Carbunup, Yallingup, Cowaramup

All these Aboriginal names - and yet I haven't seen one Aborigine in this district!

As we left Lake Cave it was raining very hard, so we missed the Mammoth cave., and headed North. The rain soon eased and we took a side trip to Ellenbrook to look at a surf break - Umbies - but it is a bit confronting when there is a memorial to Boydy taken and eaten by a shark just a few years ago.

The beach was deserted

Small snails on the beachfront succulents.

We travelled further north to Yallingup where the statue proclaims this as the "Home of Surfing in WA" I saw a young mum looking after two babies as we had lunch there. Later the other mum appeared out of the surf, "Your turn tomorrow" I laughed, but she replied "No I had first surf today and I'll be second tomorrow."

We drove through to Dunsborough and along the beachfront where each denomination - Seventh Day Adventist, Anglican, Brethren, Uniting (Methodist and Presbyterian) and Baptist had all been gifted campsite areas bordering the sea.

Then through Vasse, Carbunup to 3Oceans winery where we gleaned a lot of useful information as well as trying some good wines.

We stopped at Cowaramup to take some photos as the village has been invaded by cow models!

Steering the steer.

Can't this cow read??

It was a short drive off the beaten track to Colonial Brewery for a beer tasting.

Even the Colonial brewery had a cow

After a short respite at the motel we headed of to Swings. It had tapas, but all five that we ordered arrived at once which was very unsatisfactory. They didn't even fit on our table!.