For those of you who have never been to WA wouldn’t be aware that in the rural areas nothing opens on Sunday’s. You maybe lucky enough to find a small IGA or petrol station or fast food joint. But shops and supermarkets are a no go.That doesn’t really concern me as I’m in Perth. But even in the city it’s like a country town in east coast. Nothing opens til 11am, and everything closes 5pm. At the start of our WA adventure it use to annoy me. But now I love it. 

Lazy Sunday mornings. No reason to get up and rash anywhere because you can’t do anything. It really encourages you to have a morning where you just chill out with your family. Have some cuddles in bed before getting up and having a nice breakfast, sit round chatting and watching TV. I love it. This is what weekends are about.

By the time 11 comes around you have everything done ready to head out for some Sunday Funday activities.

I love it. I think every state should do this. 

The main reason for it is the fact that penalties are paid here in every industry. Which the government is trying to get rid of. I hope they don’t. It’s so nice having lazy Sunday’s, not being in a rush one day of the week.

Maybe it’s something everyone needs to try, not for a week but for a month or two. It really is the best.
Take care xo

While Matt was on RnR we decided to make the most of living in a home on wheels. So we packed up and changed our scenery for a week. Almost felt like we were on the road again, except we actually had money to spend instead of counting every cent. It was amazing. 

We packed up and headed down south to Margaret River. The South West. We had heard so many wonderful things about down there that I’ve been waiting for so long to go down there to explore. So as you can imagine I was quite excited to go down there.

The dreaded packing up and excitement meant screaming at the kids for no reason. Oops. Their tough and got over it. 

Then we hooked up. And like every time we hook up that song plays over and over in my head. “On the road again. I just can’t wait to get on the road again”. 

  
We got to our destination. Awesome, red sand sites. We have been so spoilt with concrete. This is going to do my head in, red sand everywhere inside. Thankfully we had a tarp. Not as bad as I thought.
Every night they feed some animals, first night boys keen as mustard. Next night they got chosen to feed the calves which was kind of exciting and then that was it. No more excitement about the farm animals. I was a bit disappointed thought they’d love it. 

   
   
First day exploring I was in my element. And Matt enjoyed it too. Don’t know about the boys but hey life isn’t always about them. We went to the famous surf beach. The waves were huge and the sets just kept rolling in. But there was no way in hell that I would ever attempt to go into the water there. You would end up on reef. 
  
The colour of the water…wow. It was gorgeous. Even the break had this beautiful turquoise colour. I’ve never seen anything like it. Matt and I could’ve sat there all day but of course the boys wouldn’t allow it. 

Then we headed to the mouth of the river to have a look.

Followed by a walk through the shops in town and lunch at the pub. 
The following day we decided to do Mammoth cave as there is evidence of prehistoric animals in it. It was a self guided tour which was good as we could take our time but bad because our headsets were all at different stages. Boys loved it.
   
    
   
They were so well behaved we decided to do Lake Cave as well. This was my favourite. It gets the name as there is water along the bottom of it. Which gives off some of the most beautiful reflections. To get to the cave you have to walk down 300 steps. Which is gorgeous on its own. 
   
    
    
   
We called in to the winery and cheese factory that where conveniently located next to caravan park. Made a few purchases.
The next day was adult day. Started off with a drive to Gracetown that some locals had told us to go visit. This is a gorgeous bay where the waves roll in for ages. Would love to go back there once I learn to surf. 

   
 We then called in to do some olive tastings at Olio Bello. To our amazement the boys loved it. Well Ethan loved the jams, sauces, chutneys. Nate loved the free sample bread and biscuits, nothing on them just bread and biscuits. After making a few Purchases we continued on our tour to Cheeky Monkeys Brew and cider house. We grab a seat near the playground then purchased a sample paddle to share. 

   
 We decided which drinks to continue with and had some lunch.
  
Great place could spend all day if we didn’t have to drive. Kids enjoyed the playground.

  
Then we went to Margaret River Chocolate Company and Providore. 

  
After doing a few chocolate places recently I was quite disappointed with the chocolate place. Only good thing was the free sample buttons.

The next day we checked out Yallingup which everyone raves about. Was a great town, similar to Gracetown but a bit more developed. Still not much there. 

We then drove to the lighthouse at Cape Naturalise and took a walk to the whale lookout.

   
    
    
 The whales migrant pass here. It was freezing cold.
On our way back we called into Meelup Beach as another travelling family had been there and it looked amazing so I wanted to go checkout it. It didn’t let me down.

   
 We called in and had a look around Dunsborough. Again so many people love this place and yep now I do too. It’s touristy and a bit yuppie but friendly people everywhere.

   
   
Great swimming beach for the kids.

On our last day we walked through the town closet to caravan park called Cowaramup. Which they are capitalising on the “Cow” thing. But the actual name comes from the local parrot called the cowara parrot.

   
    
 It was a great town I could’ve spent ages looking through the shops but of course the boys wanted to do their thing. So into Marg’s again to buy them a necklace for their amazing behaviour while we were down there. Followed by ice cream from Millers ice cream farm. The boys and I were in heaven.

   
 The next morning we packed up and came back to Perth.

Things that I learnt while we were away. I really hate the cold. It was freezing. The wind hit straight to my bones. I’m not sure I’ve ever been this cold. I also don’t have the appropriate clothing for cold weather. Perth was nice and warm compared to down there.

Perth now feels like home. Once we were set up on our new site I said to Matt, I actually feel like I’m at home. 

Lastly how amazing the caravan park is that we are in. Awesome shower heads, awesome water pressure and great concrete sites. Love gypsy life. 

Take care xo