Albany

Trudi and Me


We’ve just left Albany after three lovely days there at the Middleton Beach Big 4 CP. It was a lovely park and we really enjoyed meeting our neighbours Thel and Barry. Barry is a retired bank manager who has worked in Warragul and Warrnambool (as well as many other places). They now live in Echuca. I loved the fact that they really enjoyed good food and wine and Barry did the cooking the two nights they were beside us.

We were both surprised at how beautiful the area around Albany is so Sunday we drove out to check out various little bays, inlets and caravan parks as we’ve decided to head back down here before Christmas (which we’ll spend in Perth).

Yesterday we got round town and bought ourselves a new awning floor, and a new mat for those times we have a concrete slab. We got our fish finder fixed and found the Waeco repairman so left our car fridge with him. After about 10 calls to local dentists I took myself to one and stood there and sooked until they fitted me in. I have an appointment on Friday (when the fridge should also be fixed). I can cope with the tooth now I have a firm date to get it seen to.

Last night we had dinner with Trudi and Tom. Trudi and I met through Recipezaar but had never actually met in person. They invited another couple along (Carry and Michael) who own a local yabby farm. It was a wonderful night that finally finished at 1.15 this morning. It was very relaxedand really interesting and it seemed like we had known each other for ever. Tom is American and he and Trudi (who was originally from South Australia) met in Alaska. Oldest son Ben (8) was born in Alaska and their gorgeous daughter Katie (4) was born in WA. Carry and Michael run the yabby farm but need to work as well-she is a waitress, he is a relief teacher. Each year they take a couple of months off in the winter and head north to camp, fish and hike. They’ve decided to have a lifestyle rather than work themselves to death. They were lovely.

Tom at their Albany Ale House


This morning, we back tracked out to Cheynes Beach where we will spend 6 nights, It’s a really good caravan park which we decided to stay at so we can catch up with Ron and Del. We met them at Lake Argyle, then spent a bit of time with them in Katherine and Darwin. They’ve had a van and boat on site here for 15 years and travel here from Perth as often as they can.

Today is Russ’s 62 birthday.