Day 53
After breakfast today
we took both cars and drove up to Mundaring Weir in the Perth Hills in Western
Australia. Here you can Simply take a dreamy drive through green
pasture and paddock, or walk some of the amazing scenic and historic trails
Mundaring is also a place to encounter some of Western Australia's fascinating history, including the startlingly beautiful Mundaring Weir and CY O'Connor's famous pipeline. Delight in the art and culture in the villages of Perth Hills, linked by the old railway line like bright beads on a thread. The steam engines and sleepers are long gone now, with trail walkers and cyclists enjoying what is now known as the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail. The only drawback was the amount of small flies inhabiting the area. I understand that this is pretty normal in WA.
From
Mundering we drove to the Sandleford Vinyard and on the way we spotted this eagle with a wingspan of about 2 metres hovering above us.
Wedge-tailed Eagles (Aquila audax) are Australia's largest bird of prey. They have heavily feathered legs, a long diamond shaped tail with a wedge tip and fingered wing tips.
As we drove into the vinyard it looked terrific in the bright sunlight with all the vines laid out symetrically and incredivly well tended.
We bought some wine at the cellar door.Unfortunately we had not booked in for lunch and there were no tables us to dine, so we headed off home stopping at MacDonald’s on the way.
Once home, Sally organised asn Easter egg hunt for the kids. That kept them all happy for a considerable time.
Later on we had some beautiful steak at home. The meat was selected by Sally, who is a veggie?? And cooked by James who is not. It was delicious.
Then,
sorry to say, it was it was time to pack. We were to return to Sydney the next
day so there was no alternative
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