Well we managed to find a free camp after all. We caught up with the big family we camped with at De Grey River so Erin is very happy to be with kids her age. We have been camped here for a little over two weeks, there is a creek running nearby and the old POW camp up the road. The place we are camped at is an old townsite with very little evidence remaining except a beautiful rose bush in amongst the weeds. Dwellingup is about 4km away with drinking water and shops and oodles of railway history including a running steam train.
It's nice to be out of the dust, heat and wind but the temperature is a lot lower here. The nights are much cooler and we've even had rain on and off for the last two weeks.
We went for a walk to the POW camp last week and learnt about the Italians and Germans that were held there during WW2. One amusing story that was told on one of the information boards around the camp was of POW's escaping and later being found in local hotels "soaking up the atmosphere". Some of the prisoners were allowed to work on the local farms without guards and formed strong friendships and even romances. Many of the Italian POW's returned home and later immigrated back here.
Last Friday we took a trip into Perth to see the 4WD show and browse through the many caravans they had on site. I think we walked through every van there and picked up lots of brochures and Geoff has narrowed it down to a few that he likes. Now all we have to do is find work to pay for it.
Geoff has applied for a few jobs in and around Perth but we haven't heard anything back, they seem to take ages to process applications, as follow up calls have found out. At least we're not paying caravan fees while waiting.
Still haven't gone through all of our photos yet, I am waiting for unlimited power that a caravan park has to offer so I can sort through them properly, there's just so many.
