043 - Herron Point (Mandurah) (9/5/17)

We’d decided we’d stay at Herron Point one more night but decided to leave the van there (nervously on my behalf) and head into Mandurah and surrounds to check out the town.

A beautiful little town, it had a weird country town crossed with the Gold Coast kind of vibe from my view. B had read somewhere about Frisbee Golf and thought that it might be good to bring to life a sport that we had occasionally played on the Wii Fit at home. Considering it was offered free of charge by the council was an added bonus. I had also been discussing with a mate from work about joining him down at the Geelong Frisbee Golf course for a ‘hit’, and after the success of this trip, I can definitely commit to that.

Frisbee Golf = Great Fun

If anyone wanted to know what a hole in Frisbee Golf looks like, this is one...

A flat tree lined parkland course...

Tap it in... just a little bit of tappy.

On the longest hole on the course into the wind, I decided I'd try a forehand throw to pinch some metres. Worked OK, but like my actual golf, lacked quite a bit of accuracy.

Sam, inspired my attempt, tried forearm as well. Like me, he only tried once...

Solid after shot pose by James. He gave it his all...

Another piece of earth, another cartwheel. James considering to teach Evie a lesson in standing in front of the "hitter".

As with most of our endeavours, we all brought out own style and techniques, and when it came down to the scores, the results probably reflected these.

Not including adults, Sam with his superior attention to technique pipped his sister at the line. If it wasn’t for his standard last few hole sooking when it got close, he probably would have won by more. You can see the arm that won him gold in Turbo Javelin that’s for sure. Evie, like everything she does, throws her intentions into the air, let’s the cosmos decide how to transfer the frisbee to whichever dimension is required, and happily cartwheels over to where the next throw is required to be taken from. With her physical dominance over Sam, she could have given him a run if she focussed it, but you’ve got more chance of harnessing nuclear fusion. And that’s the way we love her. And James? Well, he probably had the best technique and arm when he concentrated, but hey… he’s a bit like Dug the dog from the movie ‘Up’, and his 'squirrel' moments. He flitted in and out in concentration.

But seriously, great family fun. It’s cheap, outdoors, physical exercise and largely able to be completed by all. I’d recommended to all and sundry.

A walk around the shore front took us through a very nicely done War Memorial which we took a moment to explore. I must admit, I do like the effort that pretty much every town, small and large, go to to recognise and commemorate the servicemen and women of the respective region.

I thought I was out of this shot, but apparently not. Still, it captures my 'contemplative' side.

A really nice modern memorial

Says it all...

A quick stop through town to get some ‘essential supplies’ and we headed out to a park that B had also read about.

“It’s cool. Got farm animals and tractors to play on, really modern and accessible.”

As we drove through a brand new McSuburb, we came to a brand new playground full of fake animals and tractors buried into the ground. It was a ripper of a park to be fair, just not what we were expecting!

It had a flying fox though, so all good!

Also had it's version of the Death Slide. Careful James!!

An interesting physics lesson... And here I was thinking I'd shed a couple of kilos...

Home via Pinjarra we were practically run off the road by a pilot vehicle telling us there was a wideload coming down the road. “Cool!” we exclaimed and reached for the camera/phone.

And then… this…

Pfftt.... James even rolled his eyes I think...

And  whilst, yep, it’s oversize, compared to what machinery WA puts on elsewhere, this was a bit of an anticlimax!

A ripper dinner made up of left overs cooked in the Weber was had. I think it consisted of meatballs, pasta, sausage and roasted potatoes to name a few things. The result of not having a big fridge or pantry, we’re now starting to appreciate food in all forms and styles!

Ahh... The Weber. Is there anything it can't do?

Another candle was lit (one of the essentials we bought in town) and another night around the logs was had.

Dinner by "Candlelight"

The big camera actually made it out of the van for this shot. Sometimes I forget the difference between a camera and a camera phone. I really should take it more places... More Midnight Gang reading by the firelight.

Sam came back from the dunny exclaiming that he’d seen a scorpion of all things. Sure Sam…sure. But he was adamant, so we trundle off to gents to investigate. And sure enough…

Cool!!!

Now you’ll notice there is nothing else in the shot to give a scale. This was infact the smallest scorpion I’d ever seen. No more than 25mm long, he looked the part if we lived on Lilliput.

Still… another animal/insect to cross off the list!