Mandurah to The Pinnacles to Jurien Bay WA

A relaxed start to the day, a cup of tea then The Navigator and Wally go power walking around the water. The area we are staying is pretty ritzy, and all the pretty young things walk in their skin tight tights, leading fluffy dogs, men with manscaped five o’clock shadows at 8am and the odd pensioner in baggy shorts and a sloppy Joe with holes in it. The boats are heading out fishing on the change of tide, dodging the kayakers.

We get under way dead on ten am, Pauolo has the reins of the stagecoach today. It’s not a long way to Perth, we refuel, then head into the banked up traffic on Highway 2 only for Pauolo to take an unplanned detour into an industrial area.  Corrections made we’re back into the traffic heading north. This is a reflection of Pauolos card playing later that night.

Woodbridge and the Verge 301 Cafe sign catch our attention but The Don navigates past it requiring an about turn. Two highway patrol coppers in a pretty car arrive for coffee, a young blonde and a solid older bloke,arrest any of Nomad 2 crew and instead look at their phones and chat. Clearly unaware of my future crimes against the card game of ” Kings”

The Pinnacles is busy busy busy, bus loads of tourists from Asia mainly, everywhere taking selfies, flying a drone (illegal in the park), digging holes. But away from the tourists it’s spectacular. They are quite dramatic.

We move on to Jurien Bay where we’re booked tonight. Nice place, I imagine it was a fishing shack village once upon a time, but not now.

Dinner is at a Cafe at the beach near the jetty. Fish and chips is great, fresh Spanish Mackerel, and nice green salad.

Cards tonight is all Don, Pauolo f…d up and kept a Joker and threw a King so a record maximum score sees Pauolo finish last by a mile. The Navigator comes in second, Wally a close third.

Ciao from Jurien Bay

Pauolo