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Sherwood Diary: Days 12 and 13

January 12th and 13th January, 2024. A day in Albany and then heading towards home

Southern Terminus
blossom near the terminus
Magpie taking an interest in me
It followed me around the Sherwood
And was very bold
Then his mates came along as well. I ducked inside in case it got worse.

Yesterday was mostly grey and slightly wet. We had a brief storm in the evening, fortunately just after we had arrived back at the Golf Links and settled into our space for the night. We heard thunder, did not see any lightning, and had about 15 minutes of rain. Not enough to clean the Sherwood, but still refreshing.

We hung around at camp in the morning, then went into Albany at lunchtime. We had lunch of cheese on toast, then went to the library for the movie ‘A Royal Wedding’. It was enjoyable, but he was quite a bit past his prime in this 1951 movie. The young and beautiful co star, a great singer and dancer, had to be cast as his baby sister and Winston Churchill’s daughter was cast as his more age appropriate love interest, only about 15 years younger than him. Truly, look it up! She was an aspiring actress.

We had to change our parking area as we were only allowed three hours, so drove down to the IGA carpark and went to a cafe nearby. As it sells plants it stays open later than the usual Albany cafes. Then we walked up the hill to the library again to see the plaque for the end of the Bibbilmun track. So, that was our yesterday.

This morning we didn’t have much packing up to do and were easily on our way by 10.00 a.m. Another grey, misty day, quite windy. We drove to Mt Barker to dump our toilet and get fuel. From there we drove to Cranbrook for lunch, then on to Katanning for the night. On arrival here was hot in the sun and cool in the shade, but the sun on the Sherwood made it uncomfortable. Oddly, the easterly wind is fairly cool.

After a rest we have walked over to the Dome for cold drinks and to spend time in air conditioning. It’s as lovely as we hoped. It’s also a good place to get some writing done. Our plan is to keep driving tomorrow as we take the full brunt of the heatwave. Our car air conditioning keeps the ‘house’ cool as well as the cab.

As I said, Stephen went further than me on the Bald Head walk and was able to get this photo showing both sides.

The change from being on Albany Highway to the Great Southern Highway was dramatic. Was was so busy, the other almost empty of traffic. It’s a longer journey this way, but much more relaxing. Our deadline to be home is Monday sometime.