Eggbert's Travels

Wednesday 18^th April

SHE SAID:

I headed out orchid hunting with Tony today; it's my only chance to go before we leave.

Tony had said Jean would also come, but when I got to Tony's he told me that Jean had fallen over on Monday whilst bush walking & badly smashed her ankle. She was in hospital! OH Bugger.

The 2 of us went to Lowden Forest Park & did a couple of short walks. Although we saw plenty of orchid leaves from at least 3 different types of orchid, we only found one flowering Acianthus exsertus (Large Mosquito Orchid) for the whole day! Rather disappointing, though we did have a nice walk around the forest.

In the evening we met up with Evan & Daniel at the Ethiopian Restaurant in Pearce & had a tasty meal. This was despite the awful wine that I had brought with us from  Cellarmasters!

Acianthus exsertus - Large Mosquito Orchid

The old steam engine in the Lowden Forest Park - once used for logging the area

Looking towards the steam engine & parking/camping areas

Tony at the end of the first walk

The old water wheel

Out with Daniel & Evan for dinner

HE SAID:

A few odd jobs etc during the day, and then a yummy dinner at Pearce. Varena and I have been here three times now, and it is worth going to again. The food is tasty and reasonably priced, and as a bonus there is no rip-off corkage fee for your BYOs. There is nothing flash about the place, but the great food speaks for itself. Dan and Evan had no idea what to expect, but were happy and content at meal's end. As were we.

No idea about the wine, but it was awful! Varena darted out to buy another bottle, as the one we'd brought was horrible.