Fri 16 Sep 2011 Albany

1000 (16597 km) Breakfast of toast and cereal. Left caravan park. Filled up.

Greens Pool

1100 (16650 km) Denmark. Went to see the Visitor Centre. We were expecting to see the large barometer. However, apparently the donor had a disagreement with the shire and took it back. Oh well.

1130 (16671 km) Toffee factory. There were lots of toffee samples. The Chocolate Toffee was quite good. Then we tasted some apple and pear cider. Not really impressed. Could have been the toffee that we ate first. Next time, taste the cider first and then the toffee. There were also over 20 sauces/relishes to taste.

1215 (16676 km) Honey Meadery. First, we tasted the mead. The Honey Liqueur was very smooth and nice. Then we tasted the honey. The Moort honey was quite good. We found out that the "honey cappings" was unfiltered honey straight from the bees wax.

Waves don't bother us as we have no shoes on!

1230 (16682 km) Had lunch of sandwiches. Greens Pool. It was an amazing sight. There was a pool of clear calmer water. Just about 50 metres away was the mighty Southern Ocean crashing against a defensive row of rocks that protected the pool. Would have been great swimming and snorkeling if it wasn't so cold and windy. Went over to the Elephant Rock. We had to go through a narrow gap between two huge boulders and the waves intermittently washed into the gap. So we had to time our passage through the gap. We took some photos and it started to rain. We had to get back to the car quickly. Everyone was through the gap except CK and the waves filled the gap. Suddenly the water flowed out of the gap and CK rushed through without getting wet. But the rain had started so everyone ran back to the car and got wet anyway. Next time, CK should just take his sneakers off!

1430 (16759 km) Back in Albany. Went up to Mt Melville. Couldn't see much due to the rain except the wind farm. Had a look at the marina - there was a fishing jetty. Drove out to Emu Point and saw road signs with turtles! We didn't see any turtles crossing though. Then we saw Dog Rock. And the rock was quite large and really looked like a dog's head - and this is right in the middle of the town, right next to a main Rd

1800 (16782 km) Dinner of rice and tau yew bak. Played table tennis.