corrigan, wave rock; lake grace ; W.A.

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Louise (above) at the Dog Cemetery, Corrigan W.A. on sat. 18.9.10; it was very moving, some people  had gone to such a lot of trouble with the headstones etc.

dear friends

louise here, just quickly getting some pics and news out to y'all;  hope all our readers are well and keeping abreast of our adventures.

Our first stop out east of Perth was at Corrigan, where they have this dog cemetery,  some of the gravestones were really impressive and I have to admit a tear in my eyes, reading some  of the headstones...  anyone in the country here can pay $300 and the Council of Corrigan will let you put your dog in the cemetery!  One grave even had a solar power set of fairy lights around it;  the dog was named Mandy I think...

Matt walked away saying 'Man's best friend...'  when I said 'Diamonds are a girls best friend, so I guess we have more brains...?'   He was somehow not amused....

Our next stop was a great free camp area called Gorge Rock which has a 1950s concrete pool ensconsed inside a huge rock escarpment...  not in use now, but it was big in the 60s when there was a bit of a town nearby...  Next day we ploughed on to Hyden and a look at long last to Wave Rock.   Which was amazing;  not only could you stand and make out to surf (see photos) but you can walk over the top of it, and its a series of stone hills that cover a big area;   Down the road about 1.5km north is the Hippo Yawn rock, which you can see also below.   Wave Rock was formed about 2m yrs ago or so and has been shaped that way purely by erosion.   Wow!

We are currently (mon 20.9.10) 4pm - in a dot of a place called Kokerbin Rock,  about 300km east of Perth WA;  we stayed last  night at the Lookout at Lake Grace town and this morning we went to look at the huge salt lake (lake grace) at the south of town;  very spooky looking it was too;  We then drove about 150km north to Bruce Rock to have lunch,  another dot of a place that was about 2 streets and a pub;  the countryside here is very like England, believe it or not,  green fields of wheat, lupin and barley.   And for those of you reading from o/s  I heard a stat the other day that you may like;  the State of Western Australia is the same size as Europe, but with only 3M people!  Crazy eh?   We have left behind the hot end of the state and it was 23c today but our spring is upon us now and we hope by going south to gradually get the summer weather;  mind you its single digits at night and all praise the feather doona we had the brains to  bring along...

So please keep reading,  and we  are heading back to Perth tomorrow for a day or two, may need to get the van serviced, we have done 20,000km so far.  We probably be in WA for a few more weeks yet, there is so much to see, its a joke.   Going south soon and I will endeavour to keep you all informed of our adventures...

ciao  Louise and Matt  XXXX

Matt (above) at Wave rock, Hyden, WA, doing his best surfing impression...  19.9.10

matt -above - at Hippos Yawn which is also at the Wave Rock Nature park;  19.9.10

Louise with Lake Grace in the background  - a huge 26km salt/gypsum lake;  mon 20.09.10