dianna and Kevin.It's been on my agenda for a number of years and I an glad that I finally got there. There are something like 84 wineries in the Margaret River area and we cannot possibly visit them all in our short stay so we will just visit a few.
After tasting their wines we enjoyed a nice morning tea.