In-tents Holidaying

What a whirlwind of exploring and celebrations! The Christmas festivities started in Esperance with the Christmas Pageant followed by Edge of the Bay which included a music festival, skate competiton and much more! From there we went for a drive to look at Christmas lights this was filled with Christmas music, hot chocolate and child-like wonder. 

I then flew to Perth where it was all hands on deck with the annual Darge family Christmas party and then attended a few more parities, and then the celebrations continued on the big day with lots of cooking, eating and drinking. 

The weather was hot and I was appreciative of cold cocktails and a refreshing swim in the pool. We even braved the shops on Boxing Day (I found lots of things on sale!)

House on wheels - Simple set up, A+

Then, the other half returned from celebrating with his family in NZ and we headed for Dunsborough to play with our new camper trailer (I gave him the right half for Christmas, and I got the left!) 

It was a bit of a pain that we couldn’t fit in to the same caravan park as mum and dad and my cousin, but we made it work most days and then managed to stay with them for New Year’s Eve. We went four-wheel driving near Hamelin Bay (which proved a little treacherous for the eggs in the fridge – lesson learned, although only one broke!) and went round to Three Bears near Yallingup. 

We bought lots of champagne, chocolate, cheese, a yummy chocolate liqueur and a passionfruit curd which we are very excited to make scones for! We ate ice cream, ate at breweries, paddled at Meelup and snorkled at Dad’s Secret snorkelling spot near Bunker Bay.

Injidup Beach, Yallingup

 After Dunsborough we farewelled the family and camped our way back to Esperance. We stayed at Black Point and gave the car and off-road camper a real work out. This was a really nice spot, there was a big surf break where the waves formed below the cliff face (alleged surf break, we could not work out how to get down there) and around the other side of the headland were stepping stones which looked like dried, cracked lava. There, we relaxed in a small rock pool while we watched the surf crash in front of us. I was amazed by the sand here, it was very fine and very yellow, almost like ochre.

As we left Black Point we drove down to check out Jasper Beach, it proved to be difficult, but we made it out without tears or killing each other. We explored Beedelup Falls and the Cascades before setting up for the night at a little caravan park just outside Walpole. The next morning, we got pies and cakes from a little European bakery (possibly the best sausage roll I’ve ever had) and did the Tree Top Walk. Then we made a stop at the BCF in Albany before heading home to Esperance. We had loads of fun and have a few little tweaks to make to the camper before our next adventure!

Surfers Cove, Black Point