Archive for December, 2008

Wheatbelt roadtrip

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

My brother John & I decided to end 2008 by taking a roadtrip around the wheatbelt, with the main goal of trying to find the place where out mother was born. We were sure it was in Lake Grace, but we actually wanted to get a bit more specific, as we had her ashes which we wanted to either inter or scatter at the site of her birth. We didn’t really come back with any specific site, but we did learn a lot about the area – especially Lake Grace.

It was also the realisation of a long lived desire to return to my grandparents old farm in Karlgarin, which has barely been touched since they moved to Perth in the 80′s. The site around the farmhouseis infested with caltrop making the site unusable.

If you’re ever planning to head out to Wave Rock or Karlgarin – I can recommend you stay at Tressies Caravan Park in Karlgarin. Merv has set up an amazing museum of old farm items that have been beautifully restored. Well worth a look!

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The smiling sky

Monday, December 1st, 2008

I took this pic as I was leaving the lovely Simon’s house tonight. The planets (& the moon) have aligned to smile down upon us!

Not the best pic – but I only had my mobile phone handy. In real life – it looked amazing – and very bright!