Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Port Broughton Weekend Away

On September 19-21 QCar went to Port Broughton for a weekend. We stayed in nice cabins at the Port Broughton Caravan Park, on the foreshore of the town. On the Saturday we drove inland and visited a few towns, the highlight being a visit to Melrose and the North Star Hotel and the cellar door which operates from there. They make a good sparkly red.

That evening we visited Robyn and Julie’s shack just up the road from Port Broughton (they organised the trip away). We got there just in time to watch the sun go down. And unfortunately also just in time for the mosquito horde to descend. That night we dined at Palate to Palette in Port Broughton’s main street.

On the Sunday we visited Port Germein and Wallaroo. We took a drive along the beach at Wallaroo and went for a walk down to one of the most unique houses/shacks around. The shack is 100m from the shore on a spit of rocks in the main bay of the town and is surrounded by public land and beach. A colony of shags seem to reside a few metres from the shack’s front door.

We had lunch at the new pub, restaurant, apartment and docking facility next at the new canal estate in Wallaroo. We saw the new ferry too, that takes cars across the gulf saving drivers 400km off their trip.

Lunch was great and as it was a beautiful day.

A big thanks to Robyn and Julie for organising the weekend.

(To see the pictures at a bigger size click on them)



In one of Robyn's photos I'm bending over next to the lighthouse at Port Germein. This is what i was taking a photo of.



The 'Broome Pearl' shed at Port Germein.



The stools in the new pub/restuarant at Wallaroo where we had lunch on the Sunday.



The old lighthouse at Port Germein.



David and Hillary and Lucy in Laura.



The group.



The footpath meeting at Laura.



Rod, Laura.



The pine tree canopy at the little historic spot we stopped at.



Tarmac meeting, Laura.



Julie through the sunroof.



On the beach at Wallaroo.



Carl using the cam.



Up to no good. Brenton and Clinton.