Touchdown in Gingin was achieved on Thursday, after only 3 days amongst the Wildflowers! Sue reckoned this was not enough, Geoff enjoyed it for nearly one day; so not a bad compromise really.

Last Sunday night we were in Mullawa, basically at the northern edge of the self proclaimed Wildflower Country.   As we worked our way southwards there were many interesting little towns and localities and plenty of opportunity for free camping in beautiful locations.

Sue got on an orchid kick; for some reason she joined the group who rated them more highly than the other flower types. Geoff had to agree that the little snail orchid at around 2-4 mm in size was an interesting little critter, but there were plenty of pretty good looking non-orchid flowers about; and most were much easier to find.

Today we are celebrating our granddaughter’s seventh birthday with a party and BBQ. Great weather  ( bit cool for the natives at around 23C).

Still not really decided what to do next. Attending some of the CMCA rally at Kalgoorlie is now looking likely. We have heard many good things about Kalgoorlie and the  brothel tour sounds like a really interesting one! Have to get a definite tentative plan organized before Nathan returns to work on his 8-6 swing  on Thursday morning.

Said last week that Geoff would try to put up a wildflower selection on the web. Family, especially three grandchildren have of course precluded much spare time to arrange it. Try again this week.

You will have to put up with some of the other things we saw over the past week. Fascinating church at Mulluwa designed AND BUILT by Msgr John Hawes; Who remembers Neptune petrol?; World famous (again self proclaimed) wreath flower – Lechenaultia macrantha  can reach 50 cm in diameter;