Cowaramup

Sunday, 12 June

It was a night of heavy rain and a morning of thunder, rain and wind, so we gave ourselves a leisurely start to the day. Although it’s been bleak there have been intervals between the stormy showers, so the weather hasn’t stopped us from doing anything. 

This morning we drove into Margaret River and walked down and up the length of the Main Street. We were fascinated by the pizza place with bathtubs full of plants out the front. It wasn’t open, I think because it was short of staff. A little further up was a shop with pink Argyle diamonds that I was curious to see. They were lovely but we were really impressed by some of the beautiful timber furniture.

Had coffee in a cosy cafe and I got Wordle out in two rows. Chatted with women at another table, some of whom had not known about Wordle. They got a lesson from their friend so now there are a few more Wordle aficionados in the world.

After coffee we drove the few kilometres to Gracetown to see how rough the sea was. They have recently had a surfing competition there and there was certainly plenty of surf. There was a plaque remembering the Gracetown cliff tragedy. A section of limestone cliff broke off and killed  nine people, including four children.

By now we thought it was time to visit a winery, so we went to Vasse Felix, which had been recommended by Judy’s daughter in law. Just made it into the building before the rain came down hard again. Tasted a few wines and liked the sparkling best.

Next it was the Margaret River Dairy Company for a cheese tasting. We bought a small cheddar to have with some biscuits later on. All of these places are within an area of about 20 km so it was a day of lots of short drives.

The next short drive was to Millers’ Ice-creamery. We can definitely recommend their product. While we were there sampling the quality of the ice cream there was a violent rainstorm but fortunately it finished at about the same time as we finished our ice creams and the puddle around the car was not too deep to negotiate.

Back to our cabin for a cuppa and to do some washing before another meal at the Social Club.  We were stopped for a random breath test on the way there. It was much quieter than last night, when they were having the special prize draws. We’ll have to find somewhere else to go tomorrow night as they are closed on Mondays.