Augusta

Augusta
27- 28 November
Augusta got added to the itinerary to fit in with the timetables of buses back to Perth for Maggie and Millie. So we were pleasantly surprised with the lovely campground there. Apart from the wind. It was really blowing hard but luckily the campground was quite sheltered and we were located near to the camp kitchen with large windows.
The narrow timber jetty where Bro and Fabian went fishing had no protection from the wind gusting down the river. Unfortunately luck was not with them, and hours of fishing in the River and at Skippy Rock on the west side of the Cape yielded only one little herring. A recurring tale, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway. At Leeuwin Lighthouse we skipped the tour and instead had a picnic lunch beside the old water wheel which once pumped fresh water to the lighthouse from the spring which turned it but ironically now has fresh water trickled over it by an electric pump to stop the timbers from drying and cracking.

From Leeunwin Naturalist NP

Early on the last morning, Bro and I saw Maggie and Millie off on the 6.10am bus to Perth. From now till Kangaroo Island, it will be a boys-only tour.