The Penultimate Day

11th July 2013

We had a later than expected start to the day today and did not leave the caravan park until 10am. Margaret agreed to be our tour guide today, which meant that we all got Chauffeured around for the day to see a couple of sights in Albany, which was very luxurious indeed.

Our first stop was at an Op Shop, where the girls were very keen to finally buy some costumes for the play they had written while travelling on the Oodnadata Track in SA. In the play Chloe plays the king, Maggie plays Bob, Rach plays Frank and I play the princess, but I wouldn't want to give too much away, except that the iMovie should be interesting to say the least!

The girls in the stockade outside Albany Gaol

The  Cells inside Albany Gaol

From here we drove into Albany and visited the Gaol, which was quite fascinating before walking up the hill to see Patrick Taylor Cottage, which is the first house built in WA, which again was very interesting to see.

The girls with Nan outside Patrick Taylor Cottage

After spending some time here, we decided to drive out to Emu Point where we enjoyed a beautiful lunch at the cafe. The girls spent their time divided between eating, running around on the beach and playing in the nearby playground, they had a ball.

On the way back we did some shopping, so I could cook dinner for us all on our last night on the trip. Again we spent a great night catching up at Nan's house and it really was the perfect way to round off our trip.

Maggie sharing some highlights with Nanny Margaret

Tomorrow we make the final journey up to Perth, which the girls in particular are very excited about.