Our first stop was the Margaret River Chocolate Company (it's nowhere near Margaret River????). Wow you walk in to this huge room and it is wall to wall chocolate. Peter bought some rocky road and I managed to restrain myself and only got a macadamia cluster which was mainly nuts held together with a little bit of chocolate. I thought of my friend Tanya who is a chocoholic of the highest order - Hi Tanya!
The Chocolate Factory - yum!
Then we went to Whiteman Park which is a unique conservation andrecreation reserve that is home to the popular Caversham Wildlife Park, Birds of Prey Flying Display and Revolutiions Transport Heritage Centre. There are playgrounds, walk trails, vintage tram and train rides, the Tractor Museum, the Motor Museum, a craft village and more. We had lunch here and then went to the Motor Museum. It was amazing with lots of vehicles, collections of model cars and much more. I know my friend Raelee's husband, Geoff, would love it. We walked around the park and check out the craft shop. It is a great place to go for a picnic and there are lots of things for the kids to do.
An amusing sign as you enter the park
The Motor Museum
They have a huge collection of hub caps
Some early Holdens
A very old car - can't remember what it was
This was an old prospectors car
The Swan Valley Trail is a big loop, so we drove the loop. We are constantly amazed at how dry it is here in WA. The Margaret River area was particularly dry with lots of the grapevines quite wilted. Even here in the Swan Valley it is extremely dry. Such a contrast to what we saw back in NSW and Victoria.
We (well Peter actually) forgot to bring the remote for the TV which has made it difficult as we have to tune in the tv at each new place we go to. My friend Kim kindly agreed to send it to us by express post as Lauren's work hours didn't give her time to do it. The parcel arrived today and I thought it was a tad big for the remote and it was like getting a "care package". Inside were half a dozen magazines and lots of chocolates as well as a cute little box (hand made by Kim) which was full of easter eggs. Thanks Kim! I did eat a couple of the small chocolates but have gifted the rest to Peter - got to keep the diabetes in check!
Tomorrow we are going to Rockingham and Mandurah.
cheers
Peter and Roz
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