Backpacking travel & Outdoor adventure: Backpacking to Perth day 4

Backpacking to Perth
Cape to Cape of Margaret River Valley
07 Sep. to 18 Sep. 2012

Day 04 Mon. (10.09.2012) Day 1: Polglass Way, Ardross is 247km to Dunsborough driving south passing by Mandurah, Bunbury and Busselton

We started the day early and by 7.30am we were on the Kwinana Freeway/State Route 2 heading south to Mandurah a 63km away. At about 9am we visited Dave?s step grandfather, Alf Garden who is 84. He is still very healthy and has been cycling 40km at times. Alf Garden stays alone in a very cozy house nearby the sea in Mandurah.

At 10am Dave hired a 8 seater runabouts boat (A$50) from Blue Manna, 13 Dolphin Drive, Mandurah, (http://www.bluemannaboathire.com.au) for an hour boat drive along the man-made canal. Dave drove us through the scenic Peel Inlet and the Mandurah Estuary viewing the luxury canal side homes.

At 11am we had the best fish and chips for lunch at Cicerello, (http://www.cicerellos.com.au) 73 Mandurah Terrace overlooking the beautiful Mandjar Bay.

At 12noon we continued another 160km road journey south passing by Bunbury and arriving at Busselton at 2.25pm on Forrest Hwy and Bussell Hwy. From here we continued 24km on Caves Rd. to Dunsborough arriving at 2.52pm to pick up the Pelican Cottage keys from Cape Executive Holiday Properties office at 4a Dunn Bay Centre, 31-33 Dunn Bay Rd. which was pre-booked online by Monica. The cottage was very clean and pleasant with all facilities available. The weblink: http://www.capeexec.com.au

After checking-in to the cottage, we headed out to explore the town and did some shopping for dinner at Coles supermarket. Dave went and bought some wine for the ladies from another bottle shop. Dinner was awfully fantastic; Dave prepared grilled salmon bought at Coles with plenty of wine to go with.

Sleeping: "Pelican Cottage" Lecaille Court, Dunsborough - a night for 8pax @ A$161
Temperature: Sunny 22?C/14?C

we are at Cape Executive Holiday Properties office to pick the Pelican Cottage keys

Backpacking to Perth day 1, 2
Backpacking to Perth day 3
Backpacking to Perth day 4
Backpacking to Perth day 5
Backpacking to Perth day 6
Backpacking to Perth day 7
Backpacking to Perth day 8
Backpacking to Perth day 9
Backpacking to Perth day 10,11,12

Source: http://chingnengbin.blogspot.com/2012/09/backpacking-to-perth-day-4.html

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