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A quick trip to Bunbury

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  A few weekends ago we decided to go for a drive down Bunbury for the day stopping at a few places on the way.   A random trip that we decided to do at the last minute, that happens every now and then we just decide we are going somewhere, it was a relatively quick trip we left late in the morning so we only had probably 6 or 7 hours to play with before it started to get dark.      Our Trip first started by heading down Southwest Highway stopping at a few places on the way   Pinjarra Courthouse Suspension Bridge Pinjarra Another View of the Courthouse  We also went for a drive through Yarloop and Brunswick Junction , a fter arriving in Bunbury, we went for a drive through the town centre and stopping have having a look at some of the local beaches including Back Beach and a couple of others, today it was a little rough at the beach which made for some nice photo opportunity’s   Series of snaps from Back Beach   We Stayed at back beach for a while and then went for a driv
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Nth Dandalup Dam to Jarrahdale

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HI all,      I had and early finish at work one day last week, I knew the day before that is was going to be an early one so the night before I studied the maps and looked for an alternate route home, and decided to take a detour to Nth Dandalup Dam and follow Scarp rd. exploring a few tracks on the way, Scarp road is mainly a good gravel road (although some parts of it are a sealed) through some of the darling scarp ending in Jarrahdale. As far as I know it goes as far south as Sth Dandalup maybe even further.    I had finished work by 9am so it gave me most of the day to explore, I had charged the cameras up, fuelled up the car, packed extra food and drink, I don’t have any recovery gear yet and fairly new to Four Wheel Driving, so I am still on a massive learning curve,   just sticking to the easy tracks for a while    I left work and headed towards Nth Dandalup Dam, the first track I took was slightly uphill and was quite rough, a gravel Road/Track it was rocky and there was
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Back in Jarrahdale

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Hi all,           Well it has been a while since I posted here been slacking off again. todays trip was more of a test drive through the tracks of Jarrahdale. I just recently purchased my first true 4WD and just had to take it for spin off road, only light stuff to start with although we did go on a few rough tracks as we were exploring around, it was basically the same trip as the last one we did to Jarrahdale in my previous post, this time we didn't have to walk much of it, Our first stop was the Jarrahdale POW camp where we stopped for lunch and had a quick walk around. Someone's make shift Camp site, there is suppose to be no camping here The POW information centre what is left of the Main quarter The powerhouse I think it was The Wash House After leaving the POW camp and exploring a few of the tracks not really finding much else, we headed towards Blue Rock and the Wetlands Trail, we only went for a quick drive through the track at the wetl
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Jarrahdale - Out and about

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A couple of months ago me and a couple of our daughters went for a drive through the sites of Jarrahdale, Western Australia. I hadn't been up that way for a few years except a recent hike along the Kitty's Gorge walk trail with one of my daughters , our plan was to visit Blue rock Walktrail, the Wetlands Trail and also the old WW2 POW camp ruins. Sadly they have deteriorated over the last few years and the tracks are dug up by trail bikes and 4WD  vehicles and have not been maintained. What is left of the Wetlands Walk Trail We first visited the POW Camp and then the Wetlands trail and then the Blue Rock Walk Trail, both the Blue Rock and the Wetlands rails are no longer worth visiting as they have gone to waste and the Carpark at the Blue Rock Trail have been blocked off by rocks so there is not really anywhere to park now. The WWII POW Camp is still accessible via Balmoral road but is a little overgrown and under maintained but we manage to have a little walk around
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Down at the beach - Kwinana Beach

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Hi all just want to share a few photos from a recent trip to the local beach, Kwinana beach is a nice little beach it offers, Fishing Boating, Swimming Snorkelling there is toilets and a BBQ Area, there is also a cafe across the road. There used to be a jetty but that was demolished and removed last year, after a storm a few years ago damaged it and was never repaired. My Daughters and I went there recently for the sunset but unfortunately there wasn't a great deal of cloud around this day
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Location: 177 Kwinana Beach Rd, Kwinana Beach WA 6167, Australia
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John Forrest National Park - 12-11-2011

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John Forrest National Park is one of Perth's Oldest Conservation Sites, first listed in 1898 it was named as John Forrest National Park in 1947, (Sir John Forrest was an Explorer, Statesmen and was Premier of Western Australia between 1890 and 1901). It is a good starting point for many walk trails as well as mountain bike trails (approved trails only), there is 2 waterfalls and and old tunnel plus a variety of flora and fauna. The picnic area has barbecues, picnic tables and toilets with plenty of shade, there is a nice little walk around the banks of Jane Brook, More information about John Forrest National Park can be found in the link below. John Forrest National Park We visited the park back in 2011 if I remember right, it is only a half hour drive from Perth and a great destination for a day trip, John Forrest Is also a part of the Family history On My Wife's side not a direct line but more like a 2nd or 3rd Cousin a few generations ago. We used to do a lot of day t
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Location: Park Rd, Hovea WA 6071, Australia
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