Today we moved on from Walpole, destination Albany around
130km so not a big drive. We got away about 9.30 ish and meandered our way
through the forest.
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| Elephant Rock Cidery - Where's Dougal? |
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| Old timber boat fully restored Denmark WA |
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| View from the caravan window |
First stop was the the Elephant Rock Cider company. We
tasted a few ciders and local produce made a few purchases and headed off once
more. Only a few km’s down the road was our next stop. There are a number of
these places around South west WA and it’s taken some time to find one open.
The attraction in question is a meadery which is making wine from honey. Mead
is wine made from honey rather than grapes and is the oldest fermented beverage
known to man. It can be traced back at least 5,000 years dating back through
antiquity to Nordic legends and non-mythological history. During these times
the bee was held in high regard as honey was considered ‘the giver of life’,
courage, strength and wisdom. It is different and I think an acquired taste,
which I didn’t acquire never the less a worthwhile experience. Denmark came
over the horizon shortly thereafter and we stopped for coffee and a break. This
is a nice little town and one that would
have been worth a longer visit. On the road again and it was pretty much
straight to the caravan park at Emu point, which is a suburb of Albany. The
park is right on King George Sound where it meets Oyster Harbour. Not a bad
outlook for us trailer folk. It was a bit wind and cold on our arrival so the
afternoon was pretty relaxed.
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