After a very noisy night at the campsite - Sue didn't hear a thing - we packed up our tents and camping gear, whilst Bugsy was queried as to his real identity by one of the other campers.
We got some wildflower tips from our Scottish & Kiwi campsite neighbours before heading off at 9.15am, last night we were going to walk, this morning that was all forgotten as we drove up to the breathtaking Irwin's lookout which overlooks the Irwin River valley.
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| View from Irwin Lookout |
Lots & lots of wildflower photos were taken giving Tez some work to do when we get home. Lots of grey nomads were out and about doing the same. We thought the army was on its way when we saw 3 of their vehicles heading to the lookout, only to find that they were tourists, travelling around in their own unique way.
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| A touch of MASH at Coalseam |
The flies were being really pesty as we made our way around to the Fossil picnic site and went for a walk along the Irwin River.
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Bugsy wandering through the Irwin River bed |
There was not much water in the river, so we were able to look for fossils in the river banks. They were very tiny but Sue managed to locate a few specimens for a photo shoot.
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Oh look - a fly netted fossil |
Back on the road heading for Mingenew, after waiting at the rail crossing with stomachs grumbling, for what seemed to be an eternity, we found the bakery and opted for some pies, drinks, icecreams and a milkshake. Mingenew's traffic was getting pretty busy with vans and tourists arriving for the MidWest Expo happening on the 15th & 16th September.
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| Big Ears |
Taking a quick look around the main street we found a giant Wheat Stalk sculpture in Cecil Newton Park, known as “Big Ears” by the locals, it emphasises the importance of wheat farming in the area. Then off to the visitor's centre bumping into one of Mag's golfing mate's daughters for a quick chat before piling back in the van at 12.15.
Hitting the road to Watheroo, we found the pink strips which meant that there were some wildflowers located there, stopping for a few more photos.
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| Pink ribbons for wildflowers |
It didn't take long and we were all wildflowered out, still, looking forward to getting home to try and identify the photos we had taken. A job for our resident pink toenailed botanist no doubt.
We are getting pretty homesick by this stage, missing our besties as we get closer to home, so much so, that by the time we got to Watheroo we decided to head for home as it was only a couple of hours away.
We talked about all that we have seen, funnily enough only 2 police cars on the whole trip, 1 blowfly, 3 emus, 6 bustards, 1 butterfly, lots of moths, 1 walker, 3 pushbikers, 1 giant cod ( sort of), spanish flag, shark mackerel, chinaman cod, sharks, stingrays, longtoms, dolphins, pilot whales, humpback whales, flatback turtles, green turtles, green tits, ospreys, oyster catchers, tata lizards, quails, backward coloured willy wagtails and one pesky seagull along with a few of his mates.
We have also seen a few guys closely resembling Bugsy or Richard or Colin.
Most hummed tune on the whole trip had been "Do the hustle" - thanks Mags, we couldn't get it out of our heads.
We pulled into Moora for an icecream and found that the Magnum competition wrappers were wrong, it is not 1 in 6 Magnums that wins, it is 1 in 7 as Bugsy won the only free Magnum for the trip.
We turned off to head to Northam and Sue got excited as we spotted a very large blue wreath of wildflowers on the side of the road, pity they looked a lot like a pile of bailing twine.
We headed back into town and out to Spencers, unpacking systematically and loading up Mag's & Bugsy's cars before saying goodbye to Tez who took the bus home to clean it out before returning it on Friday.
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| Lots of critters were on front of the van. |
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