A Day with Jill

Wednesday March 17, 2010 Touring with Jill
What a wonderful night’s sleep we had. Sheldon & I were only up at 7:30. Jill had been up since 6 am and was just finishing the morning work in the barns and Greg was getting ready to go to work. After showering we left to go see the area. We began our drive leaving Augusta and driving through the Leeuwin Naturalist Forest where we saw huge Karri trees then we went to Hamlin Bay where there is the most beautiful beach I have ever seen then on to Boranup Forest to the look out. I think this is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. From here we headed north through more wine country heading to the Margaret River surfing masters where the surfing competitions are being held. This is one of the world circuit stops for surfing and security is tight. The surf was high today and we could see the surfers out in the water. From here we headed to Yallingup and stopped at the wool shed where they shear sheep and there is a wonderful wool shop. I splurged and bought myself a wonderful sheep skin hat . Yallingup is a wonderful seaside town and Jill’s daughter Kate lives here. We then stopped in Dunsborough for lunch....wonderful Australian meat pies and then we went to Yallingup Ugg boats where I then bought myself a pair of wonderful brown soft winter boots. Dun is a bit distressed wondering where I’m going to pack this stuff. We made a quick stop in Busselton before taking the back roads back to Jill’s. Wonderful day we have had. Tonight we are going out with Jill & Greg. We visited the Augusta social club for the weekly lawn bowling competition. They have 2 large bowling grounds and there were about 200 people there. Dun got in on the action. They had tubs of beer and sausages on the grill. It was a really nice evening. It was fairly late when we got back to the farm so it wasn’t long before we called it a night