Pulp Reunion

More shopping at the Fremantle Dock Markets and shook hands with a bronze Bon Scott at the wharf restaurants. We went back to Kings park so we could drive around its 1,ooo acres to check it all out properly. We found an excellent huge children's park and some not so good Wollomi Pines.

We then drove to a caravan park in Caversham to find Brett Wicks,(ex pulp fitter) and his family who has secured a good job with Apache Gas. That night we rounded up some more expulpers for a reunion. Wayne Stott,Kendal Bonney and Richard Stevenson all turned up for a barby in the camp kitchen. It was all too much for Brett, and was found in the shower ,asleep at midnight by his concerned wife.

Said goodbye sunday morning and drove north to find Diane's nephew Todd Brooks and his family in Butler. We had a good catchup with them over a meal at the local pub. Perth is growing north as fast as it is growing south, suburb after suburb after shopping centre. We kept going north through some good cropping country, large paddocks of carrots,and found a lovely spot at Guilderton to camp the night. We awoke at daylight to a shower of rain and a quick packup.

We drove through more beautiful countryside to the Gingin observatory and gravity centre(different), then onto meet the catholic monks at New Norcia. Done a two hour tour of the monastery and its five out of eight chapels, we thought we was in Italy. It was started in 1847 as an aboriginal mission. There are five monks still trying to manage the property but are struggling to keep up with the maintenance of these old buildings.

We got wet again that night in a bush camp but pushed on to check out the Pinnacle's near Cervanties. It was like a sand dune full of stone henge's and headstones. Still wet so we got a cabin in Dongara for the night.