After the native plants walk we went to the War Memorial for World War One. It was pretty spectacular overlooking the Swan River which is very wide near Perth and then seems to taper in at Fremantle.
This is a view towards Perth - the Swan River looks like a harbour. I have to say I am looking forward to seeing the Indian Ocean.
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| Quite a number of flowers are out already. |
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| Andrea and Duncan by a boab tree
It was a very interesting drive through the suburbs and then on to the Swan Valley. We did a wine tasting and then shared a platter at Sandalford Wines for lunch.
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| Andrea and I on a bright sunny afternoon. |
We also took in two smaller vineyards Kosovich and Talijancich and the reality for them is that they have been family businesses for generations but it will be difficult for them to continue much longer as the next generation had no interest in taking over.
Next we visited a Nougat factory which was combined with a nut outlet - mainly macadamias.
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| The factory was visible through a glass window, but being near the end of the day there was a lot of cleaning up going on. This lady is breaking up the big slabs and feeding them into the packaging machine. |
Our last stop in the Swan Valley was the Feral Brewery where Duncan has a tasting rack. Andrea and I gave him a little help.
We head for home now - catching glimpses of the Indian Ocean stretching out forever to the horizon. Imagine that a whole ocean I've never seen before!
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