Cape Arid to Bridgetown - Sydney – Bridgetown – Walpole

When we went to bed on our last night in Cape Arid it had started to rain, just drizzling really. This soon changed and before we were asleep it was bucketing down. This lasted all night and was the heaviest rain we have experienced in this van. When we woke at 5.00am it was still bucketing down and I was lying in bed worried about the 15kms of dusty dirt road we drove in to get there.

So it was a matter of jumping out of bed and as quick as possible get the van onto the car and get out of there before the road turned to absolute mush and they closed the road. We had a plane to catch and an operation booked the next day. So we couldn’t be delayed.

We were like drowned rats when we finished packing up the van, jumped into the car and drove the 15kms ok, it was very slippery getting out of our camping spot and I only heard Jayne gasp and tell me to slow down once on the way out as we slid a bit across the road, but not too much. I wasn’t going to slow down, we wouldn’t have been able to get rolling again if I stopped.

We stopped at the next small town, where they had a nice football field with an empty tar parking area, where we showered and had breakfast, before driving to Stirling Range National Park where we spent the night before going onto Bridgetown where we would stay the night, leave the van in the Caravan Park, drive 300kms to Perth the next morning to get our 1.30pm flight to Sydney. We arrived into Sydney at 9.30ish Thursday night and my operation was 7am Friday morning. Alexis arrived back at 7.30am Friday morning as well, but Jayne and I weren’t at the airport to meet her, Justin did that for us.

My operation when very well. Unfortunately the bone had already healed but it was rotated and at the wrong angle, this means they had to re-break it and get all the “new” bone removed so they could pin it. They put a “ladder” pin in with many screws holding the bones together.

The pain was gone by Saturday lunch time and we enjoyed a big night at the Cunningham’s with all our kids and friends. It was a great night, not too late, thankfully.

We flew back to Perth on Wednesday after these few hectic days, picked up our car and drove to Bridgetown, stayed the night there and drove to Walpole. The caravan park here is just like camping in the forest, but with all amenities and right on the beach, which makes it very nice and unique.

With a 3 hour time difference between Perth and Sydney we’re not really sure what time it is, but we are tired now, whatever time it is!