Our day began with us trying to determine where to stay for the next few days before we went on to Margaret River. The original plan was to free camp for the next few days but we had discovered that the Albany region is at its busiest during the Easter break so we had Buckleys and none of getting a free camping spot! Gordie prayed for us and Trev went down to our lovely hosts Allan and Joanne at Cheynes Beach Caravan Park to see if we could extend our stay by 4 days to get us over the hump of Easter. The place was fully booked out – bar 1 cancellation and as there were 3 of us it looked pretty grim in particular since a few phone calls to other places had confirmed that there was no room at the inn anywhere else.

Well it must have been Divine intervention because Joanne determined that she could place one van at the back of a shed, one next to a camping spot and the third on the cancellation….and so we had somewhere to stay for the next 5 days 

The weather was not great so we went into Albany to see the sights and also see if we could get Trev’s 4WD issue sorted. Trev and I went to Albany Toyota – they were fantastic and took the car straight in. They then dropped us back to Rose, Dave, Kerry and Gordon at a coffee shop in the city centre…from there we went to the Anzac Memorial.

The memorial was awesome and very well done. A great tribute to those who gave their lives in service of our country. We spent a couple of hours there.

Trev was in his element in the wash house!

View over Albany harbour where the ships carrying Anzacs left for Europe…

Albany Harbour land defence tunnels and guns.

LEST WE FORGET 

After a late lunch at the cafe we drove to the whaling museum only to realise that there was not enough time to see it all so we decided to go back on Saturday. Trevs car was ready so we returned to find the Prado ready …and nothing could be found wrong with it… after multiple computer checks, up on hoist and 2 test drives it was engaging into 4WD with no issues… maybe a gremlin…or troll (Branch ??) But all was good.

We headed back for happy hour and a relaxing evening…..Gordon was that really you in the pic??