The Rhyme of Sim'

Last day today – packed the car, checked out of the hotel, drove to the airport, dropped off the car, checked in the luggage, and we are now waiting in the club lounge waiting to board. Plane was late arriving, so we will be boarding about 50 minutes late (we hope). Four hour flight – … [Read More »]

This morning was a bit of a write-off. I woke up with a screaming headache, almost migrane-like … something I experience from time to time (usually as a result of a combination of overtiredness, dehydration, and pillows that aren’t quite right, causing my neck to seize up, which in turn causes the headaches). It wasn’t … [Read More »]

This morning, we started early again, packing the car once more and hitting the road to see the area around Albany. It was a cool and damp morning, having rained most of the night. Very low clouds covered the tops of the hills around Albany and a constant drizzle made it difficult to see any … [Read More »]

Today we left Margaret River just after 8am and drove back down the Bussell Highway, got to Karridale and realised we had miscalculated the distance to Pemberton – it would be touch-and-go whether we made it on the amount of fuel we had left. The price of petrol in Karridale was nearly 118 cents per … [Read More »]