Our next big adventure.... Two years off work and backpacking the world!!!

Julie picked us up from Prevelly Caravan Park. When we found out she lives 3km North of Julie Gracetown, where we had just come from, we felt a bit guilty. Julie drove us into Margaret River bought some food and we needed real food so went and bought Subway. Then to Julie's to spend the afternoon with her. Found out the two properties they maintain are the ones we saw from the track. One looked like an observatory but happened to be a multi million dollar holiday home. Julie's partner Les asked me if I would consider helping him the next day with a few things on the property. Once I remembered we had no set time I spent the day with him helping out. We were dropped of back at Prevelly Wed 31st May. It started off an easy walk but deteriorated during the day to a washed out beach and having to walk on a very narrow section of beach with a drop off into the surf. It did not improve after that either. After walking a few kms like this we came to a huge incline to the coast pas...

Sharon and I left home (Carpenter Retreat) for the last time on 22nd May 2017 after 26.5 years. Possibly not to return until it's time for us to retire. We left with many years of happiness and fond memories with plenty of good times raising our two boys and entertaining many friends over the years. Our firs t hike was from home to the train station of 2.75km felt easy. our first stage of our 2 year journey starting the next day. On to the train for Mandurah with a whole 3 car carriage all to ourselves nothing like getting use to our own company straight from the start. Once at Mandurah on to a bus to Busselton and to be picked up by Val & Tom to stay the night with them. Tuesday morning is cold and wet not a very inviting day to start hiking for 130km. Val dropped us off at Cape Naturalist and did the usual custom of touching the lighthouse before starting the Cape to Cape track. Asked at the shop about directions to the beginning of the track. Followed ...