Daytrip to Meckerings Earthquake site

 Today the wife and I decided to go for a drive up to the old Meckering Townsite before the 1968 Earthquake that had destroyed the town, My wife had recently done a similiar trip with my daughter with some mystery shopping. Originally the plan was to got to Kellerberrin and back home, but we didn't end up going that far I think we got about 15km out of Kellerberrin and turned around taking a different route home. We headed of towards Meckering passing the Meckering Fault line and stopping at Meckering so we had a look at the old townsite now only the foundations remain in the old townsite and a short trail with signs telling you where everything was. The townsite now has been rebuilt in the same area and a lot bigger than it was in 1968. 

 As we left Meckering and headed towards Kellerberrin we stopped at Tammin for lunch at the roadhouse, we had our lunch and made our way towords Kellerberrin. We got about 15 km out of Kellerberrin and decided to turn around and go home taking a back road towards York , I spotted this old Building on the side of the road so I went to have a look around it turns out it was an old Police Outhouse built around 1866, now being looked after by a 4WD club.

I spent a good 15 mins having a look around before heading off again I came across another old building on the way, so I pulled over for a couple of snaps.

After driving for another 20 mins or so Came across Malbelling Hall. 

That was the last stop as it was getting late and we had a fair way to drive home . Todays trip was around 430km so it was a nice long drive. 

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Over night stay at Margaret River 19-03-2023

    My daughter wanted to spend her birthday down south with a couple of friends so we did an overnight stay down in Margaret River, we headed of in the morning doing our usual stops for lunch on the way, I didn’t get many photos at all this trip it was more what my daughter wanted to do, but we did stop off at Canal rocks, and then we headed to the accommodation for the night, in the morning we left towards home making a stop for the kids to have a  round of minigolf, after that it was just the trip home stopping at our regular stops when we go down south, Cheese Factory, Chocolate Factory, and a Yoghurt Factory. He is just a few photos from the trip.

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A quick trip to Bunbury

 

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 , after 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 drive through Australind having a look around stopping at the shops and Bunbury Growers market by that time it was getting late, so we headed for home.

Jarrahdale POW Camp, Nth Dandalup Dam, Marrinnup POW Daytrip

 Today The wife and I and a couple of the girls went on a drive through Jarrahdale, Nth Dandalup, and Marrinup POW Camp, first time visiting Marrinup POW Camp, It was a funny day today weatherwise it was Sunny, then Raining and Sunny again on and off for most of the day, anyway our first stop was at the Jarrahdale POW Camp I regularly go for a drive here to have a look around its dissappointing to see how much the place has deteriorated since my first visit here in the Early 2000's I think it was around 2004 when I found it online while researching for some places to take photos and go for a hike, there will be updates of this area in future posts, I spend a bit of time exploring the Jarrahdale Bush on my days off.

Here is a few snaps from todays trip at Jarrahdale POW Camp

After a short walk around the camp we headed towards Nth dandalup Dam picking up Lunch on the way to eat at the dam. I enjoy being at Nth Dandalup Dam its a nice place and always well maintained with Toilets and a Picnic Area

Here is a couple from Todays Trip 

After staying here for a while we went towards Marrinup, after folowing maps and a scenic drive down Scarp rd we come across the road to the Marrinup Campsite and arriving at the POW Camp Shortly after, its seems a bit bigger than the Jarradale one and some of the roads were a little rough getting there but we are the end of winter so the tracks are a little worse for wear, I must look up the history of this at some point.

Here is a few From The Marrinup POW Camp

As we were leaving the POW camp there was a car that flew past up nearly went off the road trying to dodge it so there is not a very wide track out, few seconds after there was a dog chasing after the car my first thought was thats a wierd way to walk a dog but as I was leaving the dog had stopped and was just wandering around, the horrible though that came across my mind is that that poor dog has just been dumped by the owner as they drove off really quick not considering other users of the road. I am just hoping that this happens regularly and it is just a way of Exercising/Training there dog and not the latter.

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