Walpole to Pemberton..a bloody long way!
Stage 3 Walpole to Pemberton
19 Apr Walpole to Mt Clare 8.4k (too easy!)
20Apr Mt Clare to Longpoint 12k
21Apr Longpoint to Woolbales 17.6k
22Apr Woolbales to Mt Chance 21k
23Apr Mt Chance to Dog Pool 19.4k
24Apr Dog Pool to Lake Maringup 25 (very Long )k
25Apr Lake Mariungup to Garder 16k (thet's more like it!)
26Apr Gardner to Northcliffe 15k (even better!)
27Apr Rest day in Northcliffe
28Apr Northcliffe to Schafer 14k
29 Apr Schafer to Warren 21.2k
30 Apr Warren to Pemberton 20.1k
1May Rest day in Pemberton
We have now almost hit the 400k mark! The next stage we start tomorrow is 5 days & 94 k ti Donnely River and the halfway point. We will spend one day there, and coincedentily it will be Margaret's birthday.
Let me tell you about the beautiful Northcliffe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We arrived at the motel we had booked into, only to find the place deserted. We waited 15min then decided to leave our packs, and wander into town for a bight of lunch. Went to the corner cafe/lunchbar, and they had sold out of pies, so we ordered steak burgers each. We waited about 60mins, but to be fair they were busy -there were 6 other people there!
Back to the motel to find that it was open, and the lady running the place had been at the next table to us in the cafe the whole time we were there!!!
There is only one place to do laundry in Northcliffe, and believe me we neede it by then! It was at the Shell roadhouse about 15min walk from where we were staying. When we got there we found that the dryer had broken down in January..............It was raining on & off all that day.
Back to the motel. Glenda who runs the place was very helpful. She offered Margaret the use of her private dryer. Back out to the roadhouse for Margaret (dressed in long johns, bathers, and her waterproof jacket) while I waited in the room in my speedos....great image eh? Everything else was either wet of extremely dirty!
Laundry sorted we went down to the pub for dinner, and another 60min wait for food. Ah well it gave us a good chance to sample the local reds....and more of the local reds.
Clothes were still not dry so set the timer for 45mins before we went to bed. Trouble is that sometime in that 45min, the dryer broke down. Next morning our room resembled a chinese laundry, but we got most of the clothes nearly dry.
Back to the cafe to use their computer, but guess what...it wasn't working. I really don't know why I was expecting it to be!
Back to the pub that night for another chance to sample heaps of the local reds before our dinner arrived!
But that was Northcliffe, and this is Pemberton!
We have a great little house complete with fire, comfortable beds , washingmachine (& there's a dryer at the local laundromat that works!) and heaps of room.
Off to the supermart now to re stock on food (& get some radox- there is also a bath in the house) then off tomorrow for the 5 day hike into Donnely River.
And one last thing....we are checking our emails ( morgans11@three.com.au )
talk to youse soon!
19 Apr Walpole to Mt Clare 8.4k (too easy!)
20Apr Mt Clare to Longpoint 12k
21Apr Longpoint to Woolbales 17.6k
22Apr Woolbales to Mt Chance 21k
23Apr Mt Chance to Dog Pool 19.4k
24Apr Dog Pool to Lake Maringup 25 (very Long )k
25Apr Lake Mariungup to Garder 16k (thet's more like it!)
26Apr Gardner to Northcliffe 15k (even better!)
27Apr Rest day in Northcliffe
28Apr Northcliffe to Schafer 14k
29 Apr Schafer to Warren 21.2k
30 Apr Warren to Pemberton 20.1k
1May Rest day in Pemberton
We have now almost hit the 400k mark! The next stage we start tomorrow is 5 days & 94 k ti Donnely River and the halfway point. We will spend one day there, and coincedentily it will be Margaret's birthday.
Let me tell you about the beautiful Northcliffe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We arrived at the motel we had booked into, only to find the place deserted. We waited 15min then decided to leave our packs, and wander into town for a bight of lunch. Went to the corner cafe/lunchbar, and they had sold out of pies, so we ordered steak burgers each. We waited about 60mins, but to be fair they were busy -there were 6 other people there!
Back to the motel to find that it was open, and the lady running the place had been at the next table to us in the cafe the whole time we were there!!!
There is only one place to do laundry in Northcliffe, and believe me we neede it by then! It was at the Shell roadhouse about 15min walk from where we were staying. When we got there we found that the dryer had broken down in January..............It was raining on & off all that day.
Back to the motel. Glenda who runs the place was very helpful. She offered Margaret the use of her private dryer. Back out to the roadhouse for Margaret (dressed in long johns, bathers, and her waterproof jacket) while I waited in the room in my speedos....great image eh? Everything else was either wet of extremely dirty!
Laundry sorted we went down to the pub for dinner, and another 60min wait for food. Ah well it gave us a good chance to sample the local reds....and more of the local reds.
Clothes were still not dry so set the timer for 45mins before we went to bed. Trouble is that sometime in that 45min, the dryer broke down. Next morning our room resembled a chinese laundry, but we got most of the clothes nearly dry.
Back to the cafe to use their computer, but guess what...it wasn't working. I really don't know why I was expecting it to be!
Back to the pub that night for another chance to sample heaps of the local reds before our dinner arrived!
But that was Northcliffe, and this is Pemberton!
We have a great little house complete with fire, comfortable beds , washingmachine (& there's a dryer at the local laundromat that works!) and heaps of room.
Off to the supermart now to re stock on food (& get some radox- there is also a bath in the house) then off tomorrow for the 5 day hike into Donnely River.
And one last thing....we are checking our emails ( morgans11@three.com.au )
talk to youse soon!
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