Saturday, 18 October – Mandurah

Overnight was our first rain, albeit only a few light showers, in nearly four months.

Today was an easy freeway trip from a suburb north of Perth to another suburb south of Perth. The afternoon was pretty relaxing with a stroll around a few caravan yards and several retail outlets. And then the rain started. We got off light but northern Perth, where we were yesterday, got a big dump of hail.

The rain kept up its drizzle into Sunday morning but that didn’t stop us playing tourist. Today we set off for Dwellingup in the nearby hills where took a steam train ride. Afterwards we huddled in a rotunda trying to get away from the rain and cold wind while we had a quick picnic lunch. At least the afternoon cleared up in time for walkies.