Wednesday 28th August 2024

Wednesday 28^th August

SHE SAID:

We had 199km to drive today, to Herron Point, for our final night in Bertie for 6 weeks. The trip went smoothly & it was surprisingly quite quiet going “over Perth”, with no hold-ups.

We had one stop for fuel & arrived at Herron Point soon after 11am. It is a relaxed little campground & it was fine for us to check in early. The place has changed quite a bit since we first used to come here. I think this is our 3rd or 4th stay.

It was blowing a gale, which is normal across the lake, but there were wind weather alerts out for the evening & night. 

We did some checking of the local areas for orchids, as Jean, Bill & Tobias are coming down at the weekend hoping to see some.

HE SAID:

Some of the roads north of Perth were rather bouncy, but we made it OK to Herron Point. There were a few orchids very close to the van, but just common varieties. Further afield, 9 Mile had very few, but along Herron Point Road Varena found some awesomely coloured hybrid Cowslips, in a part of the reserve that was not flooded by recent rains.